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Biofuels from Microalgae (Part 1)

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: UN Biofuels Assessment Report, Microbial Biofuels, Gasoline, Biofuels, Algae, Pollution, Crude Oil, Global Warming, Department of Energy, Biofuels Assessment Report, United Nations Environment Program, Biojet Fuel, Green News
Patrick Takahashi

I begun to be involved with growing algae in raceways a third of a century ago, and from then until now, have observed that federal funding was spotty and mostly non-existent.

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The U.S. Department of Energy and the Power of Transformative Science

James M. Gentile | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Energy, Obama Administration, Department of Energy, Stimulus, Steven Chu, Green News
James M. Gentile

Transformative science is high-risk high-reward inquiry. It's crucial that government take the lead in this regard, especially with the U.S. economy struggling.

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Oil's Massive Price Distortion Militates the Reconvening of the 1970s Federal Oil Price Task Force

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Argus Index, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Obama Presidency, James Schlesinger, Department of Energy, Oil, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Opec, Energy, Commodity Futures Trading Commision, Bank Holding Companies, NewYork Times, Media, Wti, Cnbc, Nymerc, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

It is long past time that our government take seriously and study intensely how oil prices are determined in a world of OPEC, speculation, timid oversight and failing transparency.

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Solar Decathlon: The Competition For The Best Solar-Powered House (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Energy Efficiency, Eco-House, Green Technology, Solar Panels, Slidepoll, National Mall, Green Building, Washington DC, Sustainability, Department of Energy, Sustainable Building, Green Energy, 2009 Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Green News

University teams from around the world are busy constructing sustainable houses at this year's U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition...

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A Zero Energy Home for All Americans: Ed Pollock Promotes Builders Challenge at EEBA Conference

Laura A. Hutchings | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Home Energy Rating, Energy Efficiency, Net-Zero-Energy-Bill, Builders Challenge, Green Building, Zero Energy Home, Department of Energy, Green Living, Net Zero Home, Denver, Denver News
Laura A. Hutchings

The Department of Energy came to Denver this week, promoting its Builders Challenge initiative, which seeks to promote affordable, zero energy homes f...

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Why Does Competition Over Green Tech Spur Gore Baiting?

Beau Friedlander | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco Motors International, Al Gore, Henrik Fisker, Ford, Nissan, Electric Car Manufacturer, O. John Collett, Department of Energy, Wall Street Journal, Green Technology, Tesla, Green News
Beau Friedlander

You may have heard about the "Gore-backed" car company that got more than $500 million to make a sports car. What you may have missed: the government is backing green technology and a plan to make it popular.

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Fisker Automotive Gets $529 Million Government Loan To Build Electric Cars

Wall Street Journal | JOSH MITCHELL and STEPHEN POWER | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Doe, Cars, Subsidies, Emissions, Mpg, Roadster, Nina, Loans, Karma, Electric Cars, Detroit, Environment, Fuel Standards, Finland, Al Gore, Department of Energy, Fisker Automotive, Global Warming, Tesla, Business News

A tiny car company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Fi...

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Clean Energy Advocates at GridWeek

Mike Smith | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Doe, Clean Energy, Smart Grid, Presdient Obama, Department of Energy, Climate Change, Aneesh Chopra, Politics News
Mike Smith

Consumer education is critical. Whether we as Americans will adopt smart grid and pay small surcharges, knowing the impact we have on carbon footprint, seems the biggest challenge.

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How Glenn Beck Can Become a Progressive -- Really!

John F. Wasik | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp Bailout, TARP Money, People's Republic of China, Mortgage Lending, Green News, Green, Glenn Beck, Green Housing, Department of Energy, Politics News
John F. Wasik

Beck and his tea-bagging minions apparently don't want anything to do with creating jobs for those who need them.

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Students Build Solar-Powered Home (VIDEO)

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 09.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Living, Team California, Refract House, Santa Clara University, Green Architecture, Department of Energy, 2009 Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

In the US Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon, members of Team California are working around the clock to finish their entry, Refract House.

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"Clunker Cash" That Makes Sense For New York

Scott Stringer | Posted 09.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Cash for Clunker, Department of Energy, Car Allowance Rebate System Act, Stephen Chu, New York City, Cash for Clunkers, New York Cash for Clunkers, Energy Star, Cars, New York News
Scott Stringer

For the 77% of Manhattan households who do not have a car, the picture is clear: By limiting the clunkers program to automobiles, urban consumers have been left out of the recovery picture.

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Young Science USA

James M. Gentile | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Department of Energy, Steven Chu, National Institutes of Health, Barack Obama, Albert Einstein, Competitiveness, Doe, Us-China-Economy, Education Budget, India Economy, Stimulus Higher Education, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, China Tech, National Institute of Health, Education Policy, U.S. Department of Energy, Relativity, Higher Education, Nih, China Economy, Cambridge University, Scientists, Politics News
James M. Gentile

If the future of our nation is not continually renewed by young Americans well supported in their advanced scientific research, we likely will have a very dim future indeed.

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Climate Bill Will Only Cost You 23 Cents A Day

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Secretary Chu, Energy Information Agency, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, Us-Department-of-Energy, Green News, Green, Climate Legislation, Green Living, Department of Energy, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Bill, Green News

You've surely heard various competing claims about how much the American Clean Energy & Security Act will increase energy prices. [...] New analysis ...

