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Automakers in a race for buyers of mid-size family cars

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Jerry Hirsch - Jan. 11 (News Report) - Ford, GM, Honda and Nissan are all rolling out revamped models this year, with added features and better gas mileage.

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Kim Jong Un Leads Funeral Procession For His Father

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Dec. 28 (News) - Wailing and clutching at their hearts, tens of thousands of North Koreans lined the snowy streets of Pyongyang on Wednesday as the hearse carrying late leader Kim Jong Il's body wound its way through the capital for a final farewell.

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Is the end of the world really nigh?

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Alok Jha - Nov. 20 (Special Report) - All too real are the human-caused threats born of climate change, excess pollution, depletion of natural resources and the madness of nuclear weapons. We tinker with our genes and atoms at our own peril. Nanotechnology, synthetic biology and genetic modification offer much potential in giving us better food to eat, safer drugs and a cleaner world, but they could also go wrong if misapplied or if we charge on without due care.

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Energy Costs to Rise 'Viciously' Without Atomic Power, IEA Says

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:55:55 -0800

Bloomberg - By Lananh Nguyen - Nov. 09 (Special Report) - Energy will become "viciously more expensive" and polluting if governments don't promote renewable and nuclear power in the next two decades instead of burning coal, the International Energy Agency said. Global demand for energy is set to increase 40 percent by 2035, the Paris-based agency said today in its annual World Energy Outlook report. Consumption will rise 1.3 percent a year to 16.96 billion metric tons of oil equivalent in 2035, spurred by China and other emerging economies, the IEA said. The worst atomic accident in 25 years at the Fukushima plant in Japan on March 11 led Germany, Europe's biggest economy, to close eight of its 17 reactors permanently. Nuclear plants generate power continuously while emitting virtually no greenhouse gases. Without nuclear, keeping world temperature gains at 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) will cost an extra $1.5 trillion through 2035, the IEA said. "If we do not have an international legally binding agreement soon, and if it doesn't give a boost to a major investment wave of clean energy technologies by 2017, the door to 2 degrees will be closed forever," Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist in Paris, said in an interview yesterday. A shift away from nuclear power "would definitely be bad news for energy security, for climate change and also for the economics of the electricity price."

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Virus-templated self-assembled single-walled carbon nanotubes for highly efficient electron collection in photovoltaic devices

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Nature - By Xiangnan Dang, Hyunjung Yi, Moon-Ho Ham, Jifa Qi, Dong Soo Yun, Rebecca Ladewski, Michael S. Strano, Paula T. Hammond , Angela M. Belcher - Sep. 19 (Special Report) - we report the synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotube–TiO2 nanocrystal core–shell nanocomposites using a genetically engineered M13 virus as a template. By using the nanocomposites as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells, we demonstrate that even small fractions of nanotubes improve the power conversion efficiency by increasing the electron collection efficiency.

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UK sails ahead in offshore wind power

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Fiona Harvey - Jul. 27 (News) - The UK has sailed ahead in offshore wind power generation in the past six months, building more offshore windfarms than any other country in the world, and accounting for almost all of the turbines erected in European waters this year.

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Obama’s focus on visiting clean-tech companies raises questions

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Carol D. Leonnig, Joe Stephens, Alice Crites - Jun. 26 (News Report) - With trips that began two months after he took office, President Obama has devoted more than half of his out-of-town private-business visits to promoting a single industry: clean technology, which the president says will lead the nation back to economic prosperity.

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Future of ethanol looks cloudy in Congress

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

American Public Media - Jun. 25 (News Report) - The ethanol industry has had many friends in Congress over the years who have given it preferential treatment, but a key vote last week in the U.S. Senate suggests a tight federal budget is making those friends more scarce.

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Supreme Court has given firms a stronger hand

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By David G. Savage - Jun. 25 (News Report) - This year, it gave firms a stronger shield against class actions. But it also ruled for several individuals suing employers and made it easier for car crash victims to sue automakers.The Supreme Court, which winds up its term Monday, has once again shown itself to be highly skeptical of large lawsuits against big business, regardless of whether the suits are intended to protect workers, consumers or the environment.

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Chevy Volt dealers inflate prices, take tax credits

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Tiffany Hsu - Jun. 03 (News Report) - Several dealerships, including at least one in California, have marked up new Volts more than $20,000. Others are selling the cars as used, claiming a $7,500 tax credit for themselves.Car sales may be in a slump, but the hybrid-electric Chevrolet Volts are hot, and that's leading to shortages — and in some cases extreme dealer markups.

