HAWAII IS A GREAT PLACE FOR BETTER PLACE

Submitted by New Energy News Blog Some men see things as they are and ask ‘Why?’ I dream things that never were and ask ‘Why not?’” …attributed to Robert F. Kennedy These precious words, attributed to RFK, should not be quoted lightheartedly. Yet they could not but come to mind when Shai Agassi announced he had pulled yet another high-profile partner …

ETS Investor Alert 12-5-08

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com The Alberta Energy Research Institute in Canada is partnering with Air Products & Chemicals Inc. on a study of an advanced carbon dioxide capture technology. www.lehighvalleylive.com The study reportedly will focus on applying Air Products’ gas separation technologies in a way that reduces the cost of sequestering CO2 up to 25% compared to current technologies. Until Monday.

As If It Wasn’t Tough Enough To Build High-Voltage Power Lines, Now Their EMF May Be Connected to Alzheimer’s

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com New research from Europe concludes that people who live within 50 meters of a high-voltage power line are more likely to die with Alzheimer’s disease. The longer they live near a high-voltage line, the greater the risk, according to the report by a group led by Martin Roosli, a noted researcher from the University of Bern in Switzerland. …

Van Jones and ShoreBank Join Hands for Green Energy

We have two new videos of Van Jones speaking about the Green Collar Economy and ShoreBank available: Right now, ShoreBank is teaming up with Van Jones’ organization, Green For All, to spread the word about greening our economy. For each person that funds a ShoreBank Direct Online High Yield Savings Account (3.5% APY) before December 15 through Green For All’s …

UK Firm AMEC Plc Looks Poised to Benefit If Obama Pushes a ‘Cleaner’ Coal Agenda

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com No matter how bad the U.S. economy gets in the coming months, President-elect Barack Obama is between a rock and a hard place when it comes to coal-fired power plants. If he shuts them down, he will exacerbate a forecasted nationwide power generation shortfall. If he keeps them running without requiring that they utilize expensive new emissions control …

ETS Investor Alert 12-1-08

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com A new report indicates that carbon dioxide is being absorbed by groundwater at a rate 100 times faster than it is in the atmosphere. in.news.yahoo.com This could become a real problem for attempts to sequester CO2 underground wherever sites are near groundwater supplies. Yet another reason to question the long-term prospects for carbon sequestration. Until tomorrow.

HYDROKINETIC ENERGY AT THE CROSSING

Submitted by New Energy News Blog One of the things that draws people to the study and development of New Energy is an intuition about a future that is becoming every day more palpable. In an assessment of the progress made by hydrokinetic (wave, tide and current) energy, a pioneer in the field described that intuition. Tom Denniss, founder/former CEO/now Chief …

MOVING WIND POWER AROUND

Submitted by New Energy News Blog The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) is 1 of 4 federal agencies created to manage the power created by the hydroelectric projects built by the federal government. WAPA has obligations to supply power to a wide range of electricity users. Drought on the Missouri River, now 8 years in duration, has begun to compromise WAPA’s …

SOLAR PUT TO TEST BY OIL

Submitted by New Energy News Blog Point of view. It has everything to do with belief. Can’t believe something as complicated as a human eye could accidentally evolve? The only logical conclusion is that there must have been a designer. Start learning about the amazing range of variations there are on the eye in nature and suddenly it seems possible the …