ENERGY OIL RIG CATCHES FIRE IN GULF; LEAK UNLIKELY - WASHINGTON POST The GuardianOil rig catches fire in gulf; leak unlikelyWashington PostBy Steven Mufson and David A. Fahrenthold An oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico caught fire Thursday morning, reigniting the political ...Video of Mariner Energy gulf Source: Washington Post - 03/09/2010 Category: World PLATFORM OWNER INVOLVED IN PREVIOUS OFFSHORE ACCIDENTS, REGULATORS SAY - LOS ANGELES TIMES The GuardianPlatform owner involved in previous offshore accidents, regulators sayLos Angeles TimesHouston-based Mariner Energy paid $55000 in fines this summer after inspectors found safety violations. Four of the company's accidents resulted in work Source: Los Angeles Times - 03/09/2010 Category: World GREENBRIEFS: JAPAN OKS $38,000 REBATE TO TESLA ROADSTER BUYERS; NISSAN, HAWAII TO PROMOTE STATE EV CHARGING NETWORK; CHEVY VOLT PRODUCTION TO BEGIN NOVEMBER 11 Tesla Motors announced today that its Roadster has been approved for the Japanese government's Clean Energy Cash Rebate Program, which allows buyers of the all-electric high-performance sports car in Japan to receive a cash rebate of up to 3.24 millio Source: Green Car Advisor - 01/09/2010 Category: Cars Ecocars SPY PHOTOGRAPHERS CATCH UP WITH RAM PLUG-IN HYBRID DURING HOT-WEATHER TESTING Chrysler announced last March that it had pulled the plug on retail plans for the 2011 Ram dual-mode hybrid. But with help from a $48-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the automaker said it would build 140 RAM plug-in hybrid electric ve Source: Green Car Advisor - 27/08/2010 Category: Cars Ecocars THINK CITY EV PLACES 3RD IN E-MIGLIA 2010 ALPINE RALLY, SHARES PODIUM WITH TESLAS Team Move About Bosch's Think City EV climbed five Alpine passes - and used regenerative braking to recapture some of that energy on the way down - to place third in the recently completed E-Miglia 2010 rally for electric vehicles. ----------  Source: Green Car Advisor - 21/08/2010 Category: Cars Ecocars NEW IBIZA ECOMOTIVE ? THE LOWEST EMISSIONS OF ITS SEGMENT ? CO2 emissions of only 89 g/km and fuel consumption of 3.4 litres per 100 km? 75 hp 1.2 TDI CR engine with Auto Start/Stop function and energy recovery system? Available in showrooms in SeptemberThe third generation of the Ibiza ECOMOTIVE reache Source: Seat - 21/08/2010 Category: cars IN OVAL OFFICE SPEECH, OBAMA CALLS FOR NEW FOCUS ON ENERGY POLICY - NEW YORK TIMES In Oval Office Speech, Obama Calls for New Focus on Energy PolicyNew York TimesBy HELENE COOPER and JACKIE CALMES WASHINGTON ? President Obama summoned Americans on Tuesday to a ?national mission? to move away from reliance on oil and ...altro » Source: New York Times - 18/06/2010 Category: World IN ADDRESS TO NATION, OBAMA URGES ACTION ON CLEAN ENERGY BILL - WASHINGTON POST In address to nation, Obama urges action on clean energy billWashington PostBy Scott Wilson and Anne E. Kornblut President Obama urged the nation Tuesday to rally behind legislation that would begin changing the way the country ...altro » Source: Washington Post - 16/06/2010 Category: World CAROLINAS SEEKING SIGNIFIANT ROLE IN PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET Will Tobacco Road become an electric-vehicle superhighway? That's what one key Duke Energy executive reportedly said earlier this week, calling North Carolina's major cities potential hotbeds for electric vehicle demand. Hmmmm. Evs on the NASC Source: Green Car Advisor - 12/06/2010 Category: Cars Ecocars EUROPEAN UNION OFFICIAL SETS TOUGH STANDARDS FOR PRODUCING BIOFUELS SOLD IN EU European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger set out tough standards for producing biofuels sold in the EU, demanding producers meet strict environmental criteria to ensure their makers don't create greenhouse-gas emissions or destroy forests Source: Green Car Advisor - 11/06/2010 Category: Cars Ecocars POWER FOR EV WORLD? NO PROBLEM. HOW 'BOUT ENTIRE WORLD? NO PROBLEM, FIRM SAYS The Shimizu Corporation, a Japanese construction firm, has recently proposed a plan to harness solar energy on a larger scale than almost any previously proposed concept. Their ambitious plan involves building a belt of solar cells around the Moon' Source: Green Car Advisor - 10/06/2010 Category: Cars Ecocars HEAVY-DUTY EV MAKER PROTERRA GETS $20 MILLION FROM MK ENERGY FOR BUS FACTORY Heavy-duty electric-vehicle maker Proterra Inc. today announced $20 million in funding from cleantech investor MK Energy and Infrastructure LLC to hasten construction of Proterra's EV bus factory in Greenville, S.C. The plant is scheduled break gro Source: Green Car Advisor - 09/06/2010 Category: Cars Ecocars SHELL INVESTS IN VIRENT, PRODUCER OF 'BIOGASOLINE' THAT OUTPERFORMS CORN ETHANOL Virent Energy Systems said today that it has secured $46.4 million from Royal Dutch Shell and more than a dozen other investors to scale up production of transportation fuels from plant sugars. ----------Inside Virent's biogasoline demonstration p Source: Green Car Advisor - 09/06/2010 Category: Cars Ecocars ZERO-EMISSIONS FUEL CELL-HYBRID TAXI UNVEILED AT LONDON'S CITY HALL Intelligent Energy, Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt, with funding from the U.K. government, this week unveiled a full performance, zero-emissions fuel cell-hybrid London taxi. While the taxi looks and drives like an iconic London black c Source: Green Car Advisor - 08/06/2010 Category: Cars Ecocars MR. PRESIDENT, LEAD NOW ON FOSSIL FUELS - LOS ANGELES TIMES Mr. President, lead now on fossil fuelsLos Angeles TimesHere's the president on March 31, announcing his plan to lift a longstanding moratorium on offshore drilling: "Given our energy needs, in order to sustain ...altro » Source: Los Angeles Times - 08/06/2010 Category: World

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