I know. 11/11/11. May all our active duty sons and daughters be blessed and all our veterans honored. Finally our Senate could agree on some dam thing unanimously. I hope we can build on that.
Ameren backed out of Future Gen 2. The C-capture project. Cited their financial situation. They had agreed to provide an old oil-fired power plant in IL for conversion, but now will shut it down by year-end. Babcock & Wilcox, Air Liquide major partners. DOE promised $1B (80% of cost) if spent by '15. Current tech to burn coal in O2 instead of air.
State Dept postponed Keystone pipeline to '13. Well, watch China step up to get a pipe to West coast. Meanwhile, Enbridge says it has enough commitments to move forward with 2 segments. Nebraska making a stand. My thought is either put the pipe above ground or make a failsafe underground conduit.
House Republicans inro'd 2 bills today pitching ANWR and offshore drilling.
Public support for clean E subsidies falling.
EPA detected contamination of WY aquifer. My guess is either from Yellowstone River spill or fracking. But short on facts.
Conoco oil spill in China attributed to negligence.
Tracking ocean temps helps predict severity of forest fire seasons.
TX solar industry set to grow despite history of legislative setbacks.
White spruce found growing in warmer weather in tundra.
BIOF swung to 3Q profitability.
White Energy (TX) got $3M USDA grant to develop ethanol production away from corn starch.
On Hawaii, Boeing announced agreement to work with Hawaii Bioenergy on renewable sources for jetfuel.
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