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UK Aims to Douse Coal Power by 2025

Britain has become the first country to set a shut-down date for coal plants in an effort to reduce their carbon emissions, with huge…

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Transforming Us Into a Society of Food Producers

Computer Science Professor Chandra Krintz recently gave a TEDx talk about how the same data analysis and prediction techniques used by…

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Obama Rejects Construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

President Obama announced that he had rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ending a seven…

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Solar Thermal Power Heats Up Outside the U.S.

Solar thermal energy has long been undermined by cheaper natural gas and conventional photovoltaics in the United States. Outside the U.…

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Peering into Energy's Crystal Ball

McKinsey's predictions about energy were broadly on target in 2007. Here's how things could turn out dying the next eight years.

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IBM Reports Breakthrough on Carbon Nanotube Transistors

As more and more silicon transistors are needed for increasingly complex and efficient computer chips, manufacturers look for…

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Walmart, McDonald’s and 79 Others Commit to Fight Global Warming

A collection of more than 80 American companies including Walmart, Alcoa and Coca-Cola have agreed to a White House-led plan to combat…

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Innovations in Home Energy Storage Gaining Momentum

SimpliPhi Power has unveiled a lightweight lithium-ion battery for the home, joining the ranks of Tesla and Orison in developing…

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CRDF Global Seeking Subject Matter Experts

CRDF Global is seeking female researchers in the U.S. to attend an event in Doha, Qatar, where they will meet with female Qatari…

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India Builds a Solar Future Based on Homegrown Technology

As the government embarks on an ambitious renewables program, researchers seek technology solutions suited to India’s unique conditions…

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A Revolutionary Roadmap for California’s Distributed Energy Future

On Tuesday, the Advanced Energy Economy Institute released a report that calls for California regulators to consider entirely new ways…

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Graphene Offers Promise of Thermoelectric Material for Next-Generation Vehicles

Researchers at the University of Manchester in the U.K.,in collaboration with the company European Thermodynamics Ltd., have called upon…

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Obama's Clean Power Plan Hailed as US's Strongest Ever Climate Action

Hundreds of businesses including eBay and Nestle back federal rules to cut emissions and encourage a switch away from coal to renewable…

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ARPA-E Announces Five New Projects to Reduce Energy Use in Transportation

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy announced that their TRANSNET project teams will design new software…

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Multi-Billion Dollar US Corporate Climate Pledges

Over a dozen US companies are investing up to $140 billion in tackling climate change by using energy efficient technology.

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Vice President Biden Announces AIM Photonics Will Be Headquarters for Nation’s Newest Manufacturing Innovation Hub

AIM Photonics will receive $110m from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, supplemented by another $250m from the State of New York,…

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