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Corporate Studs Unite: Behind Energy Investment
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Scott Tong
Sep 14, 2011
So Bill Gates, superstar venture capitalist John Doerr, GE boss Jeff Immelt , Bank of America chairman Charles Holliday and former Lockheed Marti...
Power Buoys
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Marc Sanchez
Aug 25, 2011
The Navy has begun testing on buoys that harness electricity from waves. In the past, wave-generated electricity was seen as too expensive and not...
Power Walker!
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Marc Sanchez
Aug 25, 2011
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin released a study showing how to power our Smartphones from the kinetic energy in our shoes. That means...
Pentagon energy strategy: 'Reduce, diversify, plan for the future'
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Scott Tong
Jun 14, 2011
Pentagon leaders today rolled out a long-anticipated energy strategy for military operations in the field. It's meant "to transform the way ...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Jobless claims, Suez Canal workers' strike, NYSE merger
Feb 10, 2011
The U.S. Labor Department this morning announced weekly jobless claims fell to 383,000, the lowest level in nearly three years....
When Trash is Anything But Waste
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Eve Troeh
Jan 27, 2011
In the 1970s, California faced growing concerns about the supply and cost of energy, in addition to worries about running out of landfill space....
Google invests in offshore wind
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John Moe
Oct 12, 2010
You know Google, right? They're that company that does wind farms and autonomous cars. Oh and yeah, they have a search engine too, I think....
For public good, not for profit.
MID-DAY UPDATE: Obama's top economic policy adviser leaving- now what?
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Bill Radke
Sep 22, 2010
White House National Economic Council director Larry Summers will return to Harvard at the end of the year. Who might replace him and what does...
What are the most effective things I can do to reduce the amount of energy I use?
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Adriene Hill
Sep 21, 2010
A new study from researchers at Columbia found that a lot of people are pretty confused about the actions they can take to save energy. When asked...
Are wind turbines really that bad for birds?
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Adriene Hill
Aug 17, 2010
Easy Answer: Yes. Somewhere between 58,000 and 440,000 birds each year die because of wind turbines....