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How the (Finally Ended) Corn Ethanol Subsidy Made Us Fatter
12:40PM 1/04/2012
America's food chain has lately produced a bumper crop of scary news, but the worst food-related threat to our health was being caused by U.S. energy policy: Here's how the corn ethanol subsidy was making us fatter, and why to be glad that Congress finally killed it.
Tesla Preparing to Ship Electric Car Prototypes to Toyota
8:57AM 7/12/2010
Toyota Motor's recent $50 million investment in electric-car upstart Tesla Motors is already paying dividends. Tesla reportedly will ship two prototypes, based on Toyota's RAV4 sport utility vehicle and Lexus RX crossover, to the Japanese automaker later this month.
As Toyota Joins With Tesla, Alternative Fuels Become a Major Focus
10:45AM 7/09/2010
Toyota, maker of the popular Prius hybrid, is preparing to move into other alternative-fuel technologies such as hydrogen fuel-cells and biofuels. Its recent large investment in Tesla Motors is just the first such partnership the world's largest automaker is pursuing.
Looks like that Climategate thing is about to kick into high gear again. Refuting the claims of global-warning critics, the World Meteorological Organization today released findings showing that the past decade was the hottest recorded in the 150 years that scientists have collected global...
Alternative energy down on the farm: A still-untapped resource
9:15PM 11/08/2009
As the federal government hands out billions of dollars to subsidize, push, prod and canoodle companies into jump-starting a green revolution in the U.S., one segment of the economy has been more or less left out. That would be farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has gotten only a few tens...
Exxon Mobil (XOM) is the beast of the global energy industry. It ranks No.1 in market cap among all companies traded on U.S. exchanges with a market value of $355 billion That is $125 billion ahead of Chinese oil giant PetroChina (PTR) and more than double the market cap of the next-largest...
How to find alternative fuel refill stations as you travel
4:45PM 6/10/2009
Many fuels have been proposed as alternatives to gasoline. Most face the early adopter with same problem -- where to refuel while on the road? A tool to address this chicken and egg dilemma has been created by the National Renewable Energy Laboratories, an Internet atlas showing the location of...
If you've ever measured your own carbon footprint, you know that frequent flying really takes a toll on the environment. And if you've bought plane tickets recently, you know that fuel costs are a huge part of the price you'll pay. Yesterday, Continental Airlines became the first major American...
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