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World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Back on Track Source: The Green Options Blog The world’s biggest offshore wind farm was revived yesterday when German-based energy group E.ON and the Danish utility Dong Energy agreed to acquire Shell’s 33% stake in the... ... Full Story

A Concrete Fix to Global Warming Source: Technology Review A new process stores carbon dioxide in precast concrete. ... Full Story Referenced By: Next Big Future   WSJ.com: Environmental Capital

Ex-EPA Official Says White House Pulled Rank Source: Eco Earth Environment Newsfeed Washington Post: A former Environmental Protection Agency official yesterday contradicted EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson's congressional testimony on one of the administration's key global warming decisions, saying the White House ordered... Full Story Referenced By: WSJ.com: Environmental Capital

London Array back on track Source: Greenbang By D. Lorenz The London Array - the world’s biggest planned offshore wind farm – was put back on track yesterday after Germany’s E.ON and Dong Energy of Denmark agreed to buy Shell’s 33 per cent stake in the scheme. The companies... Full Story

Xantrex in talks to be acquired Source: Clean Break Xantrex shares shot up 23 per cent this morning -- reaching their highest point since 2004, the year it went public -- after the company put out a vague press release announcing "it is in exclusive negotiations with respect to the sale of the... Full Story Referenced By: Earth2Tech

Destruction of Wetlands Could Unleash a "Carbon Bomb" Source: TreeHugger Image from StormyDog It may seem hard to believe, but the planet's wetlands, which comprise 6% of its land surface area, contain 771 billion tons of carbon dioxide -- 20% of the Earth's carbon supply and roughly the same amount that is currently in... Full Story Referenced By: Environment Blog

Laughing Gas: How To Game the Carbon Markets Source: WSJ.com: Environmental Capital There’s your money maker (AP) So this is the Kyoto Protocol in action: A marginally-economical chemical factory in an industrial superpower finally installs 1970s-era technology to clean up its act, and as a result makes 30 times more money... Full Story Referenced By: Environmental Economics

New Li-ion Spin-Off from U Texas Closes $5.8M Series A Financing; Google.org an Investor Source: Green Car Congress ActaCell, Inc., a spin-off from the University of Texas at Austin, has secured $5.8 million in Series A financing. DFJ Mercury led the round with syndicate investment from Google.org’s RechargeIT program, Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital... Full Story Referenced By: After Gutenberg

Oil Shale Production to be Subsidized Under Bush Administration Proposal Source: TreeHugger In Canada, tapping the tar sands has been called the most environmentally destructive project on the planet. In the United States, some equally not-so-eco-friendly technologies have been developed to extract oil from shale in Colorado. If the... Full Story Referenced By: After Gutenberg

Solar Subsidies: Is Less More? Source: WSJ.com: Environmental Capital Is there a silver lining to America?s here today, gone tomorrow support for clean energy? Conventional wisdom says one big reason America has lagged places like Europe in solar and wind power is because it?s been stingy with subsidies. The U.S.... Full Story Referenced By: Climateer Investing

MEMC Whiffs Q2; Guidance Disappoints; Trouble At Italy Plant; Fire In Texas Facility; Stock Plunges Source: Barrons There is all kinds of trouble this afternoon for MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR), maker of silicon wafers and raw polysilicon used int he semiconductor and solar sectors. For starters, the company whiffed Q2. Revenue of $531.1 million was well short... Full Story Referenced By: Climateer Investing

Bracing For The Earnings Deluge Source: Barrons About a zillion tech earnings reports are about to hit the tape. Trading higher headed into the news: AMZN, CRUS, LSI, SY, WFR. Trading down into the news: SIRF, SANM, TQNT, ARBA, BIDU. And there are plenty of others. I’ll post on many of... Full Story Referenced By: Climateer Investing

Merrill Lynch’s North American Economist Warns ‘Brutal Winter Coming for Utility Bills’ Source: energytechstocks.com Posted: July 23, 2008 Merrill Lynch’s North American economist, David A. Rosenberg, issued a warning Monday that a “brutal winter (is) coming for utility bills.” Rosenberg wrote in his Morning Market Memo, “Last winter, the average price of natural... Full Story Referenced By: The Oil Drum

4 Commodities Ready To Shock Investors – #3: A War In Africa May Cause Phosphate Price Shock Source: energytechstocks.com Posted: July 23, 2008 As if the oil price shock that has thrown the world into turmoil isn’t bad enough, there’s reason to believe at least four more commodity price shocks may be headed straight for investors’ portfolios. Next up: phosphate, a... Full Story Referenced By: The Oil Drum

EPA's Own Warnings Can’t Turn U.S. Climate Denial into Action Source: Solve Climate Chronicles Last week, the U.S. EPA released a grim, 284-page study (pdf) that concluded that climate change will cause "substantial" threats to the health of the American public. And yet, one week prior to the report’s release, the agency ruled... Full Story

