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This summer, Impact with Martin Sheen audiences will see how alternative energy sources are an important part of a clean and cheap energy future. Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 The producers of Impact with Martin Sheen are pleased to announce a July debut for a new report showing audiences how scientists and engineers are working to satisfy America’s energy demands with alternative sources. Impact Martin Sheen is an independently produced television series airing in markets around...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As Americans consumed less energy last year than the year before, that energy was--more than ever before--generated by renewable energy sources, according to a series of flow charts released by the federally funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The laboratory said that a shift to more energy efficient technologies in the transportation and residential sectors was behind the drop in energy consumption, from 98 quadrillion...
HOUSTON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Many energy executives expect the price-per-barrel of Brent crude oil to peak this year at levels significantly higher than today (currently $112 /bbl). In fact, 43 percent predict oil prices to exceed $141 per barrel, according to the results of the 10th annual energy executive survey conducted by the KPMG Global Energy Institute. More than two-thirds of the respondents to KPMG's survey say U.S. energy independence is not...
MIAMI, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Three strong energy investments to make right now, according to energy investment strategist and author of Power Plug-In: Global Investments for Our Energy Future, Gordon Ettie are in: 1. Electricity through a power utility that produces electricity for over 1,000,000 customers that does not rely in a major way on coal for their energy source and is well managed with a good earnings track record; 2. Oil through oil companies with good...
Concerns about the worldwide energy supply and national, environmental and economic security have resulted in a search for alternative energy sources. A new University of Illinois study shows Miscanthus x giganteus (M. x giganteus) is a strong contender in the race to find the next source of ethanol if appropriate growing conditions are identified. M. x giganteus is a bioenergy crop that can be grown to produce ethanol. The study investigated the establishment success, plant growth and dry...
The intricate connection between water and energy has become threatened in recent years by the rapid depletion of both essential resources. But due to Israel's work in developing water-conservation technologies and ever-increasing use of alternative energy sources, water and energy consumption as we know it can continue to flourish. This year's upcoming WATEC Israel 2011 will shine a timely light on the Water & Energy Nexus that is proving to be a topic worth discussion....
NM Climate Expert to Detail New Study on Integrating Energy Policy Will Highlight New Congressional Challenges, Opportunities WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jim Conca, author of a new federal study aimed at integrating all energy sources into a rational global energy strategy, will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 3rd, in the West Room (13th Floor) in the National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington,...
Conventional Wisdom That Two Groups Are Closely Aligned in Climate/Clean Energy is Wrong; "Proposition 23 Effect"? Post-Election Potential Seen For Progress by Focusing on Concrete Water and Air Harms, Rather Than Debating Abstract Climate Science. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Candidates in 2010 who assume that Tea Party supporters and Independents will respond to the same messages on climate and clean energy issues appear to be mistaken, according to a major new survey...
A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates "hidden" costs of energy production and use -- such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health -- that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. The report estimates dollar values for several major components of these costs. The damages the committee was able to quantify were an estimated $120 billion in the...
BARCELONA (Mobile World Congress), February 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext and NYSE: ALU) today launched a comprehensive program to enable the high-volume deployment of wireless base stations powered by alternative energy sources to address mobile operators' increasing demand for energy-autonomous and green wireless networking equipment. Alcatel-Lucent's new "Alternative Energy Program" will help ensure that service providers can quickly and cost-efficiently...
