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Taxing Oil Companies to Fund Biofuel Investment
Business  (tags: environment, energy, business, oil )

Carrie
- 574 days ago - triplepundit.com
A bill currently before the Senate would restore taxes on oil companies for investment in renewable energy, addressing both environmental and national security concerns.
Petrify, Liquefy: New Ways to Bury Greenhouse Gas
Offbeat  (tags: CO2emissions, pollution, Sustainabililty, climate-change )

Carrie
- 574 days ago - enn.com
If viable technologies can be developed, petrifying or liquefying greenhouse gases could prove a safer solution for the disposal of captured CO2 than burying it in its gaseous state.
Wind Energy on Record Pace
Environment  (tags: energy, sustainable, environment )

Carrie
- 575 days ago - domesticfuel.com
The U.S. wind industry is on pace to set a record for energy production in 2008, having put in 1,400 megawatts of new generating capacity during the first quarter.
ENN: Consumer Group Ranks Companies on Emissions Efforts
Green Lifestyle  (tags: environment, CO2emissions )

Carrie
- 573 days ago - enn.com
Nonprofit group Climate Counts will release its second annual rankings of 56 consumer companies today on how they measure greenhouse gas emissions, their plans to reduce them and how fully they disclose their efforts.
Goldman Sachs Predicts $200/Gallon Oil
Green Lifestyle  (tags: energy )

Carrie
- 576 days ago - matternetwork.com
Remember the days when $100 a gallon for oil used to be unthinkable? The world's largest investment banks predicts we'll see twice that price in the next few months.
15 Tips for Better Mileage -- Want to Get 70 MPG in Your Toyota Prius?
World  (tags: travel, greenliving, energy, CO2emissions )

Carrie
- 576 days ago - riverwired.com
In a summer of $4-a-gallon gas, we'll be hearing a lot about hypermiling. But what is it? Who can use it? Does it require a Prius to make it worth the effort?
Cow Poo Plant Gets $66 Million
Green Lifestyle  (tags: energy, Sustainabililty, recycling )

Carrie
- 576 days ago - greenbang.com
Launched just last month, Environmental BioMass Energy will provide financing of $66 million for a new plant that will translate cow manure into 20 megawatts of energy.
Lost Mangroves Left Myanmar Vulnerable
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, endangered, destruction, nature, conservation, habitatdestruction )

Carrie
- 576 days ago - matternetwork.com
Damage from the recent tropical cyclone that hit Myanmar may have been amplified by recent losses of coastal mangrove vegetation.
Homebuilders Flunk Sustainability
Green Lifestyle  (tags: greenliving, architecture, Sustainabililty )

Carrie
- 576 days ago - matternetwork.com
Socially responsible investment fund Calvert ranked U.S. homebuilding companies on sustainability. The results aren't pretty.
Millions Of Pounds Of Trash Found On Ocean Beaches
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, water, oceans, pollution, world, green )

Cal
- 595 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Ocean Conservancy released its annual report on trash in the ocean with new data from the 2007 International Coastal Cleanup the most comprehensive snapshot of the harmful impacts of marine debris
 
 
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