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The Mississippi River Delta Must Be Restored - NYTimes.com

THE Mississippi River Delta loses the equivalent of a football field of marshland every hour as it melts into the Gulf of Mexico.

Israeli company brings 'solar windows' to Wisconsin

(Text link to video) (Link to Article) Article: Israeli company brings ‘solar windows’ to Wisconsin

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Photosynthesis Fuel Company Gets a Large Investment - Technology Review

Joule Unlimited, a startup based in Bedford, Massachusetts, has received $70 million to commercialize technology that uses microörganisms to turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into liquid fuel.

UK sends new warship to Gulf amid Iran tensions

Britain's newest warship is heading to the Gulf for its first mission at a time of tensions over Iran's threat to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key transport route for oil. The Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring, which has a "stealth" design to help avoid dete …

Economy survived some significant shocks without second recession - Mywesttexas.com: Oil

As we went to press, 2011 was rapidly waning. The past year saw economic recovery, though at a snail's pace. However, the economy did survive some significant shocks without sliding back into recession.

Ecuador court upholds $9.5 billion ruling against Chevron for environmental damage

QUITO — A court in Ecuador upheld a 2011 ruling requiring US oil giant Chevron to pay $9.5 billion for environmental damage in the Amazon rainforest. The landmark ruling for environment management costs was in the suit that dates back to 1993 against Texaco, a firm later …

2012 : the year you wish you had overpaid for an electric car ?

Here is a tout sheet for an investment research service : I must emphasize that this should NOT be considered an endorsement by me of this service .The writer of this advert discusses the sectarian Islamic  …

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Afghanistan signs '$7 bn' oil deal with China

Afghanistan on Wednesday signed an oil deal with China which could earn the war-torn country $7 billion over 25 years. Afghanistan’s first major oil exploration contract will see state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation develop  …

Israel's Geothermal Giant Ormat Signs Deal For Solar In California

It already has an international presence, but Israel’s Ormat Industries (NYSE: ORA) just made its global presence a little brighter: On December 21, Ormat’s US subsidiary Ormat Technologies announced that it will be developing its very first 10 megawatt solar pho …

In Germany, Renewable Energy Surpasses Nuclear and Hard Coal Energy For First Time

In 2011, Germany finally saw their renewable energy production top that of almost all other sources of energy, including nuclear, hard-coal and gas-fired power plants.  The only other energy generation source greater than the renewable energy mix was lignite-fired power.

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