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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
It’s time again to test your beauty brain. In this week’s Beauty Science or BS poll we’ve got four headlines ripped from the world of science but only 3 are true. Can you figure out which beauty headline is fake? Just scroll on over to the […]
ENERGY TAX CREDITS (BUT NOT KITCHEN SINK) IN SENATE RESCUE BILL
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
This is NOT a Wall Street “bailout” plan, it is a bank “rescue” plan. Actually, it’s a rescue of the world economy, but nobody should get bogged down in details right now.
The Senate produced new rescue legislation September 30, turning the rejected 150-page House proposal into […]
STREAMER (HORIZON WIND ENERGY)
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
If it weren’t for the good folks in the coal and nuclear industries, there wouldn’t eally be any news in this story.
It’s a report about a mature power-generating industry going about its business, preparing a new 300-megawatt plant, opening regional offices and a local operations office.
So […]
SHINERS (eSOLAR, SUNDROP FUELS)
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Is it an example of a venture capitalist trying to make something happen in a company it has bet on? Or is it an example of the way a powerful venture capital firm can create synergies to drive technology?
There is no venture capital firm with more […]
ETS Investor Alert 10-1-08
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[?]Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
A story out of Australia says scientists have invented a new kind of solar panel that could cut the cost of going solar in half. www.news.com.au
Will this new product live up to its hype? There’s no way to know, which is why EnergyTechStocks.com regularly warns solar investors that today’s […]
Introducing EnergyTechStocks’ ‘Wise Energy’ Stock Index (Part 3 of 5) - Itron, Energy Recovery, Woodward, EnerNOC, Echelon
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[?]Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Try as you might, you won’t find an exchange-traded or mutual fund that targets “smart energy” companies whose technologies and processes serve to reduce energy costs. And yet, in the wake of the Wall Street meltdown, every company and household can be expected to put a higher priority on […]
Is There an Even Better Asian Electric Vehicle Firm To Buy Than the One Warren Buffett Just Bought 10% Of?
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[?]Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Warren Buffett surprised the investing world when he bought a 10% stake in Chinese electric vehicle developer BYD Company Ltd., but EnergyTechStocks.com readers already knew that BYD looked like it could be a winner. (See How Investors May Profit From China’s Eco-Crises (Part 1 of 2) – BYD Co.’s […]
NEW ENERGY TAX CREDITS: SOLAR STOCKS DROP, BLUE DOGS HOWL
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Solar stocks, reacting to news about the New Energy tax credits, were already dropping when the news broke that Congress rejected the rescue package. The news did no good for any sector of the market, much less solar stocks.
There was a moment some months back when […]
BIG BOOM IN SMALL WIND
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Small wind turbines are big business in the U.S. and getting bigger. 9,092 small turbines were sold in the U.S. in 2007, 14% growth over the previous year, generating $42 million in revnues. 2008 sales figures to date suggest this year’s growth may reach 20%.
Ron Stimmel, […]
1ST EMISSIONS AUCTION N U.S., A VIEW OF THINGS TO COME
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Looking for a market that’s holding its value? Here it is.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Inc (RGGI, nicknamed “Reggie”) held its first emissions permits auction, the first emissions permits auction in the U.S.
The program is regarded as a trial run in anticipation of a national cap-and-trade […]
CBRX: Phase II Trial Fails to Meet Primary Endpoint
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[?]Submitted By Knobias ClipReport
By Fain Hughes, fhughes@knobias.com
Columbia Laboratories, Inc. (CBRX) announced results from its Phase II study of vaginally-administered lidocaine, which the Company is investigating for the prevention and treatment of dysmenorrhea. No treatment currently exists to prevent dysmenorrhea.
Seventy women with a history of moderate-to-severe dysmenorrhea participated in this first documented […]
ENERGY TAX CREDITS – COMPROMISE OR R.I.P. UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION?
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Refusal by Congress and the President to extend vital New Energy industries tax credits is looming.One place the story being followed closely is wind-rich West Texas, home to such disparate characters as President Lyndon B. Johnson and President George W. Bush.
