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Stories in 2008

• CEOs See Green Energy Policies Preserving US Jobs - It's not often you hear executives from the biggest US industries and a Republican governor clamoring for stronger regulations on climate change. But that's exactly what they want. (Environmental News Network; March 15, 2008)

Southern Baptist leaders urge climate change action - Influential Southern Baptist leaders are seeking to move the country's largest Protestant denomination - and one of its more conservative - beyond its skeptical stance on climate change to keep step with a growing 'green' awareness in the evangelical community. (Christian Science Monitor; March 12)

Thou Shalt Not Pollute - The Vatican has added seven modern sins, including: "You offend God ... by ruining the environment, carrying out morally debatable scientific experiments, or allowing genetic manipulations which alter DNA or compromise embryos." (New Scientist; March 10) (Reuters)

• Scientist says clean energy is 'achievable' - Imagine a world where people can count on getting the energy they need to live well without trashing the environment and throwing the global climate out of balance. (SL Trib; March 8) (also BusinessWire)
• Abu Dhabi Commits US$15 Billion to Clean Energy Technology - This is the largest single government commitment to "future energy", and it comes from a country that has been a leader in the field of hydrocarbons for nearly half a century.  The initial investment targets include solar, wind and hydrogen power; carbon reduction and management; as well as sustainable development. (Masdar; Jan. 21, 2008)

Stories in 2007

• Economics Not Ethos Drives Alternative Fuels - "With oil prices at record highs, at last it appears that there is real interest in alternative fuels and energy. Most pragmatic speculators realize that real change is driven by economics not ethos, which occurs only when gas is so expensive that alternatives become financially attractive." (Prime Newswire; Oct. 25, 2007)
• Energy poses major 21st century crisis - Energy poses one of the greatest threats facing humanity this century, the world's leading academies of science warned Monday, highlighting the peril of oil wars and climate change driven by addiction to fossil fuels. (PhysOrg; Oct. 22, 2007)
• White Collar, Blue Collar… Green Collar? - The newest job sector, green energy, is now the 5th largest sector of the economy, and growing. Green collar jobs include any that involve the design, manufacture, installation, operation, and/or maintenance of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. (Alternative Energy News; Oct. 17) (Thanks Alex Ramon)
• Growing Number of Americans Think That Solar Electricity Should Be Offered on All New Homes - According to a recent Roper survey commissioned by Sharp Electronics Corporation, nearly 90 percent of Americans think that solar electricity should be an option for all new home construction, up significantly from one year ago (79 percent). (Business Wire; May 30)

Renewable energy could power half the U.S. - American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) report says wind, solar could make big contribution to energy supply by 2025, but only if policies change. ACORE's projections differ sharply with those of the U.S. government and most major oil companies, who say renewables will continue to account for between 5 to 10 percent of the country's energy use by 2030. (CNN Money; May 2, 2007)

Trends / Finance > Start-Up Fervor Shifts to Energy in Silicon Valley - Entrepreneurs from all backgrounds — but especially former dot-commers — express a sense of wonder and purpose at the thought of transforming the $1 trillion domestic energy market while saving the planet.  (NY Times; Mar. 14, 2007)

Two oil giants plunge into the wind business - Two of the world's leading oil producers, Shell and BP, have almost overnight joined some of the biggest players in wind power in the United States, accelerating a trend of large corporations investing in the rapidly growing alternative-energy field. (Boston Globe; March 2, 2007)

• Emirates, MIT Team Up for Green Energy - Leaders of this major oil-producing Gulf country said Sunday they were plunging into the field of renewable energy, announcing a joint research venture into green energy with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Yahoo Finance; Feb. 25)

Plugging Into the Sun - Spurred by recent legislation that provides financial incentives — and by rising energy costs and, perhaps, by a lingering distrust of power companies in the aftermath of the California electricity crisis at the start of the decade — homeowners across the state have come to see solar power as a way to conserve money as well as natural resources. (NY Times; Jan. 4)

Stories in 2006

• Congress Urged to Shift Funds to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - In a letter delivered this week to congressional leaders, 103 business, consumer, environmental, energy policy, and other groups urged that federal energy research and development funds be shifted to programs supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency -- away from fossil fuel and nuclear power programs. (Renewable Energy Access; Dec. 28)

