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  • RENEWED ENERGY: Rivers Eyed For New Clean Energy Generation Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:19PMNEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The mighty Mississippi River could become the testing ground for the latest generation of technologies that generate electricity from rushing water.
  • GreenShift Receives Grant for Algae Biofuels Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:07PMGrant will go toward development of a bioreactor that converts algae into fuel.
  • iTunes Store goes DRM-free Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:49PMApple has announced three significant changes to its iTunes Store at Macworld Expo, but the first is undoubtedly the biggest news: The music and video download service, which features more than 10 million songs, is finally going Digital Rights Management (DRM)-free.
  • Mavericks goes green Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:32PMAside from adjusting the traffic plan for this year’s Mavericks Surf Contest, organizers are looking into ways to minimize the carbon footprints of fans on the sand.
  • Steve Jobs: It’s a Hormone Imbalance Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:22PMApple founder and CEO addresses health rumors as Macworld conference opens.
  • Analyst Actions: JP Morgan, Altera, Synovus Financial Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:11PM
  • Getting into space by broomstick Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:03PMThe proposed space elevator project could be powered by a simple new approach, demonstrated using a broomstick.
  • EDITORIAL COMMENT | A Star Is Born Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:42PMTrue solar energy is born in the belly of stars, like the Sun, where the core pressure and temperature is so high that hydrogen nuclei are forced to fuse into helium.
  • Latest News Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:56PMA sculpture made out of trash might be the way that Kathy Baur would describe her earthship home. "To me the concept of using cans, tires, anything you can recycle and make look pretty again was such a low profile way of building. I fell in love with the total concept immediately," Baur said.
  • New Year Brings New Laws Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 2:14PMRace horses will get a break from steroids, more consumers could start billing utility companies for surplus power, and New Yorkers will be able to vote with their hearts starting in 2009. Two dozen new laws taking effect Thursday will touch New Yorkers in many ways, though there are no major crime measures or taxes among them.
  • Merrill-Lynch collapse complete Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 2:01PMNEW YORK — New York City investment bank Merrill Lynch has seen its last day.
  • America resumes its big-car love affair Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 1:15PMThe only way to block the return of the gas guzzler is to jolt US consumers with a higher fuel tax.
  • Whatever Happened to Silicon Valley Innovation? Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 1:08PM Transmeta Corp. (NasdaqGM:TMTA - News) once embodied the Silicon Valley dream. Starting in 1995, the company raised more than $300 million in a nervy bid to reinvent the market for chips powering portable computers. Yet Transmeta struggled in recent years, and the grand hopes officially ended on Nov. 17, when the Santa Clara (Calif.) company agreed to be acquired by a little-known rival. In the ...
  • Report: Toyota developing solar powered green car Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:57PMToyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car,...
  • Exploration continues Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:14PMEarthbound stories in 2008 dealt with roller coaster gas prices, an economy in crisis and a state budget deficit that continues to grow. But among the stars the stories were of survival, finding new worlds and continuous exploration managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
  • Orascom Crosses the Thirty-Eighth Parallel Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 4:21AMOrascom Telecom launched the 3G wireless network in North Korea that it has been building over the past year on December 15.
  • Alternative Energy Goes Mainstream Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 4:20AMThe politics of power, literally speaking, is a complicated game. Forced to balance the needs of a population that cannot survive without subsidized energy, and at the same time facing the need to diversify energy sources, the government finds itself in a quandary.
  • The Top 10 Green Stories of 2008 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 4:11AM#1 | Green Building Trumps the Recession If 2008 was the year when green building became inevitable, sustainability advocates may point to the deepest U.S. recession in at least a generation as the reason why. The downturn provided the ideal backdrop...
  • Palm Bay considers solar plant Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 3:46AMPalm Bay is thinking of going solar -- or at least taking an initial step in that direction.
  • Nevada Power steams forward: Company considers geothermal stake in Northern Nevada Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 3:25AMThe electric utility serving Las Vegas is preparing to consider its first investment in a geothermal power project in Northern Nevada, using a method just approved by state regulators.
  • ARTS & CULTURE Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:35AM2009 is a paradox: At the stroke of midnight, the planets promote pure individualism, with an almost singular concentration on common sense as the key to personal success. Yet the astral emphasis also is on community as the most important means of facing personal as well as collective challenges.
  • Thomas Friedman: The possibility of a gas tax needs to be on the table Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:22AMHOW many times do we have to see this play before we admit that it always ends the same way?
  • Useful hot air: how compressed air power storage works Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 6:56PM We take a look at how compressed air power storage operates in practice, providing up to a 90 percent return on the power used to compress the air in the first place. Read More...
  • Just a second, 2009 — the Earth needs to catch up. Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 6:43PM Just a second, 2009.
  • Call activity heats up on Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., Trina Solar Limited, and Yingli Green Energy Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 6:12PMBullish options bettors blitzed a plethora of China-based solar firms yesterday, as rising crude oil prices sent speculators flocking to alternative energy issues...( Read More )
  • Mars rovers still roving five years later Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 6:04PMPASADENA, Calif. — NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity may still have big achievements ahead as they approach the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars.
