• Ecuador plaintiffs to file lawsuit against Chevron in Argentina – Reuters

    Updated: 2012-10-31 17:24:52
    Ecuador plaintiffs to file lawsuit against Chevron in ArgentinaReutersQUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean plaintiffs plan to file a lawsuit against Chevron in Argentina, their third legal attempt outside the Andean country to enforce a $19 billion ruling agai...

  • Hurricane Sandy: Is There Anything We Can Do About Climate Change Soon?

    Updated: 2012-10-31 17:20:08
    The East Coast is slowly returning to normal life after Hurricane Sandy – and pundits, scientists, and journalists are quickly...

  • Shell center ‘a diamond in the rough’ – Hammond Daily Star online

    Updated: 2012-10-31 17:14:11
    Shell center 'a diamond in the rough'Hammond Daily Star onlineThe center, off Highway 190 in Robert, is sometimes called one of the most unique training centers in the world. It has also served as the command center for BP following the oil spi...

  • Ruble Pares Monthly Loss on Crude Advance – Businessweek

    Updated: 2012-10-31 16:47:23
    Ruble Pares Monthly Loss on Crude AdvanceBusinessweekThe ruble strengthened as crude oil, Russia's main export earner, rose for a second day. The currency advanced less than 0.1 percent to 31.34 per dollar, paring the monthly loss to 0.5 percent by...

  • Exxon Mobil’s Higher Production Capacity Could Offset Weaker Prices In Earnings – Trefis

    Updated: 2012-10-31 16:32:44
    PennEnergy (press release)Exxon Mobil's Higher Production Capacity Could Offset Weaker Prices In EarningsTrefisExxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) is scheduled to announce its third quarter earnings on November 1. The oil & gas supermajor had a disappointin...

  • FEATURE: Chevron moves further into E Europe shale with Lithuanian buy – Platts

    Updated: 2012-10-31 16:24:20
    FEATURE: Chevron moves further into E Europe shale with Lithuanian buyPlattsRiga (Platts)--31Oct2012/1207 pm EDT/1607 GMT. Of all the energy majors, Chevron has been the most aggressive in trying to transplant the US shale gas boom to Europe. Last week...

  • Rosneft deal with AAR, BP legally binding: report – MarketWatch

    Updated: 2012-10-31 16:19:32
    Rosneft deal with AAR, BP legally binding: reportMarketWatchMOSCOW--Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft said Wednesday it views the memorandum with consortium AAR and agreement with BP PLC over TNK-BP as legally binding, Interfax reported. Rosneft Ch...

  • BP says no injuries in Texas City hydrotreater fire – Chicago Tribune

    Updated: 2012-10-31 16:00:05
    FuelFixBP says no injuries in Texas City hydrotreater fireChicago TribuneThe blaze was fought by the refinery's fire department, Dean said. A residual hydrotreater uses hydrogen to remove sulfur from crude oil residuals before they are processed in...

  • Oil Rises as Storm Sandy Fades and Refineries Restart – Businessweek

    Updated: 2012-10-31 15:42:28
    ETF Daily News (blog)Oil Rises as Storm Sandy Fades and Refineries RestartBusinessweekOil rose as refineries resumed operations after Atlantic superstorm Sandy dissipated, increasing demand for crude oil. Futures climbed as much as 1.8 percent as Phila...

  • World shares fall, oil rises in wake of storm’s damage – CNBC.com

    Updated: 2012-10-31 15:39:12
    Business RecorderWorld shares fall, oil rises in wake of storm's damageCNBC.comNEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street began trading on Wednesday after monster storm Sandy forced a two-day closure, with shares trading lower and crude oil rising even thoug...

  • BP plc oil spill claims jeopardise Gulf Coast’s seafood industry – Offshore Technology International

    Updated: 2012-10-31 15:12:22
    BP plc oil spill claims jeopardise Gulf Coast's seafood industryOffshore Technology InternationalWith looming legal deadlines related to the 2010 BP plc (NYSE:BP) oil spill, dozens of shrimp processors along the Gulf Coast face a difficult dilemma,...

  • A123 Goes 3,2,1,0

    Updated: 2012-10-30 00:22:20
    Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Midwestern Sensibilities : Report from North Central Cleantech Open A123 Goes 3,2,1,0 On October 30, 2012, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi On October 12, the lithium-ion battery maker A123 NASDAQ : AONE essentially ran the white flag up the pole : filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy , agreeing to sell its automotive-related assets to Johnson Controls NYSE : JCI and fielding bids for its grid-storage . business A friend of mine who drives a Chevy Volt which uses battery components made by A123, suspected that General Motors NYSE : GM urged Johnson Controls one

  • Why Climate Change Has Become the Missing Issue in the Presidential Campaign

    Updated: 2012-10-23 01:00:44
    Skip to Content TIME Science Space Sections NewsFeed . U.S Politics World Business Tech Health Science Entertainment Style Sports Opinion Photos Magazine Video LIFE.com Lists TIME Home TIME Magazine Video LIFE.com Lists Search Search TIME Follow Facebook Twitter Google+ Tumblr RSS Apps Going Green Why Climate Change Has Become the Missing Issue in the Presidential Campaign By Bryan Walsh Oct . 23, 2012 0 Share Scott Olson Getty Images A demonstrator yells at spectators and police during a protest in front of the Duke Energy Center during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte , N.C . Sept . 5, 2012. Email Print Share Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn StumbleUpon Reddit Digg Mixx Delicious Google+ Comment Follow TIME We’re in the final few months of what’s shaping up to be the

  • Midwestern Sensibilities: Report from North Central Cleantech Open

    Updated: 2012-10-22 15:46:16
    : Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Stunning Cleantech 2012 A123 Goes 3,2,1,0 Midwestern Sensibilities : Report from North Central Cleantech Open On October 22, 2012, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi Last week , I served as a judge for the North Central regional contest of the Cleantech Open in . Minneapolis The Cleantech Open is a annual contest to identify the most promising cleantech ventures from across the U.S . along with some foreign entries This year’s event will be held on November 8-9 in San Jose . Advancing there from the North Central region which includes much of the Midwestern

  • Five Reasons to Talk Energy and Climate at the Foreign Policy Debate

    Updated: 2012-10-22 14:55:38
    The moderator of tonight’s foreign policy debate has released a list of the topics he will focus on, and neither...

