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Salazar: Obama Administration Keeping Oil Shale Development an Option

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The Obama Administration will push an energy plan that potentially includes production of oil shale, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a group of Western governors assembled in Washington at the National Governor’s Association meeting. Let’s put everything on the table.”. Colorado Gov.

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The influencer

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2003 Washington Post article on crushing of EV1s. The “Los Angeles TImes’ refused to become involved until the ‘Washington Post’ showed up and we found ourselves on the front page of the second section of that paper,” Cox said. Impacting the EV scene for 3 decades. His interest grew deeper when he was an officer in the U.S.

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Lockheed Martin pursuing compact nuclear fusion reactor concept

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In a comment on the online story in Aviation Week , Dr. Tom Jarboe from the University of Washington (which is developing its own version of a fusion reactor and will present its results on Friday at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Fusion Energy Conference in St. based on the figure I see one problem. Resources.

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Qatar Airways, QSTP and Qatar Petroleum to Develop Renewable Biojet Fuel with Support of Airbus; Formation of Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform

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“Building on the experience and success of the GTL Consortium, we now move to the next phase of alternative fuels while continuing to develop GTL further,” said Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker at a press conference in Doha. Synthetic liquid jet fuels can be made from biomass, natural gas or coal. Earlier post.).

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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August 9, 2007 (Multiple reports on speech and press conference by GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz) Lutz said his goal is for GM to develop a plug in hybrid on sale by 2010. Kwong said Toyota is concerned PHEVs might just replace gas problems with more coal emissions, since the cars will require more electricity from utilities. Kwong asked.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020.