News German-made film takes hard look at Japan's nuclear future
05-24-2012
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http://ajw.asahi.com, By LOUIS TEMPLADO
All of Japan's 50 nuclear reactors are currently offline--for now, anyway.
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News China Warns Australia - Choose Between us or the United States
05-23-2012
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OIlprice.com
What has been rattling the Chinese leadership are recent remarks by the Obama administration that the Pentagon will shift its focus to Asia. Last month the first contingent of 2,500 U.S. Marines to be deployed in the country arrived in the northern c
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News Tesla Model S Coming June 22
05-22-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Keith Barry
It’s official: The first deliveries of the long-awaited Tesla Model S will begin on June 22.
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News Can Japan Thrive without Nuclear Power?
05-22-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Mike Orcutt
After shutting down its last reactor, Japan is now even more heavily dependent on imported oil, gas, and coal.
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News Shell Oil in Nigeria: A Social and Environmental Disaster
05-22-2012
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by Friends of the Earth International
SEVENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE ASK OIL GIANT SHELL TO CLEAN UP ITS MESS IN NIGERIA
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News This Insane Video Of An Oil Tank Exploding In Russia Was Filmed From Over A Mile Away
05-21-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Ashley Lutz
A terrifying amateur video of an oil tank exploding in Ulyanovsk, Russia is making its rounds on the internet.
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News The Canadian Oil Sand Mines Refused Us Access, So We Rented This Plane To See What They Were Up To
05-21-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Robert Johnson
When reaching out to Alberta oil sands companies before a trip to Canada last month, I thought all of them mined oil the same way — they don't.
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News Delphi gasoline-injection engine technique rivals hybrid's edge
05-21-2012
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http://phys.org, by Nancy Owano
Running a diesel like engine on gasoline is something Delphi is doing in notable fashion. They claim they are on to a promising way to enjoy an engine that gives the vehicle owner high efficiency and low emissions.
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News Unplugging These 6 Gadgets Will Cut Your Electricity Bill
05-21-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By Kiera Butler
We all know we're supposed to unplug our technological gadgets when we're not using them, and back in the days when we only had a few home electronics—a TV here, a stereo there—that wasn't so hard to do.
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News Methane Hydrate Successfully Produced
05-19-2012
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arclein
nnounced the world’s first successful field trial (in Alaska) of a technology that uses carbon dioxide to free natural gas from methane hydrates – the globally abundant hunks of
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News China cries foul after U.S. sets tariffs on solar imports
05-19-2012
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news.yahoo.com
The United States imposed punitive tariffs on solar panel imports from China, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world's two biggest economies and sparking accusations by Beijing of protectionism. New tariffs over 30%
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News Craig Venter Wants to Solve the World’s Energy Crisis
05-18-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Thomas Goetz
There is one version of Craig Venter’s life story where he would’ve been a dutiful scientist at the National Institutes of Health, a respected yet anonymous researcher in genetics, perhaps. Thankfully, Venter saw that story line developing—and set ab
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News Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy by Half
05-18-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Kevin Bullis
Delphi says its diesel-like engine runs cleanly on gasoline.
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News Methane Hydrate Successfully Produced
05-18-2012
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arclein
announced the world’s first successful field trial (in Alaska) of a technology that uses carbon dioxide to free natural gas from methane hydrates – the globally abundant hunks of porous ice that trap huge amounts of natural gas in deposits, onshore
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News Deep In Canada, This Facility Is Unlocking Earth's Biggest New Oil Supply
05-17-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Robert Johnson
When Business Insider decided to follow up a series of stories I wrote about Williston, North Dakota by sending me to the Alberta oil sands, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
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News Nuclear Catastrophe Imminent at San Onofre if Guidelines Continue to be Ignored
05-16-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
Negligence led to release of radiation from defective equipment at San Onofre in January
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News New Finger-Tap Power Generator Uses Viruses to Make Electricity
05-15-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle
Piezoelectric devices promise to draw power from your footsteps or heartbeat, change the channel on your TV, and complete all sorts of helpful tasks — but they generally work in the nano-mechanical realm, requiring synthetic materials to function.
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News Corruption Accounts For As Much As $14 Dollars Out Of Every Tank Of Gas
05-14-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Lee Fang
You pay a hidden premium every time they fill up your gas tank.
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News Why Is The Obama Administration Allowing The Chinese Government To Buy Up U.S. Oil And Gas Deposits?
05-14-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Michael Synder
If we are trying to become independent of foreign oil, then why is the Obama administration allowing the Chinese government to buy up U.S. oil and gas deposits worth billions of dollars?
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Headlines: Why Is The Obama Administration Allowing The Chinese Government To Buy Up U.S. Oil And Gas Deposits? -- Corruption Accounts For As Much As $14 Dollars Out Of Every Tank Of Gas -- New Finger-Tap Power Generator Uses Viruses to Make Electricity -- Nuclear Catastrophe Imminent at San Onofre if Guidelines Continue to be Ignored -- Deep In Canada, This Facility Is Unlocking Earth's Biggest New Oil Supply -- Methane Hydrate Successfully Produced -- Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy by Half -- Craig Venter Wants to Solve the World’s Energy Crisis -- China cries foul after U.S. sets tariffs on solar imports -- Methane Hydrate Successfully Produced -- Unplugging These 6 Gadgets Will Cut Your Electricity Bill -- Delphi gasoline-injection engine technique rivals hybrid's edge -- The Canadian Oil Sand Mines Refused Us Access, So We Rented This Plane To See What They Were Up To -- This Insane Video Of An Oil Tank Exploding In Russia Was Filmed From Over A Mile Away -- Shell Oil in Nigeria: A Social and Environmental Disaster -- Can Japan Thrive without Nuclear Power? -- Tesla Model S Coming June 22 -- China Warns Australia - Choose Between us or the United States -- German-made film takes hard look at Japan's nuclear future --