USA is the Number One Biggest Wind Energy Producer Source: TreeHugger Image credit: Getty Images The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced today that the USA has overcome Germany as the biggest generator of wind energy electricity in the first half of 2008. This milestone, which was not expected until the... Full Story Referenced By: Greenbang

Fundamentals led to $130 oil - report Source: CNNMoney.com Read full story for latest details. ... Full Story Referenced By: The Oil Drum

Roy Spencer’s testimony before congress backs up Monckton’s assertions on climate sensitivity Source: Watts Up With That? Dr. Roy Spencer went to Washington to give testimony today to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Here is his presentation. While not as technical as Lord Moncktons paper at APS (since it had to be simplified for a congressional... Full Story

It's not over 'til the fat tail zings Source: Environmental Economics When Marty Weitzman speaks in a room full of environmental economists, people tend to listen. His talk at today's NBER environmental economics summer institute was no different. They had to listen. Weitzman used all but two slides, and they only had... Full Story Referenced By: WSJ.com: Environmental Capital

Changing Our Energy Diet Source: Energy Outlook Over the weekend I participated in a panel discussion on space-based solar power (SSP) at a space-development conference, for the second time in as many months. My presentation focused on what it would take for a new source such as SSP to find a... Full Story Referenced By: WSJ.com: Environmental Capital

Nissan to Keep Batteries Fresh with Solar Source: Earth2Tech Nissan has figured out a way to keep the batteries of its newly manufactured cars fresh until they reach the customer - solar. The automaker announced today it has signed a sales contract with solar product maker ICP Solar Technologies for an... Full Story Referenced By: EcoGeek.org

Vivavi Opens Modern Green Furniture Store at Riverhouse in New York City Source: Lazy Environmentalist - Easy, Hip Environmentalism Showcasing the best in modern green design from many of today’s leading sustainable designers, Vivavi has launched an Eco Pop-Up store inside the Riverhouse luxury green condo building in Battery Park City. Set inside a model 2-bedroom unit... Full Story Referenced By: greenbuildingsNYC

'The most important public policy issue we will face in this generation' Source: Gristmill By Kate SheppardWe're still here at Netroots Nation in Austin, Texas, where Stanford Law School professor and internet guru Lawrence Lessig just noted that climate change is the "most important public policy issue we will face in this generation." He... Full Story

Mystery blogger offers insight into secretive EEStor Source: Clean Break There's no shortage of speculation about EEStor Inc., the Texas-based energy storage company that claims it will change the world with its super-dooper, disruptive, "this changes everything" ultracapactor. But one anonymous blogger has been digging... Full Story Referenced By: Peak Energy

House GOP offers Americans false hope, failed policies, and eco-havoc — will the media bite? Source: Climate Progress I have received the text of an Alice-in-Wonderland memo (below) House Republican leaders will circulate tomorrow on legislation they plan to offer, which claims: To increase the supply American-made energy in environmentally sound ways, the... Full Story Referenced By: WSJ.com: Environmental Capital   WSJ.com: Environmental Capital

Coulomb unveils electric car charging stations Source: Green Tech blog Coulomb is developing plug-in hybrid chargers for public places.(Credit: Kim Smith/General Motors) The city of San Jose, Calif., will be the first to test electric-car charging stations from start-up Coulomb Technologies. The company's products... Full Story Referenced By: GroovyGreen.com

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO): Bounce @ $10? Source: Notable Calls Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) is trading down 50% in pre mkt after the co announced Moody's decision to put its top rating on the company under review. Moody's Investors Service said on Monday it may cut its top ratings on Assured Guaranty due to... Full Story Referenced By: Climateer Investing

Is sugarcane ethanol still a good alternative? Source: AutoblogGreen Filed under: Ethanol, South/Latin America85 liters of ethanol per each tonne (metric) of sugarcane harvested. This is the output of a standard sugarcane ethanol plant. As we know, 45 percent of Brazilian fuel needs are covered by ethanol. Of course,... Full Story Referenced By: Earth2Tech

Oil shale under Rockies sparks battle Source: MSNBC.com: Environment The Bush administration's push Tuesday to speed up development of oil shale in the Rocky Mountains runs headlong into Colorado and Wyoming leaders, who cite environmental and technology concerns.... Full Story Referenced By: Gristmill

World’s Wind Power Parts: Now Made in China Source: Solve Climate Chronicles Most folks by now know about China’s wind power boom. At the end of 2007, the nation's installed base of wind energy was just over six gigawatts. By the end of 2008, it will climb to ten gigawatts. By 2010, experts predict 20 gigawatts. And by 2020,... Full Story Referenced By: WSJ.com: Environmental Capital