Business and Environmental Groups Unite in Support of Climate Legislation

Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe and Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances G. Beinecke today urged Midwest business leaders to support comprehensive climate legislation. In a panel discussion at the Economic Club of Chicago, Rowe and Beinecke said economy-wide cap-and-trade legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is essential... 

LGG Challenges Businesses to Make Carbon Emissions a Thing of the Past

The creators of software that automatically purchases carbon credits to offset a computers emissions have extended a challenge to businesses to play a major part in cutting carbon emissions worldwide. The Zero Carbon Computing Challenge (ZCCC), launched by the creators of the Little Green Genie, are encouraging businesses to spread the word about zero... 

Can CA Economy Afford Climate Policies?

As political pressure mounts to delay California’s ambitious global warming policies, a new report from University of California researchers examines the economic impacts of putting the Governor’s climate program on hold. Energy Prices and California’s Economic Security, a project sponsored by Next 10, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization,... 

PA Coal Association Opposes Federal Climate Change Bill

The Pennsylvania Coal Association (PCA) unanimously voted at its annual board meeting to oppose the federal climate change legislation (H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey bill or the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009), which now is before the U.S. Senate. The statewide association of coal companies said the fundamental problem with Waxman-Markey... 

Titan Energy Becomes MTU Onsite Energy Power Partner in Florida

Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc. a leader in the manufacturing, marketing and servicing of energy generation products and services, announced today that its subsidiary, Grove Power, Inc., has signed on to become a Power Partner distributor for MTU Onsite Energy, a member of the Tognum Group. “We are proud to be an official member of the MTU Onsite... 

Tuscany Energy Ltd. announces successful Saskatchwewan horizontal well

Tuscany Energy LTD report the successful drilling and completion of a horizontal oil well, in the Dina formation, in the Evesham area of southwestern Saskatchewan. The Tuscany et al. Evesham HZ 2B9-21-4B2-21-39-27 W3 well was drilled to a measured depth of 1467 m (759 m TVD) with a horizontal Dina section of 496 m. The well is currently producing 170... 

CTDC to Build 30MW On-Grid Solar Power Station in Qaidam Basin

China Technology Development Group Corporation, a provider of solar energy products and solutions in China focusing on a-Si thin film technology, announced that the Company and Qinghai New Energy Group Co., Ltd have signed an agreement with local government of Qinghai Haixi Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Region to build a 30MW on-grid solar power station... 

New Hydropower Plant in Nepal Completed With German Development Cooperation Funds

In a ceremony attended by representatives of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and KfW Entwicklungsbank, the Government of Nepal has inaugurated and put into operation the Middle Marsyangdi hydropower plant situated west of the capital Kathmandu. KfW Entwicklungsbank financed the power plant on behalf of the... 

Blue Green Alliance Continues to Grow With SEIU, LIUNA

As the economic crisis grows, and as leaders from around the world gather in Poland to address climate change, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) announced today that they are joining the Blue Green Alliance. The Alliance is a growing labor-environmental partnership to... 

Global Earth Energy, Inc. Signs LOI; Plans to Install a Biodiesel Production Plant

Global Earth Energy, Inc. announce it signed a Letter of Intent, or LOI, with “ADI,” the owners of a chemical plant near Wilmington, North Carolina. The LOI outlines Global’s plans to install a one million gallon per year biodiesel production site located on a chemical plant in Leland, NC. Global will rent the land necessary to produce...