  • Hofmeister: An Energy Plan for America

    Updated: 2012-10-22 01:58:20
    John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil, set forth his vision of a sound energy policy for America in a recent interview with Consumer Energy Report.

  • Introduction to Geothermal Energy Slide Show

    Updated: 2012-10-19 14:57:39
    The Geothermal Education Office (GEO) is  non-profit organization funded by the US Dept of Energy as well as geothermal industry sponsors to” promote public understanding about geothermal resources and its importance in providing clean sustainable energy while protecting our environment.”   Their website has numerous resources for teaching about geothermal energy and of particular interest is [...]

  • Stunning Cleantech 2012

    Updated: 2012-10-16 18:22:28
    Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Cleantech VC Etiquette Midwestern Sensibilities : Report from North Central Cleantech Open Stunning Cleantech 2012 On October 16, 2012, in Blog by Neal Dikeman It’s been a busy , ummm interesting year . We’ve tracked profits to founders and investors of 14 Billion in major global IPOs on US exchanges and 9 Billion in major global M A exits from venture backed cleantech companies in the last 7-10 years . Money is being made . A lot of money . But wow , not where you’d imagine . it 5 : Stunners Recurrent Energy , bought by Sharp Solar for 305 mm , now on

  • The Global Oil Market Isn’t Going Away

    Updated: 2012-10-16 16:24:18
    The debate over the consequences of rising American oil production has featured a wide range of serious but conflicting views...

  • Lesson: Geothermal Energy: Harnessing the Power of the Earth

    Updated: 2012-10-16 14:13:24
    This lesson (pdf), from KQED Education, is designed for grades 4-8 and provides an overview of high heat geothermal energy as a renewable energy resource and helps students understand the role of plate tectonics in creating “hot spots” that enable us to tap into heat from inside the Earth to generate steam and electricity. This lesson [...]

  • Cleantech VC Etiquette

    Updated: 2012-10-15 23:18:57
    Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us San Diego’s Smart Grid Stunning Cleantech 2012 Cleantech VC Etiquette On October 15, 2012, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi Being a venture capitalist is not easy . Being a cleantech venture capitalist is especially not . easy I remember  Ira Ehrenpreis of Technology Partners one of the deans of the cleantech VC community , commenting archly several years ago at one of the too-many cleantech investment conferences : We need a poster child for cleantech venture capital success . 8221 Well , generally speaking , we’re still . waiting There aren’t that many

  • Lessons from Energy History

    Updated: 2012-10-15 08:25:00
    Today the State Department released  the thirty-seventh volume of its history of U.S. foreign relations. It’s one that many readers...

  • Revisiting a Major Methane Study

    Updated: 2012-10-12 16:27:51
    The ongoing fight over whether shale gas operations are leaking dangerous amounts of methane – a question that many have...

  • Enhanced Geothermal Systems

    Updated: 2012-10-11 16:15:04
    According to the Department of Energy, Enhanced Geothermal Systems or EGS, “offers the chance to extend use of geothermal resources to larger areas of the western U.S., as well as into new geographic areas of the entire U.S. More than 100,000 MWe of economically viable capacity may be available in the continental United States, representing [...]

  • NREL’s MapSearch Tool

    Updated: 2012-10-08 15:30:06
    MapSearch from The National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL) enables you to easily access over 1000 maps created by its Geographic Information System (GIS) team. Search by technology type (e.g. geothermal), geographic region, county or state to find maps to support instruction about an energy source. Since I am focusing on geothermal energy this month, one map [...]

  • San Diego’s Smart Grid

    Updated: 2012-10-08 01:34:31
    Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us A Cleantech State of the Union Cleantech VC Etiquette San Diego’s Smart Grid On October 8, 2012, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi I have to admit : it’s hard for me to be terribly enthusiastic about electric utilities . I know a fair bit about them by my count , I’ve served about ten utilities in various consulting roles during my . career While generalizations are always dangerous , for the most part , I think it’s safe to say that electric utilities can be characterized as highly protective of the status quo Utility executives and employees are typically

  • The Real Reason Energy Traders Are Losing Sleep

    Updated: 2012-10-05 22:14:00
    What’s roiling the oil market right now? The old familiar source of instability—unrest in the Middle East—is far from the...

  • A Cleantech State of the Union

    Updated: 2012-10-05 17:14:19
    Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Look What’s Now Patently Obvious in Cleantech San Diego’s Smart Grid A Cleantech State of the Union On October 5, 2012, in Blog by Dallas Kachan With October now upon us , data providers are beginning to issue their preliminary analyses of cleantech investment in the third quarter of 2012 that just closed . This quarter , the Clean Energy pipeline service of London’s VBResearch is the first to weigh in , counting cleantech venture capital private equity investment excluding buyouts as approximately 1.7 billion Data from other providers , like Dow Jones

  • Romney Channels Reagan on Energy

    Updated: 2012-10-04 17:02:43
    There was a lot of talk about energy in last night’s presidential debate. Mitt Romney in particular frequently injected energy...

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