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Abu Dhabi’s Aabar buys stake in electric car maker

Tina Ngo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:10:11 +0000

The Abu Dhabi investment fund that is Daimler’s largest shareholder has bought about 4 percent of electric car producer Tesla Motors, deepening the oil-rich Arab state’s push into green technology.

Desertec to develop investment plans by 2012: DII

Tina Ngo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:30:11 +0000

MUNICH (Reuters) – The Desertec Industrial Initiative, the world’s most ambitious solar power project, will map out investment plans by 2012 to develop carbon-free energy that could supply up to 15 percent of Europe’s needs by 2050.

DuPont, BP receive OK for biofuel venture

Tina Ngo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:50:11 +0000

DuPont and BP said Thursday that European Union officials have approved a joint venture to develop and produce what they termed a new generation of biofuels to help meet demand for renewable fuels with reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Discuss Green Jobs at Black Journalists’ Convention

Tina Ngo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:10:11 +0000

The nation’s first African American to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the honorable Lisa Jackson, will be present at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention in Tampa to discuss the work the agency is conducting to protect the health and environment of all Americans.

U.S. announced $3 bln funds for renewable energy projects

Tina Ngo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:30:11 +0000

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Xinhua) — U.S. government announced Thursday an estimated 3-billion-U.S.-dollar funds for the development of renewable energy projects around the country.

Parched State Searches for Ways to Expand Water Supply

Tina Ngo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:50:11 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO — When California\’s budget impasse is settled, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will have to deal with the state\’s other big crisis: fresh water.

Gov. Schwarzenegger and other top lawmakers have already drafted plans to attack a severe water shortage in the state, which has suffered a three-year drought.

Obama urges poorer nations to fight global warming

Tina Ngo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:10:11 +0000

L\’AQUILA, Italy (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday the global recession makes it harder to strike an international agreement to battle dangerous temperature increases, but he urged the poor emerging economies that rejected specific clean-energy goals to “fight the temptation toward cynicism” and embrace them soon.

Finance, transmission take wind out of Pickens’ sails

Tina Ngo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:30:11 +0000

New York, 9 July: Texas oilman T Boone Pickens’ has put on hold his grand plan to build the largest US wind farm – highlighting two significant problems for renewable energy development: tight financing and an inadequate transmission infrastructure.

GE Healthcare Financial Services Closes $3 Million Deal with Codon Devices

Tina Ngo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:50:11 +0000

GE Healthcare Financial Services has provided a $3 million Senior Secured Credit Facility to Codon Devices, the Constructive Biology Company, privately-held biotechnology firm delivering products and platform solutions based on synthetic biology to the chemical industry. The financing will be used for growth and other working capital needs.

Clean Tech Frets as Power of Government\’s Purse Grows

Tina Ngo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:10:11 +0000

NEW YORK — Having scrambled for a government lifeline in the wake of the financial crisis, some “clean energy” developers and technology companies are now urging Washington to help lure back private financing.