CNN's "Buying Green" Special Report - "The rise of organic foods, recycled products and eco-friendly ingredients have helped a generation of consumers 'go green,'" Looks at wind power and green building, and more, as well as the amount and variety of small things that consumers can do to easily be a little greener. (CNN) (Thanks TreeHugger)

Four out of Five Americans Want Solar in New Houses - 80% of US residents would like to see home builders offer solar power as an option for new houses, according to a survey by Japan's Sharp Electric Company (the world's largest producer of solar cells). (TreeHugger; Aug. 1, 2006)

US Customers Increasingly Choose Green Power - According to An AP article in Sunday's Washington Post, more and more utility customers are choosing to purchase green power, even though it comes at a premium. Nationwide, 20% more customers are taking advantage of green power options if they're available. Thirty-six states offer green pricing. (TreeHugger; July 31)

• China to Invest $200 Billion in Renewable Energy - As part of seeking its objective of obtaining 10% of its energy from renewable resources by 2010, China is set to spend $200bn on renewable energy over the next 15 years, and industry players are racing to grab a slice of the action. (Reuters; July 15, 2006)

World energy consumption could be cut by half if clean technology applied - Oil and electricity consumption across the world could easily be cut by half, if clean energy technologies that are currently available were applied, said Claude Mandil, executive director of the International Energy Agency. (PhysOrg; June 26)

Wall Street Sees the Green in Going Green - Wall Street gathers June 22-23 at the largest U.S. finance forum dedicated to reviewing investment in the growing renewable energy sector. Last year, investors put more than $48 billion worldwide into clean energy companies and projects such as wind farms and ethanol plants. (Renewable Energy Access; June 19)

Renewables: 25% Of Energy Use By '25? - A bipartisan group of lawmakers, industry leaders, farm groups, governors, county officials, and environmentalists have launched an effort to have the nation get 25 percent of its total energy from renewable sources by 2025, dubbed "25x25". (Christian Science Monitor / CBS; June 9)

Corporate America Going Green - Corporate America, which once dismissed fears about global warming as unfounded, appears to be changing its mind, publicly acknowledging its influence on climate change and striving for a greener image. (Reuters; June 5)

UN Secretary-General Calls for New Energy Approaches - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for new approaches to energy use with a focus on greater efficiency, increased investment in renewable sources and new technologies. (Renewable Energy Access; May 12)

Is Clean Energy the Next Tech Boom? - Small sampling of recent renewable energy developments bespeaks a trend that appears to only be gaining momentum. (WorldChanging; Apr. 15)

Renewables provided 13.3% of global energy in 2003 - Of the 13.3% for renewables, combustible and waste provide 10.6% and hydro is 2.2% of TPES. Geothermal was the largest emerging renewable energy source at 0.416%, with wind at 0.051%, solar at 0.039% and tidal/wave/ocean at 0.0005%. (Refocus Weekly; April 5)

Make your own energy at home, Britons urged - British politicians are urging people to turn their homes into power plants, by embracing 'microgeneration'. The scheme could see more homeowners installing solar panels, rooftop wind turbines and a range of other measures to cut their power bills and ultimately reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. (Nature; March 29)

Home power springing up everywhere - Solar panels and miniature wind turbines could soon become an officially-promoted part of the urban landscape. Is DIY power generation going to be the next big thing? (BBC; Mar. 9)

Bush Visits Renewable Energy Lab - President Bush on Tuesday acknowledged that Washington has sent "mixed signals" to one of the nation's premiere labs studying renewable energies — by first laying off, then reinstating, 32 workers just before his visit. (CBS News; Feb. 21, 2006)

Bush: U.S. on Verge of Energy Breakthrough - Saying the nation is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that would "startle" most Americans, President Bush on Monday outlined his energy proposals to help wean the country off foreign oil.  (ZPEnergy; quoting from YahooNews; Feb. 20, 2006) [Visits Ovonics]

