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Created on Friday, 07 December 2012 / Industry News
Tags: electric cars, clean energy, Ford C-Max, hybrids, oil
December 7 -- Electric car sales reached a record in November for the fourth consecutive month as new models like the Ford C-Max Energi plug-in electric hybrid helped juice buyer interest. >>View ... [ +++ ]
December 7 -- Electric car sales reached a record in November for the fourth consecutive month as new models like the Ford C-Max Energi plug-in electric hybrid helped juice buyer interest. >>View ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 04 December 2012 / Blog
Tags: biofuels, military, renewable fuel, 25x25, Department of Defense, oil, fossil fuel, NDAA
The following blog post was originally published in the 25x25 blog and was written by President of the American Council On Renewable Energy, Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn. The Senate should be commended ... [ +++ ]
The following blog post was originally published in the 25x25 blog and was written by President of the American Council On Renewable Energy, Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn. The Senate should be commended ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 03 December 2012 / Industry News
Tags: electric vehicles, Tesla Model S, clean energy, oil, transportation
November 3 -- Behind the wheel in an empty spot of his Cherry Hill law firm's parking lot, Peter Spirgel grinned wickedly. Then he floored it. Whooah! The Tesla sedan - a Model S Performance, ... [ +++ ]
November 3 -- Behind the wheel in an empty spot of his Cherry Hill law firm's parking lot, Peter Spirgel grinned wickedly. Then he floored it. Whooah! The Tesla sedan - a Model S Performance, ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 03 December 2012 / Industry News
Tags: US Senate, military, biofuels, Department of Defense, oil prices, national security
December 3 -- US Senate voted Wednesday to restore the Defense Department's ability to buy biofuels. As the largest petroleum user in the world, the US military says its dependence on oil is a national ... [ +++ ]
December 3 -- US Senate voted Wednesday to restore the Defense Department's ability to buy biofuels. As the largest petroleum user in the world, the US military says its dependence on oil is a national ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 30 November 2012 / Industry News
Tags: senate, oil, biofuels, military, nationak security, dependence on oil, Department of Defense
November 30 -- When it comes to reducing the military’s dependence on oil, senators from both sides of the aisle have the Department of Defense’s back. By striking down a pair of shortsighted ... [ +++ ]
November 30 -- When it comes to reducing the military’s dependence on oil, senators from both sides of the aisle have the Department of Defense’s back. By striking down a pair of shortsighted ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 30 November 2012 / Industry News
Tags: environment, Whitehouse, green energy, clean energy, oil, petroleum, renewable energy
November 30 -- Supporters of environmentally compatible technology have been arguing of late that "going green" doesn’t only help preserve the environment, it adds to the nation’s employment rate. ... [ +++ ]
November 30 -- Supporters of environmentally compatible technology have been arguing of late that "going green" doesn’t only help preserve the environment, it adds to the nation’s employment rate. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 26 November 2012 / Industry News
Tags: Air Force, military, biofuels, renewable energy, oil
November 26 -- From jet propulsion to space exploration, the U.S. Air Force has long been a pioneer in technological advancements. It's doing the same today, on the important issue of moving our nation ... [ +++ ]
November 26 -- From jet propulsion to space exploration, the U.S. Air Force has long been a pioneer in technological advancements. It's doing the same today, on the important issue of moving our nation ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 20 November 2012 / Industry News
Tags: NAVY, biofuels, biodiesel, clean energy, fuels, oil
November 20 -- Tom Hicks, the Navy's deputy assistant secretary for energy, cupped his hands around his eyes and peered into a glass panel at a blue flame flickering inside an industrial boiler. >>View ... [ +++ ]
November 20 -- Tom Hicks, the Navy's deputy assistant secretary for energy, cupped his hands around his eyes and peered into a glass panel at a blue flame flickering inside an industrial boiler. >>View ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 / Industry News
Tags: wind energy, Colorado, Vestas, energy security, military, renewable energy, foreign oil
November 19 -- As a 35-year veteran of military service, I understand how important energy security is to America. I, and many others, resolved to change our dangerous dependence on foreign ... [ +++ ]
November 19 -- As a 35-year veteran of military service, I understand how important energy security is to America. I, and many others, resolved to change our dangerous dependence on foreign ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 16 November 2012 / Industry News
Tags: EPA, biofuels, RFS, renewable fuel standard, biomass, ethanol, clean energy, oil dependence
November 16 -- U.S. EPA today announced that the agency has not found evidence to support a finding of severe “economic harm” that would warrant granting a waiver of the renewable fuels standard (RFS). ... [ +++ ]
November 16 -- U.S. EPA today announced that the agency has not found evidence to support a finding of severe “economic harm” that would warrant granting a waiver of the renewable fuels standard (RFS). ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 14 November 2012 / Industry News
Tags: oil, algae-based fuel, renewable energy, Bay Area, clean energy, renewable energy
