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Friday, September 23, 2005
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With Hurricane Katrina shutting down an estimated five percent of American oil refining capacity, and oil prices already at an all-time high, investors are starting to look seriously at renewable forms of energy as the next big thing. Share prices in several small American companies producing solar panels and related equipment--including Evergreen Solar, DayStar Technologies, Energy Conversion Devices and Spire--have more than doubled over the past year. Meanwhile, Cypress Semiconductor hopes to raise more than $100 million for a spin-off IPO of its solar subsidiary SunPower this fall. Analysts think that the damage from Katrina will only help these companies raise more money via the public markets and close the cost gap between traditional forms of power and renewable sources. [Source: E: The Environmental Magazine]
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Ford announced that hybrid engines will be available in more than half of all Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles by 2010. After all these years, greener cars finally seem to be on a fast track to market. [Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward]
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VENICE, ITALY--Like New Orleans, Venice is slowly subsiding. Several decades and $10 billion of research have not settled the debate over what to do about the "Venice problem," but studies of the city's famed lagoon are providing insights for other coastal cities on pollution and climate change.
Author: John Bohannon [Science: This Week's News]
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As Bay State residents brace for a staggering rise in home heating prices this winter, legislative leaders unveiled yesterday an $80 million package of tax credits and deductions to encourage energy efficiency and provide temporary financial relief for low- and moderate-income families. [Environmental Health News]
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One day after committing to increase production of hybrid vehicles tenfold, Ford Motor Co. Chairman and CEO Bill Ford Jr. asked President Bush to convene a summit to discuss the nation's energy issues and auto industry's role in finding a solution. [Environmental Health News]
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With petrol prices projected to continue rising in future years, the need for expanded biodiesel and other biofuel production is increasingly in the media spotlight and companies specialising in biodiesel technology are hoping to enter what is still a virgin market in Cyprus. [Environmental Health News]
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Ford Motor Company is delivering five hydrogen hybrid Ford Focus Fuel Cell vehicles (earlier post) as part of a five-city 30 car-program for testing of fuel-cell technology. [Green Car Congress]
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Why a new approach to global warming would make for a better politics -- and planet. [AlterNet.org]
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency chief Doug Scott, courtesy of south suburban mayors and legislators, got a tour of several of brownfield sites this week. By By Guy Tridgell. [Stateline.org RSS - Environment]
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Women in coastal communities have twice as much mercury in their blood as those living inland, according to an analysis by an Environmental Protection Agency scientist. By Juliet Eilperin. [washingtonpost.com - Health]
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2005
Laura L. Barnes.
Last update:
10/25/2005; 12:11:53 PM.
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