Sweden plans to be world's first oil-free economy - Sweden is to take the biggest energy step of any advanced western economy by trying to wean itself off oil completely within 15 years - without building a new generation of nuclear power stations. (Guardian.uk; Feb. 8)

• Renewable Energy Now Accounts for 14% of the World's Primary Energy Supply - Research and Markets has announced Renewable Energy Report Ed 2 2006. (BusinessWire; Feb. 2)

Fossil-fuel crisis drives Europe to nuclear, green energy - Surging oil prices, deepening concern about carbon pollution and sudden worries over Russia's reliability as a gas supplier have been a windfall for Europe's nuclear and renewable energy industries. (PhysOrg; Jan. 9)

Stories in 2005

• Declining Energy Reserves and Economic Downturn - Daniel Estulin reports for Nexus on the most recent Bilderberg ultra-rich-and-influential meeting and their discussion of what to do about the oil scarcity problem. (ZPEnergy; Oct. 9)
  [Supposedly this report was a "breaking the silence" situation.  I can't help but think that the powers that be want the world to be panicked about oil prices so they can ratchet them up even higher, even while the actual situation is not as dire as is being portrayed.]
• China's renewable energy grows 25% annually - As of 2004, China claims 110 million kw hydropower; 760 megawatt wind power; 60 megawatt solar photovoltaic batteries, and over 11 million household biomass pools. (Xinhua; Sept. 27)

Investment in energy R&D declines despite supply problems, soaring prices - US investments in energy research and development have steadily dropped in the last two decades, as reflected in the federal budget and in investments by US companies. (PESN; Sept. 27)

DOE Expected to Slash Budget for Wind, Geothermal, CSP Solar - Rumors have been circulating among those with an ear to energy issues in Washington, DC, that deep budget cuts are likely in a wide range of renewable energy technologies as the government seeks a way to pay for all its expenditures without increasing revenue. (Renewable Energy Access; Sept. 27, 2005)

• Share of Renewables is Identical in Developed and Developing Countries - World Resources Institute says both developed and developing nations around the world derive 0.7% of their energy from renewables in 2001. Other comparative data presented. (Refocus Weekly; Sept. 7)
• Alt Energy Stocks Surging Along with Oil Prices - Alternative energy has long been dismissed as too expensive to be practical, but with oil hovering around $65 a barrel, solar energy and fuel cells are starting to look positively affordable. (Deseret News; Sept. 12, 2005) (Thanks Susan Carter) (See also Forbes; Sept. 8)
• As Oil Prices Rise, Asia Sees Sense in Going Green - Across the region, renewable energy such as solar, wind and geothermal power is gaining ever greater credence as a way to curb the region's appetite for oil and cut runaway import bills. (Reuters; Sept. 9, 2005)
• World Running Out of Time for Oil Alternatives - The world could run out of time to develop cleaner alternatives to oil and other fossil fuels before depletion drives prices through the roof, a leading Dutch energy researcher said. (Reuters; Aug. 7, 2005)
• World Averages 13.3% of Primary Energy from Renewables - Five countries in the world obtain more than half of their renewable energy from non-hydro and non-biomass technologies. (Refocus Weekly; August 10, 2005)
• Industry Wants European Hydrogen Development Boost - Politicians, academics and corporate executives say that Europe should boost its public investments in hydrogen and fuel cells to pave the way for a future with cleaner cars and renewable energy. (Reuters; July 11)
• New Energy Sources More Important than Conservation - Rasmussen report survey shows that two-thirds (66%) of Americans say developing new energy sources is more important that conserving energy. (ZPEnergy; June 29)
• Yale poll reveals overwhelming public desire for new energy policy direction - 92% of Americans say that they are worried about dependence on foreign oil. 93% of Americans want government to develop new energy technologies and require auto industry to make cars and trucks that get better gas mileage... (PESN; June 11)
• Mini-generators fill demand for clean energy, alternative power - Wind, wood chips, hydro sources augment grid energy by a few hundred kW in New England.  In a state with mandates for clean energy, regulators a swamped with requests to certify "green" energy. (Newsday/AP; May 29)
• Thais to Invest $20 Billion in Energy Sector in 4 Years - Energy Master Plan will focus on three areas -- optimising use of hydrocarbon fuels, boosting energy efficiency and increasing the use of renewable energy resources. (Reuters; May 17)
• Samsoe, the 'green energy' island - The 4,400 residents of the island aim for 100 renewable energy within 10 years. (Malay Mail; May 8, 2005)
• Investors at UN Meet Pledge $1 Billion in Clean Energy - US and British institutional investors who collectively manage over $3 trillion in assets pledged on Tuesday to invest $1 billion in clean energy companies in an effort to reduce risks posed by climate change. (Reuters; May 11)
  [Most of that will go to mainstream solutions like wind and hybrid manufacturers.]