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Studies: Natural gas has own environmental problems

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Tom Zeller - Apr. 17 (News Report) - Natural gas, with its reputation as a crucial linchpin in the effort to wean the nation off dirtier fossil fuels and reduce global warming, may not be as clean overall as its proponents say. Even as natural gas production in the United States increases and Washington gives it a warm embrace as a crucial component of America’s energy future, two coming studies try to poke holes in the clean-and-green reputation of natural gas. They suggest that the rush to develop the nation’s vast, unconvention... ...

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Solar power: breakthrough could herald big drop in costs

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Mark Clayton - Apr. 16 (News) - Scientists at the University of Michigan have discovered a new effect from an old property of light, which they say could lead to an "optical battery" that converts sunlight to electricity at a fraction of the cost of today's photovoltaic cells.

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Where even cellphones aren't safe

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - Apr. 10 (News Report) - Mohammed Maskati's cellphone was his lifeline to fellow human rights activists in strife-torn Bahrain. So when his line went dead in mid-March, he checked with the local phone company. His account, they told him, had been canceled. Even worse, Maskati said, he discovered that Bahraini authorities used records of his calls, plus texts and emails sent from his phone, as a secret road map to crack down on his network of pro-democracy advocates. Nor did the harassment stop when Maskati got a new phone and number. He soon received anonymous death threats. Then, in a predawn raid Saturday, armed men in masks and black uniforms forced their way into his home. They bound and beat him and, to humiliate him, shaved half of his head.

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China lowering nuclear target

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Ap - Mar. 29 (News) - China is likely to scale back its ambitious plans to construct nuclear power plants under a new policy that stresses safety instead of rapid development, an industry official said in comments repo...

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U.S. nuclear officials suspect Japanese plant has a dire breach

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Ralph Vartabedian, Barbara Demick, Laura King - Mar. 18 (News Report) - A leak in a spent fuel pool at the Fukushima nuclear plant would be an unprecedented problem with no clear remedy, experts say.

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Governor pushes septic development curb

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Baltimore Sun - By Timothy B. Wheeler - Feb. 14 (News) -

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Group rebuilding Oliver neighborhood one green home at a time

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Baltimore Sun - By Nancy Jones Bonbrest - Feb. 12 (News) -

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O'Malley seeks venture capital fund, wind farms in State of the State speech

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By John Wagner , Ann E. Marimow, Aaron C. Davis - Feb. 03 (News) - Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley asked lawmakers Thursday to create a $100 million venture capital fund, spur investment in offshore wind farms and ban the installation of septic systems in major new housing developments.

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Obama's clean-energy goals have industry questioning feasibility

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Tiffany Hsu - Jan. 27 (News Report) - Plans call for 1 million electric vehicles on the road within four years and 80% of the nation's power coming from green sources by 2035. Executives say the ability to get steady funding would help.

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Solar Panel Maker Moves Work to China

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Keith Bradsher - Jan. 14 (News Report) - Aided by at least $43 million in assistance from the government of Massachusetts and an innovative solar energy technology, Evergreen Solar emerged in the last three years as the third-largest maker of solar panels in the United States.

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Delay of 787 Dreamliner disappoints airlines, parts suppliers, passengers

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By W.J. Hennigan - Jan. 13 (News Report) - Delivery, once expected by May 2008, has been put off six times. The delay has caused airlines to postpone opening new routes, to keep older planes in the air longer and to buy other aircraft to fill the gap.

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The future of cars: Drivers not needed

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By John D. Sutter - Jan. 10 (News Report) - It's conventional wisdom in the auto industry, but the rest of us may be a bit shocked to find out that cars of the future likely will drive themselves.

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E.P.A. Delays Tougher Rules on Emissions

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By John M. Broder, Sheryl Gay Stolberg - Dec. 10 (News) - The Obama administration is retreating on long-delayed environmental regulations — new rules governing smog and toxic emissions from industrial boilers — as it adjusts to a changed political dynamic in Washington with a more muscular Republican opposition.

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Cancun climate summit: UN calls for worldwide phase out of incandescent bulbs

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Telegraph - By Louise Gray - Dec. 01 (News) - Traditional light bulbs should be banned across the world as part of plans to help tackle climate change, according to a new United Nations report.

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Your mail on an electric delivery cart: Postal Service goes greener

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Nov. 01 (News) - The US Postal Service and other government agencies are trying to make their transportation fleets more eco-friendly. ...

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