ADB's 700 million dollar global warming fight fund
AFP - 44 minutes agoThe Asian Development Bank said Friday it would invest 700 million dollars to help member countries adapt to climate change and develop renewable energy technologies.
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The Asian Development Bank said Friday it would invest 700 million dollars to help member countries adapt to climate change and develop renewable energy technologies.
With a strong dependence on foreign oil, a national policy change is needed to encourage increased development of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power, some U.S. military veterans said Thursday as part of the “Veterans for American Power Tour.”
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ameren Corp. will build solar energy systems in Missouri and Illinois to explore how best to use the sun to generate electricity, the St. Louis-based utility said Tuesday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Power & Light is looking to quadruple the amount of electricity it generates through wind farms over the next two years.
By ROBERTA FUGATE rjfugate@njherald.com HAMBURG — Wallkill Valley Regional School District officials are looking to the sun to provide energy and cut costs in the future.
Developers are considering a 100-square-mile area of Lake Michigan — west of land from the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant to Silver Lake — as the site for 100 to 200 electricity-producing wind turbines.
Remember Solaren, the company that's trying to launch those space-based solar panels, the one that signed a deal with California's biggest power utility company? The whole plan got even closer to...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The shopping list includes wind farms, seawalls, even real estate — new homelands for flooded-out islanders — and poor countries want to present the bill to the rich at this month's climate talks in Copenhagen.
View full sizeSarah A. Miller | The Bay City TimesFile photoStephanie A. Burns, chairman, president and CEO of Bay County-based Dow Corning Corp., says alternative energy is the future for job creation and economic growth for Michigan and the U.S.Burns...
Lincoln County Assessor Paul Baca told county commissioners he's not sure what will happen with an effort underway at the state level to reduce the property tax impact on homes that are sold.
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- PG&E Corp.'s (PCG) utility said Thursday it plans to buy a 246-megawatt California wind farm being developed by Spanish renewable energy developer Iberdrola Renovables Inc. (IRVDY, IBR.MC).
PARK HILLS — Only four days into registration for the spring semester, it was announced Thursday that 435 students had already enrolled for classes starting in January. It’s likely that number will reach somewhere in excess of last year’s 3,986 by the time classes start in early 2010.
There's plenty of dirt flying at local construction sites - schools and roads chief among them. Ren ...
Thin, battery-like films change color when the weather changes.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qualify for prize money in a $2 million competition to test the potential reality of the science fiction concept of space elevators.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic senator is calling on the Obama administration to reject an expected request for federal economic stimulus money as part of a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project because he says it will generate Chinese, not American, jobs.