
New energy chair endorses Yucca Mountain (Reno Gazette-Journal: Sun, 10 Dec) WASHINGTON (AP) - The incoming chairman of the Senate Energy Committee said Friday that Yucca Mountain remains the best option for nuclear waste disposal, and voiced skepticism about the alternative plan backed by Nevada's congressional delegation.
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Region discovers new opportunities through alternative energy (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Sun, 10 Dec) When Charles Cross learned about biodiesel, he was skeptical. His firm - North Side-based United Oil Co. - had been successfully producing industrial lubricants since 1906 and his initial research suggested that producing biodiesel would require a major retooling of the plant.
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By fueling job market, alternative energy eyes a bright future in U.S. (The Palm Beach Post: Sun, 10 Dec) The top of a large steel vat gently swings open, and a slab of silicon, cut into pieces the size of large bricks, is lifted onto a conveyor belt. On a mezzanine above the warehouse-style floor of the factory in Frederick, Md., Bill Good is monitoring the six-foot furnaces that melt the silicon that goes into bricks, which are later sliced into wafers and turned into solar panels in a building
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INTERVIEW - SE Asia nations eye nuclear energy alternative (Reuters via Yahoo! India News: Thu, 07 Dec) CEBU, Philippines (Reuters) - Some Southeast Asian nations are more seriously considering nuclear power as an alternative energy source as the region seeks solutions to its growing energy needs, the bloc's secretary-general said.
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360JMG Launches Alternative Energy/Clean Tech Practice (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance: Thu, 07 Dec) WASHINGTON--360JMG, a Washington, DC-based strategic communications firm specializing in advertising, direct mail, new media and public relations, launched its Alternative Energy/Clean Tech Practice today.
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