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The federal government announced that $100 million in stimulus funds would be directed to the newly formed ARPA-E research program. Modeled after the Pentagon's DARPA program, whose high-risk research lead to the development of the internet, GPS, and large military advancements, the ARPA-E program c...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 8, 2010 (ENS) - A moving pulse of heat traveling along a nano-sized wire of carbon atoms can drive electrons along, creating a powerful electrical current, a team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on Sunday. They say the discovery th...
SAVANNAH, Georgia, March 3, 2010 (ENS) - President Barack Obama has outlined the details of a new "Homestar" program that would help create jobs by encouraging American families to invest in energy saving home improvements. The President spoke of the new program Tuesday while touring a training fac...
"Cap and Trade is dead," said Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) last weekend. Graham, working in a bipartisan effort with Senator John Kerry (D-Mass) and Joe Lieberman (I-Con) confirmed that the group would be abandoning cap and trade in their last effort to pass a climate bill before the midterm electi...
SACRAMENTO, California, March 2, 2010 (ENS) - The California Air Resources Board has adopted a measure developed with representatives of the electrical utilities that will limit and monitor the emissions of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride, SF6, from high-voltage electrical applications.
The worlds largest solar powered boat begins preparations to journey around the globe using nothing but the power of the sun. The 100 foot catamaran has been developed to be silent and 100% clean, and generates enough power to propel 50 people across the high seas. Despite the large size of the vess...
After over a decade of secretive development, Bloom Energy revealed their fuel cell design that they believe could transform the electricity industry forever. Their fuel cell, which generates electricity by combining natural gas and oxygen without combustion, is small and scalable, enabling consumer...
Environmental groups were delighted to hear that major US firms, from the Pentagon to Shell Oil, were pulling out of their controversial Canadian tar sands projects. The development program, which extracts crude oil from sediment at three to four times the total carbon footprint, has been the target...
Industry groups are suing California's recently adopted low-carbon fuel regulation on the basis that it discriminates against fuels not produced inside California's state limits. The first-of-its-kind law requires petroleum producers to reduce their carbon footprint by 10%, including extraction, pro...
In a filing with the Security and Exchanges commission last week, California start-up Tesla Motors announced that it would be discontinuing production of its all-electric Roadster sports car sometime next year. The $100,000 plus two seater is Tesla's only production model, which Tesla says it will n...
