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  • July 2008

    • Dolly Makes Texas Landfall

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 23, 08 2:06 PM CDT

      Dolly Makes Texas Landfall

      Hurricane Dolly has come ashore near South Padre Island, Texas, the AP reports, forcing thousands on both sides of the US-Mexico border to forsake their homes for shelters. Heavy winds and rains have already destroyed a building’s roof and cut power for thousands; authorities say levees along the Rio Grande are holding. More »

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      Texas  • weather  • electricity  • rain  • winds  • Hurricane Dolly  • South Padre Island

    • Texans Shocked by Spiking Power Bills

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 17, 08 9:30 AM CDT

      Texans Shocked by Spiking Power Bills

      As energy prices soar, many Texans are wishing they had added "regulation of electrical companies" to the list of things not to mess with. Authorities predicted competition would lower prices when they deregulated the industry in 1999, the Wall Street Journal reports, but inadequate infrastructure, rising fuel costs, and other factors have meant just the opposite. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Texas  • electricity  • alternative energy  • energy bill  • energy costs  • deregulation

    • Uno: Cooler Than Segway

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 1, 08 3:12 PM CDT

      Uno: Cooler Than Segway

      Looking like a tricked out motorbike, the Uno is electric personal transportation with style, the Chicago Tribune reports. Designed by 19-year-old inventor Ben Gulak, the device employs no throttle or brake, relying on its rider's leanings to guide it, and is so intuitive an 8-year-old picked it up instantly at a recent vehicle expo. More »

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      environment  • pollution  • electricity  • electric cars  • motorcycle  • transport  • environmental impact

  • June 2008

    • EU Will Ban Incandescent Bulbs

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Jun 19, 08 2:07 PM CDT

      EU Will Ban Incandescent Bulbs

      The European Union is set to begin phasing out the incandescent light bulb in favor of compact fluorescent bulb, Der Spiegel reports. The highest-wattage bulbs will go next year; the transition to CFLs—using a fifth of the energy and lasting 10 times longer—should be complete in 2015.  More »

    • Brits March In With Foot-Generated Power

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jun 8, 08 5:40 PM CDT

      Brits March In With Foot-Generated Power

      Crowds may soon be kicking up clean energy in England. Designed to generate power from footsteps, "heel strike" generators are ready to be installed in shopping malls and subways—and power thousands of light bulbs. "It works by using the pressure of feet on the floor to compress pads underneath," the London Times explains, "driving fluid through mini-turbines that then generate electricity, which is stored in a battery." More »

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      electricity  • green technology  • clean energy  • clean technology  • electrical circuits

  • May 2008

    • Alaskan City Goes Green—by Necessity

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 14, 08 7:11 PM CDT

      Alaskan City Goes Green&mdash;by Necessity

      An energy conservation effort born out of necessity has turned the residents of Juneau, Alaska, into poster children for the green movement, the New York Times reports. Electricity rates skyrocketed 400% after an avalanche knocked out several major transmission towers last month; the state capital has since lowered its electricity usage by more than 30%, a figure that makes conservationists swoon. More »

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      Alaska  • electricity  • conservation  • alternative energy  • clean energy  • energy consumption  • Juneau

    • Venture Capitalists See the Eco-Friendly Light

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  May 7, 08 8:38 PM CDT

      Venture Capitalists See the Eco-Friendly Light

      Venture capitalists are swarming around firms developing LED (light-emitting diode) and similar lighting technologies beyond their current applications in calculators and cell phones, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Investors see new sources, using one-sixth of the power of incandescent bulbs, as environmentally friendly replacements for indoor and outdoor lighting. More »

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      electricity  • venture capital  • green technology  • LEDs  • incandescent bulbs  • energy saving  • electrical circuits

    • 'Super-Spike' Could Drive Oil to $200

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 7, 08 8:35 AM CDT

      'Super-Spike' Could Drive Oil to $200

      A “super-spike” could push oil beyond $150 a barrel by October, the highest it been in more than 135 years, experts say. That would drive the price at the pump past $4.50 a gallon and trim US economic output 3.3% in the 2 years following, reports the Wall Street Journal. Crude sold for a record $121.84 yesterday, up 96% from a year ago. More »

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      oil price  • gas prices  • oil  • crude oil  • electricity  • oil supply

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Late-Night Charges Keep Hybrids Greener

      newser  |  Treehugger  |  Mar 19, 08 11:29 AM CDT

      Late-Night Charges Keep Hybrids Greener

      Nighttime is the right time to plug in a hybrid, Michael Graham Richard writes in TreeHugger. If recharged after 10pm, the green cars exert less drain on power grids and may not require new power plants—meaning gas-guzzlers could be replaced without any extra pollution. But researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory say that if all hybrid drivers plug in at 5pm, up to 160 new plants could be needed. More »

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      environment  • hybrid car  • electricity  • electric cars  • power plant

    • Engineer's Goof Turned Out Florida Lights

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Mar 1, 08 10:31 AM CST

      Engineer's Goof Turned Out Florida Lights

      One engineer's blunder shut off the power in Florida Tuesday, the Miami Herald reports. Florida Light & Power says a field engineer diagnosing a faulty switch disabled two levels of safety backups—against company policy—as he worked. In a bit of extremely unfortunate timing, a fault then occurred that knocked out dozens of transmission lines and substations, including one that served the Turkey Point nuclear reactor. More »

