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Toronto Stock Exchange: XRG KNOXVILLE, TN, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Xinergy Ltd. (TSX:XRG) ("Xinergy" or the "Company"), a Central Appalachian coal producer, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, South Fork Coal Company, LLC, received requisite approvals to begin construction of its preparation plant and rail loading facility at its mid-volatility metallurgical coal project in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The Company will begin site preparation work...

Successful Clean Air Program Has Reduced Emissions in School Buses, Commercial Trucks and Construction Equipment in All 50 States WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement today that it was awarding $30 million for clean diesel projects is another important step in reducing emissions primarily through the use of clean diesel technology, said Allen Schaeffer, the Executive Director of the Diesel Technology Forum....

TORONTO, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Corsa Coal Corp. (TSXV: CSO) ("Corsa" or the "Company") announces that it has filed its Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis for the three months and nine months ended August 31, 2012 on SEDAR and has posted these documents to its website www.corsacoal.com. Third Quarter highlights included: -- Positive cash flow from operations of $3.5 million -- Metallurgical coal...

TORONTO, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Pacific Coal Resources Ltd. (TSXV: PAK) announced today that the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Luis Carvajales, has tendered his resignation, effective immediately. The Company would like to thank Mr. Carvajales for his service and valuable contribution to the Company and wishes him well in his future endeavours. The duties of the Chief Executive Officer will be assumed by the Company's recently appointed Executive Chairman, Mr. Hernan...

Biofuels are going to save us from climate threats and the oil crisis, while at the same time providing an opportunity to the smallholder farmers of the world. Hopes are high, but completely unrealistic. It is like trying to push a square peg into a round hole, according to a current thesis at Linköping University. Bioenergy could replace fossil fuels and solve the looming energy crisis. Into the bargain, we will benefit from reduced greenhouse gas emissions. A further bonus could be that...

TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fighting back against a spike in gasoline prices and building on momentum from record sales of the Civic Natural Gas Vehicle, American Honda today announced that it is working with Clean Energy Fuels Corp., America's largest owner of public compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations, and participating Honda dealers to provide a special savings to customers purchasing a new 2012 Civic Natural Gas Vehicle - a debit card pre-loaded...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Building upon two standout years in Southern California, Gladstein, Neandross and Associates (GNA) today announced that the annual Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, North America's largest alternative fuel and clean vehicle technologies event, will move to Washington, D.C. for the 2013 conference. The 2013 ACT Expo, taking place June 24 - 27, will commemorate the 20(th) anniversary of the U.S. Department of Energy's...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Worthington Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: WGAS) ("Worthington" or the "Company"), an energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and drilling of oil and natural gas properties, today reports that the Company's I-1 well is on track and moving towards initiating a continuous 24 hour production schedule. Worthington has a 10.35% interest in the I-1 well and a 2% override interest in the entire 1,400 acres of the Mustang Island...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Analysis of the Greenland ice sheet is allowing scientists to trace the emissions of the greenhouse gas methane back thousands of years. A research team, led by the Niels Bohr Institute, has determined how much methane originates from natural sources and how much is due to human activity using special analytical methods. The resulting data can be dated back to Roman times and up to the present. More than half the emissions today are...

OTTAWA, Oct. 2, 2012 /CNW/ - Canadians pump 75 billion litres of petroleum fuels annually (more than 200 million litres every day) to travel a total of 325 billion kilometres annually, the equivalent of eight million trips around the world. "What may come as a surprise, air quality in Canada is improving even though the number of cars and kilometres driven have increased," said Peter Boag, President, Canadian Fuels Association (formerly the Canadian Petroleum Products...