November 14 -- Big oil took a small but significant hit Tuesday when Bay Area motorists began filling up their gas tanks with algae, becoming the first private citizens in the world to use a domestically ... [ +++ ]
November 14 -- Big oil took a small but significant hit Tuesday when Bay Area motorists began filling up their gas tanks with algae, becoming the first private citizens in the world to use a domestically ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 12 November 2012 / Industry News
Tags: national security, climate change, ACORE, renewable energy, oil, drill baby drill, foreign oil
November 12 -- The ideas behind dueling political sound bites like “drill, baby, drill” and “burn, baby, burn” do nothing to address America’s security issues related to dependence on foreign oil, ... [ +++ ]
November 12 -- The ideas behind dueling political sound bites like “drill, baby, drill” and “burn, baby, burn” do nothing to address America’s security issues related to dependence on foreign oil, ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 05 November 2012 / Blog
Tags: energy independence, all of the above energy strategy, energy policy, renewable energy, wind power, PTC, energy subsidies, oil, natural gas, coal, American manufacturing, jobs, economy
By ACORE CEO and President, Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn During the final sprint to Election Day, Americans will hear political leaders point fingers as they attempt to explain why the U.S. is experiencing ... [ +++ ]
By ACORE CEO and President, Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn During the final sprint to Election Day, Americans will hear political leaders point fingers as they attempt to explain why the U.S. is experiencing ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 01 November 2012 / Blog
Tags: wind industry, tax credit, Production tax credit, PTC, renewable energy, RETECH2012, election, politics, oil, fossil-fuel, innovation
By George Dearing With an industry tax credit in jeopardy and new projects at a virtual standstill in the U.S., you might have expected the wind industry to come limping into RETECH2012. Instead, the ... [ +++ ]
By George Dearing With an industry tax credit in jeopardy and new projects at a virtual standstill in the U.S., you might have expected the wind industry to come limping into RETECH2012. Instead, the ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 29 October 2012 / Industry News
Tags: clean energy, subsidies, Solyndra, Republicans, oil, renewable energy, David Brooks, New York Times
October 29 -- If the notion "he who lives by the subsidy dies by the subsidy" is true, then oil, gas and nuclear companies must be dying a thousand deaths. "A Sad Green Story," the recent New ... [ +++ ]
October 29 -- If the notion "he who lives by the subsidy dies by the subsidy" is true, then oil, gas and nuclear companies must be dying a thousand deaths. "A Sad Green Story," the recent New ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 26 September 2012 / Industry News
Tags: clean energy, energy efficiency, Energy Independence, energy security, military, national security, Oil, renewable energy, U.S. military’s use of renewable energy
September 25 -- It started with a simple directive: bring down the casualty numbers. At the time, Former Lt. Gen. Richard C. Zilmer was the commanding general of the most restive province of Iraq in 2006—al ... [ +++ ]
September 25 -- It started with a simple directive: bring down the casualty numbers. At the time, Former Lt. Gen. Richard C. Zilmer was the commanding general of the most restive province of Iraq in 2006—al ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 / Uncategorized posts
Tags: fossil fuel, U.S. dependence on oil
Mar. 21, 2012 -- As public angst grows over gas prices, President Obama hits the road today in hopes of reinvigorating his argument that the USA must embrace a broad strategy to reduce the nation's dependence ... [ +++ ]
Mar. 21, 2012 -- As public angst grows over gas prices, President Obama hits the road today in hopes of reinvigorating his argument that the USA must embrace a broad strategy to reduce the nation's dependence ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 / Uncategorized posts
Tags: domestic oil production
Mar. 21, 2012 -- A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly, inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. domestic oil production by The Associated Press shows no statistical correlation between how ... [ +++ ]
Mar. 21, 2012 -- A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly, inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. domestic oil production by The Associated Press shows no statistical correlation between how ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 29 February 2012 / Industry News
Tags: dependence on oil, dependence on forgeign oil
Feb. 29, 2012 -- "We're hobbled in some way by the fact that our dependence on foreign oil causes us to worry that the price of oil on the global market is going to go up," said McGinn, a former aircraft ... [ +++ ]
Feb. 29, 2012 -- "We're hobbled in some way by the fact that our dependence on foreign oil causes us to worry that the price of oil on the global market is going to go up," said McGinn, a former aircraft ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 24 February 2012 / Industry News
Tags: price of oil, price of gasoline, dependence on oil, foreign oil, consumer survey on price of gasoline
Feb. 24, 2012 -- The Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) survey found that eight in 10 Americans said that the country's dependence on foreign oil was either a "crisis" or "major problem" and that the cost had ... [ +++ ]
Feb. 24, 2012 -- The Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) survey found that eight in 10 Americans said that the country's dependence on foreign oil was either a "crisis" or "major problem" and that the cost had ... [ +++ ]