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      Florida  • electricity  • power outage  • blackout  • engineers  • utility companies  • mistake

  • February 2008

    • Scientist Makes Wonder Material from Rice Husks

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 29, 08 5:10 PM CST

      Scientist Makes Wonder Material from Rice Husks

      Rice husks might be the key to lowering electricity use, bomb-proofing buildings and making products—from airplanes to tennis rackets—lighter. A Malaysian scientist says she’s found a cheap way to create aerogel, the world’s lightest solid, from discarded rice husks. The material combines incredible insulating power and strength with near weightlessness, reports AP, but has so far been prohibitively expensive to make. More »

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      airplane  • electricity  • Malaysia  • chemistry  • scientific breakthroughs

    • Google's Juicy Addiction: Cheap Electric

      newser  |  Harper's  |  Feb 18, 08 5:04 PM CST

      Google's Juicy Addiction: Cheap Electric

      No industrial smokestacks rise from that cute Google logo, but each click of the search button takes an environmental toll, Harper's reports. Google and its competitors are guzzling electricity to power ever-larger server complexes, and a renewable-energy initiative is more about making amends than benevolence. A new taxpayer-subsidized Google center along Oregon’s Columbia River will likely use a Tacoma-sized chunk of power. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • electricity  • AT&T  • nuclear power  • renewable energy  • fossil fuel  • computer servers  • environmental impact  • data centers  • industrial pollution

    • Fabric Could Power Your iPod

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 13, 08 7:31 PM CST

      Fabric Could Power Your iPod

      George Jetson, eat your heart out: Scientists have developed a microfiber fabric that generates its own electricity, which could someday provide relief for cellphone users strapped without their chargers or iPod fanatics running low on battery. The fabric, if woven into a shirt, could harness power from simple physical movement such as walking or even a gentle breeze, Reuters reports. More »

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      electricity

  • January 2008

    • Bionic Vision Pioneers Unveil New Lenses

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Jan 20, 08 4:46 PM CST

      Bionic Vision Pioneers Unveil New Lenses

      Bionic vision may cost less than $6 million after all: Scientists unveiled a new electronic contact lens this week that is already sparking ideas for future technology. Endowed with a circuit and lights, the gadget isn't ready yet, but makers say it is built with safe, organic materials. It even boasts an electronic circuit a few nanometers wide—about 80,000 thinner than a human hair. More »

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      gadget  • electricity  • electronics  • artificial intelligence  • contact lenses

    • Gaza City Shuts Off Power Amid Claimed Fuel Shortage

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jan 20, 08 3:17 PM CST

      Gaza City Shuts Off Power Amid Claimed Fuel Shortage

      Gaza City’s sole power plant has shut down due to what Palestinian officials claim are insufficient fuel supplies, the BBC reports. Israel—which provides 60% of Gaza’s electricity—closed its border last week with the Gaza Strip, preventing the import of virtually all supplies. The move followed a barrage of rocket and mortar attacks after a military incursion Tuesday that killed 18 Palestinians. More »

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      Israel  • United Nations  • Palestine  • Gaza  • electricity  • power plant  • Gaza City

    • Cybercrooks Hacking Power Grid

      newser  |  PC World  |  Jan 20, 08 8:38 AM CST

      Cybercrooks Hacking Power Grid

      Foreign extortionists have managed to hack into US power grids and shut them down, PC World reports, citing a CIA analyst speaking at a security conference this week. "In at least one case, the disruption caused a power outage affecting multiple cities. We do not know who executed these attacks, but all involved intrusions through the Internet," the analyst said. More »

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      Internet  • CIA  • hackers  • electricity  • cybercrime  • power outage  • extortion  • power grid

  • December 2007

    • Cisco Goes Green with Energy Gauging

      newser  |  PC World  |  Dec 26, 07 10:42 AM CST

      Cisco Goes Green with Energy Gauging

      Green-minded Cisco Systems is looking to improve energy efficiency by monitoring power consumption, operating temperature, and more from its enterprise data network. With energy costs and global warming worries escalating, Cisco plans to expand beyond communications and use its data network to help companies manage their power use and prevent servers from overheating and shutting down. More »

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      electricity  • Cisco Systems  • green  • computer network  • routers

  • November 2007

    • Energy Conservation Comes Home

      newser  |  MIT Technology Review  |  Nov 16, 07 1:31 PM CST

      Energy Conservation Comes Home

      Energy companies are hoping to cut costs and conserve electricity by training customers to trim power use during peak hours, reports the MIT Technology Review . By viewing small monitors in homes, customers can see when demand is highest and turn off energy-hogging air conditioners, dishwashers and space heaters. Generating so-called “negawatts” can even create excess megawatts that can be sold. More »

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      technology  • electricity  • conservation  • business tech

    • Africa: Let There Be Light

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Nov 16, 07 2:50 AM CST

      Africa: Let There Be Light

      Even after decades of development, most African communities have no electrical power and still go dark when the sun goes down. Only 5% of Ugandans, 6% of the Congolese population and 15% of Kenyans have electricity. Now the World Bank has launched an initiative to light the homes of 250 million Africans by 2025.  More »

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      Africa  • South Africa  • World Bank  • electricity  • LEDs

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