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February 4 2012

EV Maker Coda Moves into Chaotic Grid Battery Market

John Gartner - Automaker seeks success by diversifying.

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EarthTechling

Wireless Mouse Concept Says No to Batteries

Power your mouse as you move it.»

SustainableBusiness.com

Semprius Reaches Efficiency Record for Pencil-Point Sized Solar Cells

Concentrated solar makes an efficiency leap.»

EarthTechling

Car Solar Roof Concept Is Really, Really Cool

Solar sunroof by day, powerful dome light at night.»

Ecopolitology

Bill Richardson's Global Crusade for Clean Energy

The former energy secretary tries to start a fire in Abu Dhabi.»

Mackinnon Lawrence

Kick-Starting the Bio-Based Economy

The biofuels industry may succeed by putting its attention elsewhere.»

John Gartner

Texas a Lone Star in EV Charging Infrastructure

Will electric cars store the state's burgeoning wind power?»

EarthandIndustry

Can Solar Energy Lower the Cost of Carbon Capture?

A unique design could couple coal and solar while reducing emissions.»

EarthTechling

U.S. Navy’s Largest Solar Project Going Up

China Lake installation hints at big plans.»

EarthandIndustry

Has the Recession Doomed Cleantech Startups?

How the small can make it through.»

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Ecopolitology

U.S. Opens Offshore Wind Energy ‘Sweet Spots’

Obstacles cleared for turbines off Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware.»

New York Times

For GOP, Pipeline is Central to Agenda

Republicans want to beat Obama over the head with the Keystone XL pipeline until Election Day.»

Los Angeles Times

Wind Power Blowing Up in California

For the first time, wind provides 5 percent of the state's energy.»

Treehugger

Senators Backing Keystone XL Bill Received $22 Million in Donations from Oil Industry

350.org follows the money.»

SustainableBusiness.com

Bye, Bye Dirty Coal Plants

New limits on mercury and lead are causing the nation's oldest, dirtiest plants to shut down.»

NPR

How to Find a New Nuclear Waste Site? Woo a Town

As U.S. seeks a permanent repository, it might look to Europe for lessons.»

Triple Pundit

Chinese Solar Panel Exports Spike as Obama Announces New Trade Enforcement Unit

“I will not stand by when our competitors don’t play by the rules,” president says.»

Grist

Obama Calls for Clean Energy — and Drilling, and Fracking

In State of the Union speech, Obama declares "an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy."»

Ecomagination

Startup Company Turns Water into Power

Rentricity gets watts from the high pressure in pipes.»

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