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Udall Backs Request For Vail Powerplant That Runs On Dead Trees

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 08.31.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Green Enrergy Colorado, DoE Vail, Vail Power Plant, Department of Energy Vail, Vail Biomass, Biomass, Department of Energy, Green Energy, Vail, Denver News

The concept of a biomass power plant in Vail first reported by The Colorado Independent back in February has turned into a formal request for U.S. Dep...

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Will America Lose the Clean Energy Race?

Teryn Norris | Posted 08.26.2009 | Green

Read More: National Defense Education Act, Obama Energy Policy, Climate Policy, Education, Clean Energy Race, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Economy, Department of Energy, Energy Policy, China Economy, National Energy Education Act, Apollo Project, Barack Obama, Re-Energyse, South Korea, China, Green News
Teryn Norris

The U.S. is not only investing far less in our clean energy industries than Asian nations, but also falling behind in energy science and technology education.

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Stimulus Money Goes To Nissan, Ford, Tesla

ecogeek.org | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Nissan, Department of Energy, Electric Cards, President Obama, Environment, Green, Detroit, Ford, Hybrid Cars, Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Tesla, Alternative Energy Supplies, Green Energy, Alternative and Renewable, Renewable Resources, Clean Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Green News

Both the big auto giants and the lightweight electric startups applied for as much of said money as possible, and the Department of Energy is moments ...

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Obama Officials Urge Senate To Act On Climate Bill

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pollution, Climate Change, Steven Chu, Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Enivorment, Senate, Agriculture Department, Interior Department, Carbon Emissions, Environment and Public Works Committee, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Saying global warming poses unprecedented threats to Americans' way of life, four of President Barack Obama's top environmental and...

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Waterkeeper 10th Anniversary Conference and Gala Event with Bill Clinton and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kevin George | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Columbia-River, Bill Clinton, National Geographic, Emily Deschanel, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Lexus Hybrid Living, Changing Our World, Waterkeeper Alliance, Green Living, Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D, Liv Tyler, Clean Air Act, Rosario Dawson, Environmental Protection Agency, Anjelica Huston, Stella McCartney, Youtube, Yann-Arthus-Bertrand, Enviromentalism, Department of Energy, Cameron Diaz, Fox News Channel, Green News
Kevin George

Our values are changing from profits and competition, to collaboration and community, focused on philanthropic giving for environmental and social responsibility.

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U.S. Launches Complaint at WTO Over Chinese Export Curbs While Giving OPEC/Saudi Arabia a Free Pass

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business

Read More: President Obama, 9/11, European Union, China, Opec, Justice Department, Federal Trade Commision, World Trade Organization, European Trade Commisioner Baroness Ashton, Financial TImes, Saudi Arabia, Oil, New York Times, President Bush, 2003 Joint Congressional Inquiry, Prince Bandar, Sovereign Immunity, Department of Energy, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Though Obama has enough on his plate, if time and energy can be directed at China because of export trade constraints, then certainly action against the OPEC cartel is long overdue.

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Will Congress Put Useless Fighter Jets Above America?

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: F-35-Lightning-Ii, Pentagon, Nuclear Waste, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Department of Defense, Robert Gates, President Obama, F-22 Raptor, F-22, Nuclear-Waste, Department of Energy, Defense Spending, Pentagon Budget, Defense Department, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jon Soltz

Congress is about to throw $369 million (on a down-payment of $2 billion) for a dozen F-22 fighter jets that even the Pentagon doesn't want.

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Clean Coal Knee-Capping: Secretary Chu Makes $1 Billion Down Payment For More Dirty Coal

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Department of Energy, Dirty Coal, Clean Coal, Carol Browner, Steven Chu, Futuregen, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

A lot of hot air has been emitted on the dangerous oxymoron of "clean coal. The truth is that carbon capture and storage technology is still in its experimental phase

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The Price of Oil Has Doubled on Obama's Watch -- the Time for Action is Now

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Secretary of Energy Chu, NY Mercantile Exchange, Crude-Oil-Prices, Opec, Cftc, Strategic Petoleum Reserve, Wall Street Journal, Politics, Department of the Interior, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Saudi Arabia, Oil, Bush Administraton, Oil Commodity Exchange Trading, Department of Energy, President Obama, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Speculation and psychology go hand in hand. The Department of Energy has it within its powers to change the temper of the marketplace.

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DOE Nuclear Clean-Up Program "High-Risk Area For Fraud, Waste, Abuse, And Mismanagement"

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Doe, Gao, Nuclear Cleanup, Department of Energy, Government Accountability Office, Green News

The Department of Energy is not adequately reporting the environmental impact of its billion-dollar program to clean up nuclear waste, according to a ...

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Chu Says "No" To Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research

CNET News | AOL News | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Energy, Fuel Cell Cars, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Cars, Department of Energy, Green Energy, Green News

"We asked ourselves, 'Is it likely in the next 10 or 15, 20 years that we will convert to a hydrogen car economy?' The answer, we felt, was 'no,'" Chu...

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136 Super-Efficient Cars Compete for the $10M Progressive Automotive X PRIZE... Get Ready for a New Generation of Automotive Options

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Xprize, Green Cars, Auto Competition, 2009 New York Auto Show, Hybrid Cars, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Department of Energy, Auto Industry, Progressive-Automative-X-Prize, New York Auto Show, Green News
Peter Diamandis

This is the ultimate win-win for Detroit since this competition will essentially show the world a wide range of new designs, and provide actual physical demonstration of what works, and what the public desires.

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