Senate Panel Unveils Bill Updating US Energy Policy
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Minnesota Passes 20 Percent Ethanol Mandate
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Rebuffing Bush, 132 Mayors Embrace Kyoto Rules
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Green Diesel from Natural Gas? It's Coming
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U.S. Seeks to Remove Biotech Food Labeling From Codex Agenda
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European Emissions Trade Takes Off as World Watches
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Future Unclear on $2 Billion-a-Year US Land Reserve
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Toyota to Cut CO2 Emissions 20% by 2010
Toyota Motor Corp. (TSE:7203) announced it’s new goal of cutting worldwide carbon dioxide emissions 20% by 2010. In the first revision to its environmental program in five years, Toyota set numerical targets for 22 categories in five fields, from recycling to environmental management systems. By 2006, the company will launch autos in Europe and Japan that do not have mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium and lead.
Wind Farms Remain Pricy Propositions
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Ceres Power Cell Passes Milestones
Ceres Power announced its fuel cell exceeded global industry standards after thousands of hours of tests. The fuel cell ? which is the size of an After Eight mint ? fits into a domestic central heating boiler instead of a pilot light, transforming boilers into mini-generators that produce both heat and electricity. The cell would provide homes with a clean and cheap form of energy that produces significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions than conventional fossil fuels. Ceres, which was spun out of Imperial College London and floated on AIM last year, has been working on the fuel cell for more than 15 years. It can be powered by natural gas as well as hydrogen and does not need platinum as a catalyst. The company, which has a stock market value of about 53 million, believes the first fuel cell boilers will be on sale in about three years, at prices similar to existing boilers. The system will create CO2 savings of 30 to 50 per cent, even allowing for some CO2 being produced by the fuel cell running on natural gas. Ceres is developing cells to power other applications. These include devices for rural communities that rely on bottled gas; […]