Trends > The New Power Generation - Soccer moms, taco shops, even real estate developers - mainstream America is starting to pull the plug and rely on homegrown solar energy. Call it the dawn of the hygrid age.  185,000 U.S. households have switched. (Wired; May 2005)

• Nine of 10 consumers environment-conscious - 90% of respondents in New York consider environmental and health factors when making purchases, according to GreenerChoices.org. (Newz.in, April 24)
• Wall Street to Address Financing of National Energy Security and Climate Change - June 23-24 meeting to develop plans for financing the reduction of oil imports, improving the environment, and answering the threat of climate change in a conference entitled "Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street". (Renewable Energy Access; New York; April 19)
• Renewable energy would be a moneymaker for state - Report says Arizona would reap thousands of new jobs, cleaner skies and more revenues for rural areas if renewable energy became a major source of power. (Arizona Daily Sun; April 16, 2005)
• Biodiesel Study Looks at Home Heating Market - Internet based home heating oil company commissioned to conduct a market research project evaluating the price tolerance of consumers to convert to biodiesel and other environmentally friendly fuels for home heating use. (Renewable Energy Access; New York; April. 4, 2005)

A Naked Energy Gap - The National Review Online says steps need to be taken now because the United States is open to severe economic dislocation and possibly dire national-security threats as a result of its excessive reliance on imported oil. (CBS; March 29, 2005)

• Green building goes commercial - "Green building is really no longer a niche," SRM project manager Laura Billings said. "It is really exploding in growth. Very soon we think this will be standard practice." (The Argus, California; March 21, 2005)
• Utility Pollution Bill Stalls in Senate Committee - A Bush administration plan to cut air pollution from coal-fired power plants failed to pass the Senate Environment Committee Wednesday, a setback for a bill that critics said favors the utility industry over public health. (Reuters; March 10, 2005)
• The Next Big Race - After nuclear arms, is Energy next? The quest for cheap, clean, responsible energy. (Slate; March 1, 2005)
• Hybrid cars in at this year's Oscar ceremony - Nominees Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman and Morgan Freeman among other celebrities will be arriving in Toyota Prius hybrids instead of gas-guzzling limousines. (Reality TV World, California; Feb. 28)
• Asia Pushes Ahead on Biofuel, Despite Cost - Faced with too many crops and not enough oil, Asian governments are promoting biofuels as a way to cut costly fuel imports. (Reuters; Feb. 28, 2005)
• White House Budget Slashes Clean Energy - Contradicts most recent State of the Union address that called for "reliable supplies of affordable, environmentally responsible energy," and that urged Congress to "pass legislation that makes America more secure and less dependent on foreign energy." (Renewable Energy Access; Feb. 28, 2005)
  [Conflict of oil interests; billions from Saudis to Bush family]
• Generators might be in homes of the future - Generators, used for decades by hospitals and other businesses, are coming home. (Bradenton Herald, Florida; Feb. 27)
• UK to abandon H2 research? - "You don’t need a seat at the table for everything."  Looking to other countries to do the development instead. (Sunday Herald; Feb. 20, 2005) (Thanks H2O Power)
• University creates Alternative Energy Research Chair - University of Manitoba has created a research chair that will focus on developing ways to integrate leading-edge alternative energy technologies into the electricity sector. (Renewable Energy Access; Feb. 4, 2005)
• No Tomorrow By Bill Moyers - Addresses the substantial cross section of America's religious right that not only is not concerned about global warming and environmental destruction but actually welcomes it as a sign of the times. (ZPEnergy; Feb. 3, 2005)
• 'Alt-fuel' use ebbing - But U.S. demand is still high for hybrid vehicles - Automakers backing away from alt fuel vehicles.  Environmentalists say they have not done enough to promote them.  (Deseret News / AP; Jan. 18, 2005)
• Theme for Environmental Inaugural Ball in DC: "Clean Energy" - 5th Environmental Inaugural Ball to be held January 20th in Washington D.C. (Renewable Energy Access; Jan. 11)
• Venture Capitalists on Hunt for Alt. Energy Breakthroughs - Statistics that show an increase in venture capital in U.S., from 0.8% in 1999 to 2.4% in 2004.  Silicon Valley, California venture capitalists are especially keen on the trend. (The Mercury News; Jan. 9)

