1 Coal boss sees strong mid-term demand
The head of Xstrata Coal says fossil fuels will not be replaced 'overnight', with demand for thermal coal expected to outstrip supply in the medium term. Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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2 Karin P. Sheldon: Fossil Foolishness: Utah's Pursuit of Oil Shale and Tar Sands
There's a saying in the West: "Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over." This maxim could get put to the test as companies pursue development of tar sands and oil shale in Utah. Source: The Huffington Post
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3 Trees in the tank – NZ’s energy future?
Within 30 years, more than a quarter of New Zealand’s energy needs and nearly a third of our transport fuels could come from energy crops and materials that are currently wasted. Source: Scoop.co.nz
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4 US-India Solar Business Council Formed
In an effort to promote trade and investment in the solar industry between the U.S. and India the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) was formed this week. The USIBC is comprised of private-sector companies and seeks to help the United States' export solar technologies while furthering India's goal of reducing its dependence on imported coal and fossil fuels through the use of solar energy. The ... Source: Renewable Energy World
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5 Nuclear Energy Alternative To Fossil Fuel
SODPUR (WEST BENGAL), Sept 4 (Bernama) -- With the conventional fossil fuels fast depleting, there should be an earnest effort to tap alternative sources of energy such as nuclear power, Secretary of the India's Department of Atomic Energy Srikumar Banerjee said, reports Press Trust of India (PTI). Source: Bernama
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6 What peak oil? Why an oil glut is ahead
In May, less than a month after the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, a key milestone was achieved with little notice: Total U.S. supplies of petroleum and products refined from it (including the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) surpassed 1.8 billion barrels, reaching the highest level in the last 20 years. Since then the total has continued to edge upward, hitting 1.87 ... Source: CNN Money
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7 Raymond J. Learsy: America In The Caboose While The World Barrels Ahead On High Speed Rail
On Monday President Obama called on Congress to approve $50 billion for highways, landing strips and rail lines to stimulate the economy and create jobs.... Source: The Huffington Post
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8 My turn: Green jobs for a clean energy future
For decades it has been clear the way Americans produce and consume energy is not sustainable. Our addiction to foreign oil and fossil fuels puts our economy, our national security and our environment at risk. Source: Juneau Empire
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9 Old Braddock gas station may be converted to pump 'biofuels'
A business that collects used cooking oil and processes it into fuel for diesel-powered vehicles plans to convert a dilapidated gas station in Braddock into a biofuels filling station next year. Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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10 Protest over greenhouse gas curb
A group tied to conservative Oklahoma oil billionaires who are behind a campaign to deny man-made climate change is taking aim at New York's participation in a program to cut greenhouse gases. On Wednesday, Americans for Prosperity will protest outside the Manhattan offices of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a 10-state program in the Northeast begun in 2008 to cut emissions from power ... Source: Albany Times Union
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