  • Alberta town faces growth gamble Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 3:17AMA town just south of here is having growing pains.
  • Win, Win, Win, Win, Win ... Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 2:53AMWe have got to stop ?taking off the table? the gasoline tax, the tool that would add leverage to everything we want to do at home and abroad.
  • Governor perseveres Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 2:17AMThe Associated Press LANSING — In some ways, 2008 was the toughest year in office Gov. Jennifer Granholm has faced since her 2002 election.
  • PHOTOS: Edison State College going green with buildings, solar power Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 12:06AMEdison State College’s Collier County campus is turning green. But it’s more than just recycling. The college will be among the first to have two certified green buildings in Collier County. And two students are making progress in making their pontoon boat solar-powered.
  • Project: Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 11:56PMJobs: 25 Airport Resurfacing Taxiway L from TWY F7 to TWY F 375,000 25 Airport Environmental Management System 1,500,000 45 Airport North Apron Reconstruction 5,200,000 157 Airport Taxiway E Reconstruction--Part 2 6,700,000 202 Airport Taxiway V Reconstruction--Part 2 8,500,000 257 Airport Taxiway D Reconstruction 8,800,000 266 Airport Taxiway E Reconstruction--Part 3 9,000,000 272 Airport ...
  • Green push could have local firms seeing green Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 10:12PMMore green energy will likely mean jobs — and more green as in cash — for the Miami Valley, experts say.
  • Editorial: Overcoming energy shortage Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 6:04PMWHILE leaders from the local business community continue to be optimistic about Cebu’s business prospects for 2009, a damper of their positive attitude looms during the early months of the New Year. This is the possibility of power shortages occurring because of an increasing demand in the region.
  • Panasonic and Sanyo Near $6.4 Bln Deal? Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 5:55PMReports have Panasonic reaching an agreement with most Sanyo investors to pick up most of the company for $6.4 billion...but Sanyo says no deal is yet in place.
  • Global solar cells body sets up India office Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 5:52PMSEMI, the global industry body of the microelectronic, display and photovoltaic (PV) industries, has formally marked its presence in India by setting up an office in Bangalore.
  • Keynotes for Dec. 18 Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 5:48PM Rosemary Rimkus brings you news about your neighbors, and "Backward Glances."
  • Electronic Cooperatives Work To Bring Renewable Energy To NC Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 5:31PMGreenCo Solutions, Inc., a green cooperative owned by the majority of North Carolina’s electric cooperatives, has partnered with QVC, one of the world’s largest multimedia retailers, to install a 1-megawatt solar energy facility at the QVC Rocky Mount, Inc distribution center in Rocky Mount, NC.
  • S&P Picks and Pans: FedEx, Take-Two, Alliant Energy, Avalonbay, MEMC Electronic Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 5:11PM
  • BSA Announces Cyber Champion Awards to Members of Congress Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 5:04PMThe Business Software Alliance (BSA) today is honoring a group of outstanding US lawmakers for their leadership in building a safe and legal digital world by awarding them the association’s highest honor, the Cyber Champion Award.
  • Clouds Hang Over the Solar Power Industry Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 4:58PMIf the recent five-year boom in solar energy marked the birth of a global industry, the next half-decade should be its coming of age. But like most adolescents, solar is experiencing growing pains.
  • Energy demand expect to level off Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 11:38PMWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. oil consumption is expected to level off with virtually no growth between now and 2030 because of increases in energy efficiency, greater use of renewable fuels and an expected rebound in oil prices, the government said Wednesday.
  • U.S. carbon output slower than thought by 2030: EIA Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 11:20PMU.S. energy-related emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by 2030 will be 9.4 percent less than forecast last year as renewable energy develops and prices cut fossil fuel demand, the top U.S. energy forecasting agency said on Wednesday.
  • Eagles may block solar power project Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 11:16PMA pair of bald eagles on Marco Island may get in the way of a major construction plan for the Collier County School District.
  • Sucking carbon out of the air Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 11:06PMAre plans to take carbon dioxide out of the air just a pipe dream, or a cure for global warming?
  • Clouds over the Solar Power Industry Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 11:05PM
  • IT Firms Vie to Run British Smart Meters Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 11:05PM
  • Oil Demand Slowing, Says Energy Agency Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 11:00PMU.S. oil consumption is expected to level off with virtually no growth between now and 2030 because of increases in energy efficiency, greater use of renewable fuels and an expected rebound in oil prices, the government said.
  • India May Allow Companies to Trade Energy Efficiency Credits Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 10:33AMDec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- India is considering allowing trading of energy efficiency certificates and giving concessions such as capital subsidies to promote solar energy, seeking to mitigate damage from the changing climate.
  • Obama picks Ken Salazar of Colorado for Interior Department Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 10:28AMWASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama plans to name Democratic Sen.
  • Obama unveils climate change team Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 10:26AMPresident-elect Barack Obama named his energy and environmental chiefs and vowed a new dawn for US leadership on combating climate change after eight years of Republican foot-dragging.