Stories in 2004

• National Security to Lead Renewable Energy Deployment - Citing national security as a motivation, the American Council On Renewable Energy has called for a shift in U.S. priorities from R&D to major deployment.  (Renewable Energy Access; Dec. 14)
• Young Voters Declare Dirty Energy Top Election Issue - Thousands Demonstrate their Independence across U.S. and Canada. (Common Dreams; Oct. 12)
• The Coming of Deindustrial Society: A Practical Response - Discussing what to do with fossil fuel dwindling.  Mentions free energy. (Mathaba.Net, Africa; Oct. 11)
• Canada to use PetroCan money for green technology - $1C billion from $2C billion liquefied stake in Petro Canada will go "to help develop new technologies to address environmental challenges" including clean vehicles & energy. (Reuters; Sept. 20)
• Why does Wall Street continue to look down on renewable energy? - Over the past two years, the worldwide stock-market value of companies developing renewable energy fell from $13 billion to $10.7 billion, while the value of fossil-fuel companies surged to record highs. (Newsweek; Sept. 20)
• DOE and OPIC form partnership to promote renewable energy - Agreement highlights effort to promote investment in cleaner, more efficient energy technologies in emerging markets throughout the world.  (USNewswire, Sept. 8)
• Green Power for Republicans - Those providing transportation and accommodations are showcasing green technologies, including GM who has provided a fleet of eight electric-hybrid buses, full-size hybrid pickup trucks and more than 200 cars from the company's vehicle line. (Solar Access; Aug. 31)
• Renewable Energy Center in Wyoming, USA - The Center for Sustainable Energy and Education (CSEE) will produce electricity for a hospital and serve as a real life-learning lab for students in the Sustainable Business Program. (Solar Access; Aug. 30)
• Green and European - "Europe, with its high fossil fuel costs and generous government subsidies of 'green power,' is the epicenter of renewable energy growth." (MIT Technology Review; Sept., 2004)
• US Dept. of Energy Gets Budget Boost - DOE is supporting efforts to develop economical fusion power and discover "dark energy" [aka ZPE] -- the possible key to why the universe is expanding. (TechNewsWorld; Aug. 22, 2004)
• Vegas Returns to Selling Sin -- Ominous for Planet Earth - campaigning as "Sodom and Gomorrah without the guilt".  Ramifications for Free Energy technology.  (Greater Things News; Aug. 15, 2004)
• Will Coloradans Choose Renewable? - Groundbreaking ballot initiative will be U.S.' first statewide vote on renewable energy and would require the state’s major utility companies to obtain 10% of their energy from renewable sources such as wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and hydroelectric power by 2015. (Common Dreams; Aug. 11)
• Kerry Offers 10-Year Plan for US Energy Independence - $30 billion proposal would give $10 bil. to automakers to retool for cleaner fuels, $5 bil. tax credits to consumers for buying them, $5 bil for agriculture waste-to-fuel research partnerships; $10 bil to make coal plants cleaner. (Reuters; Aug. 9)
• Venezuelan Professor Decries U.S. Expendable Energy Imperialism - "There is sufficient energy available, right here on Earth, to distribute 'free energy' to all, even to the ants and rats. That is, the electro-magnetic energy, of 'occult physics,' from the vacuum, discovered by scientists like Tesla, Reich, Titarenko, etc. ...Applying this free energy globally would ... [open] avenues for creativity, creation and emancipation." (Franz J. T. Lee; VHeadline; Aug. 8)
• DaimlerChrysler aims for mass-market, hydrogen-fueled cars in 10 years - Since 1994, DaimlerChrysler has invested US$1 billion in the technology. (Environmental News Network; July 20)
• Zero Point Energy goes Hollywood! - Stargate Atlantis references ZPE as its energy source. (ZPEnergy; July 17)
• Fuel cell plant will employ 100 by 2006 - TI Automotive announced that a new $30 million dollar fuel cell plant would be locating in Georgia. (Franklin County Citizen; July 9)
• Fuel cell race gets a charge - Gas companies and oil wholesalers are speeding up development to put fuel cells into practical use. The companies are desperately trying to develop practical forms of the next-generation energy source as the race beyond gas, oil and other energy companies has begun. (Daily Yomiuri, JP; July 6)
• Fuel Cells Hit Home (in Japan, at Least) - Fuel cells are poised for their first commercial home installations. By early next year, Tokyo Gas will install the technology outside 50 Japanese homes, with plans to install 900 more units by 2007. (MIT Technology Review; July/Aug)
  T.C. A sampling of other home fuel cell power pioneers of note:
  - avistalabs  
  - idatech (pdf)
  - fuelcelltoday.com article estimates 1900 stationary installs worldwide so far
  - fuelcells.org - map of US installations
  - fuelcells.org (pdf) - list of installations by company
• Big money enters global warming battle - Swiss Re, the world's second-largest reinsurance company, recently warned that the costs of natural disasters caused by global warming is threatening humanity with a catastrophe of its own making. (ZPEnergy; July 5)
• Newly Elected Canadian Parliament More Friendly to Sustainable Energy [also] - several candidates made sustainable energy central planks in their platforms. (DavidSuziki.org; July 1)
• What would be the effect of a cost-competitive fuel-free energy breakthrough? - British Economist, John Kay remarks that there is a big technological breakthrough "every 20 years or so. ...We haven't had a big breakthrough in fuel technologies in a century or more. It's energy's turn." (Forbes; June 16, 2004)
• BP Releases: Statistical Review of World Energy 2004 - This year's report shows that at current rates of production, the world's proved reserves of oil are sufficient to last for 40 years, although nearly 77 percent of those reserves are located in OPEC countries.  (ZPEnergy.com; June 16)

