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  • China Spelling Out Greenhouse Gas Goals

    China Spelling Out Greenhouse Gas Goals

    China claims it is serious about curbing greenhouse gas emissions and on Sunday moved to spell out greenhouse gas emission goals with a five year plan according to Reuters. Here’s an excerpt and link to the story:
    BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Sunday it will spell out greenhouse gas emissions goals and monitoring rules for [...]

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    The Mother Nature Network Launches

    Oil Obit | Energy News/January 30, 2009: PRWEB reports the launch of The Mother Nature Network, an environmental news and information website at mnn.com. The site is using an advertising supported model to provide green news and information. Advertising veteran Joel Babbit and Rolling Stones Keyboardist (Chuck Leavell) teamed up to provide environmental information for [...]

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    60 Minutes Ponders Pickens Plan on Sunday

    60 Minutes Ponders Pickens Plan on Sunday

    CBS is taking a close look at the Pickens Energy Plan this Sunday; Charlie Rose profiles Pickens on 60 Minutes, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Is it politics or truly an attempt to help us better understand how to end our dependence on foreign oil once and for all?  Although I consider 60-minutes [...]

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    Shell Funds Energy Land Reclaimation Study

    On of the key issues facing the environment today is venture capital and funding support from large corporations. Oil Obit Energy News is interested in following the money and we will report on developments in the sector.
    Recently, we learned that Shell is providing a $950,000 grant to enable Colorado State University (CSU) researchers to study [...]

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    Post Debate T. Boone Pickens Rally

    Post Debate T. Boone Pickens Rally

    Interested, I visited T. Boone Picken’s website to review the much advertised energy plan. While at the site I signed up for the newsletter updates. And today, around 6:30PM, I rec’d an invitation to participate in what the folks promoting Pickens’ energy plan hope is the largest internet rally for energy independence in history; scheduled [...]

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    Bailout Bill Big Win For Wind, Hybrids and Solar

    Bailout Bill Big Win For Wind, Hybrids and Solar

    The bailout legislation includes a $17 billion energy tax package; a big win for solar, wind and hybrids.

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    Mercedes-Benz S 400 BlueHYBRID

    Mercedes-Benz S 400 BlueHYBRID

    Mercedes-Benz is launching the S 400 BlueHYBRID, its first passenger car model equipped with a hybrid drive system, in summer 2009. The combination of a modified V6 petrol engine and a compact hybrid module makes the S 400 BlueHYBRID the world’s most economical luxury saloon with a petrol engine.
    The NEDC combined fuel consumption is 7.9 [...]

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