The House-amended version (H.R. 7060) of […]
PICKENS STILL PITCHING
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Kicking off what he promises will be a new PR blitz, energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on September 22.
He sure can talk.
By now the Pickens Plan is plenty widely known. In spots all over the network and […]
OREGON LOOKS TO OCEAN FOR NEW ENERGY
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Wave energy, the final frontier – these are the voyages of a whole host of exciting, ambitious ideas, one or more of which will change the way the U.S. gets electricity.
If there is an echo, in that opening sentence, of the William Shatner titles voiceover for […]
WMD IN KURDISTAN
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Could it be the Kurds have finally had enough of their land being the place where the world comes to fight for oil?
The Kurdistan Regional Government is inviting bids for the opportunity to do a study on the feasibility of building wind energy installations in the […]
WILL ITALY TURN TO NUCLEAR?
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
In the absence of an economy large enough to initiate a massive move to New Energy, governments have 3 choices for large-scale power generation: coal, nuclear or natural gas.
In the carbon-constrained society that Europe’s unblinking recognition of global climate change has turned it into, coal is […]
LIFEVILLAGE FROM ENVISION BUILT IN COTE D’IVOIRE
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“Infrastructure in a crate.”
Designed by architects, LifeVillage(TM) is a self-contained building that can be shipped in 2 containers and rapidly assembled at any location, no matter how remote. It is powered by solar panels and contains a battery system for energy storage. It also has its […]
The Circle Of Life
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
AKA What goes around comes around (and the theme song). It’s not the Disney version of “The Circle of Life,” it’s the Brazilian World Wildlife Fund version, the version Disney would make if its rainforest was being destroyed at the rate Brazil’s is. From dabugattas via […]
Architectural Wind
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
A “building integrated energy system.” It does for wind what solar panels do for solar. The slogan is “Ride the winds of change.” It is certainly change you can believe in. In fact, it’s change you can buy. From diamondsolar via YouTube.
Sad Earth, Happy Earth
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Interesting mix of image and sounds. It starts a little harsh but has a happy ending. Let’s hope things turn out as well for the real Earth. Better yet, let’s WORK to MAKE it turn out as well. From anitasancha via YouTube.
Introducing EnergyTechStocks’ ‘Wise Energy Use’ Stock Index (Part 2 of 5) – EV Firms Nissan, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Ener1, A123
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[?]Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Try as you might, you won’t find an exchange-traded or mutual fund that targets “smart energy” companies whose technologies and processes serve to reduce energy costs. And yet, in the wake of the Wall Street meltdown, every company and household can be expected to put a higher priority on […]
If Charley Maxwell and Amy Jaffe Are Right, Now May be a Good Time to Sell Shares in Big Oil Firms
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[?]Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Have you noticed that when the spot price of oil goes up, the stock prices of oil giants like ExxonMobil go up too? But if two leading oil analysts are correct, rising oil prices should serve as a warning about the future financial health of the western world’s oil […]
Why It is Important for Investors to Create A ‘Wise Energy Use’ Stock Portfolio
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Starting today – with the story right below this one on our Home Page – EnergyTechStocks.com is rolling out a new kind of stock index not to be found on Wall Street. The time has come for a “Wise Energy Use” index — a strictly informal stock index intended […]
ETS Investor Alert 9-29-08
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[?]Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
The chairman of Coal India Ltd. has warned that India’s coal reserves may run out by 2040.
business-standard.com
Before then, Partha S. Bhattacharyya reportedly said, the country will need to increase its coal mining by 6 % to 7% per year, which will require new technologies and greater environmental degradation.
No wonder […]
Introducing The ‘Wise Energy Use’ Stock Index (Part 1 of 5) – Lighting Firms Philips, Cree, Lighting Science
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[?]Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Try as you might, you won’t find an exchange-traded or mutual fund that targets “smart energy” companies whose technologies and products serve to reduce energy costs. And yet, in the wake of the Wall Street meltdown, every company and household can be expected to put a higher priority on […]