Open Source for Biotechnology - Paper argues that the 'you share, I share' success of open sourcing in software should be seen as a model to be applied more often in areas such as biotechnology and bioinformatics.  Has seen success in human genome project.  (The Economist; June 10, 2004)

Charter school students to explore alternative to 'filler up' - as one of their projects, Salt Lake City, Utah classmates will be converting a traditional diesel-powered school bus to one that runs on discarded cooking grease. (SLTrib; June 10, 2004)

• UK Aims to be a World Leader in Wave and Tidal power - pledges £50 million for wave and tidal power. (Edie Weekly; June 8)
• 154 Nations Pledge to Increase Renewable Energy Usage (alt) - At a conference last week in Bonn, Germany, senior officials from 154 nations including the United States signed onto a communiqué committing to a substantial increase "with a sense of urgency" in the percentage of renewable sources in meeting global energy needs. (TerraDaily; June 4, 2004)
• Energy Gets Jolt of Venture Cash - With gas prices at record highs, venture capitalists who invest in the energy industry believe their prospects are looking up, particularly with investments in startups specializing in areas like conservation technology and alternative energy. (Wired; June 1, 2004)
• IEEE Magazine Article Entertains Possibility of Unknown Force - While FE claims are a bane of many EE or physicist, an electrostatic design with spheres is catching their attention.  (ZPEnergy; May 31)
• Soaring Gas Prices Spur Interest in Hybrids (Reuters: May 31)
• High Fuel Costs Put Focus on Renewable Energy (Reuters: May 31)
• Army rolls out prototypes of alternative-energy vehicles - Hybrid tankers that can power an entire airfield. Electric chariots that can zip soldiers to their destinations. Fuel cell-powered all terrain vehicles that can roll along in near silence. (Associated Press; May 28, 2004)
• Austin Energy to Pay Customers to Generate Their Own Power - City Council approves rebate of $5,000 per kilowatt for solar array installations for their residential and commercial customers. (Pure Energy Systems News exclusive; May 27, 2004)
• DOE Building R&D Hub for Nanotechnology Collaboration - $76 million project under construction in Albuquerque will allow their high-tech research equipment to be made available to other scientists. (Albuquerque Tribune; May 26, 2004)
• China's growing pains call for birth of green revolution - Government adopts policy to develop renewable energy sources, slash waste and promote recycling.  (Financial Times; May 26, 2004)
• Refiners Profit as Green Rules Pump Up US Gasoline - Oil companies supplying the sizzling U.S. energy market are reaping windfall returns while drivers foot the bill, and they owe those profits to the new green fuel rules they had originally protested. (Reuters; May 25)
• Kerry Calls for End of Dependence on Middle East Oil - "We can live in an America that runs on the cars of the future that we only have to fill up once a month, not every week." (ZPEnergy, May 22, 2004)
• U.S. speeds to energy disaster - reliance on increasingly expensive automobile transportation supported by depleting fuel. (Letters to editor: Detroit Free Press; May 18, 2004)
• U.S. risks lagging behind in fuel cell race (AP; April 13, 2004)
• The hydrogen revolution (The Age; April 15, 2004)
• How to Wean America Off Fossil Fuels in 15 Years - A review of the Arlington Institute Report: 'A Strategy: How To Move America Away from Oil.'  "Wild card game changers include everything from over-unity devices to cold fusion to sonoluminescence." (EV World; Mar. 20, 2004)
• Wind > World wind power to grow, but boom days over - The huge growth in the global wind power market will lose a lot of its pace in the next five years but will still expand at an average of 10.4 percent a year, independent Danish windpower consultancy BTM said in an annual industry survey. (Reuters; Mar. 22, 2004)
• The Zero Energy House - New goal set forth by U.S. Department of Energy: defines "Zero Energy House" as one that generates as much energy as it consumes. (Herald Tribune; Mar. 20, 2004)
• Utah Governor Candidate Visits Pure Energy Systems - Gary Herbert hears report of how Utah is teeming with cutting edge energy technology inventors and groups. (PESN; Mar. 19, 2004)
• Hey, George! The Pentagon's scared, too - top brass sees global warming from willy-nilly fossil fuel burning as a huge threat akin to terrorism. (New York Daily News; Mar. 18, 2004)
• Hype about Hydrogen - For all the buzz about future highways filled with hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars, the technological—and environmental—high ground will belong to gasoline-electric hybrids for decades to come.  (MIT Technology Review; Mar. 17, 2004)

Hybrids’ Rising Sun - Gas-electric cars are transforming the auto industry. Toyota's head start has Detroit scrambling to catch up.  Double the mileage without sacrificing power or size, and only $1000 more in price.  (MIT Technology Review; Mar. 17, 2004)

• UK Scientist 'gagged' by No 10 after warning of global warming threat [alt] - Downing Street tried to muzzle the Government's top scientific adviser after he warned that global warming was a more serious threat than international terrorism. (Independent, UK; Mar. 8, 2004)
•  More lenders offering mortgages designed for energy-efficient homes - incentives being offered for homes using efficient appliances. (Knight-Ridder; Mar. 1, 2004)
• GM to make more cars that run mostly on ethanol
• More Alternative Fuel Vehicles Seen in US in 2004 - The number of vehicles in the United States that run on alternative fuels is expected to increase 7.3 percent this year from 2003, the government said last week.  (Reuters; March 1, 2004)
• Savannah, Georgia, Wants to Become Alt Energy Hub - Recent $600k grant from Feds helps launch private-govt-univ. joint venture.  Mentions tidal energy, photovoltaics, fuel cell; but will they touch the more controversial and fruitful free energy technologies? (SavannahBusiness.com; Feb. 18, 2004)

Stories in 2003

• GM Pitches Hydrogen Cars in Oil-Thirsty China (Reuters, Nov. 20, 2003)

See also

• 'Free Energy' News
• Pure Energy Systems News

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