Keeping an Eye on Energy in 2012
Canada’s energy industry saw markets for its two main products head in sharply different directions in 2011: Global oil prices (CL-FT100.700.110.11%) averaged a record high $111 (U.S.) per barrel for the year, while natural gas prices in North America languished. That disconnect prompted North American companies to focus their exploration…
GM has Big Interest in Battery Power
It seems cheap batteries are the wave of the future if we are to embrace electric vehicles. General Motors has invested $7 million in Envia Systems, a California-based start-up that has been developing more powerful and cheaper batteries for electric vehicles.Newark, California-based Envia has developed cathode technology for lithium-ion batteries…
The Onion Hits Humans Where it Hurts
Another great eco-friedly headline over at one of our favorite time-wasting websites: New Eco-Friendly Cigarettes Kill Destructive Human Beings Over Time RICHMOND, VA—Executives at Philip Morris USA this week unveiled Marlboro Earth, a new eco-friendly cigarette that gradually eliminates the causes of global warming and environmental destruction at their source….
China and the USA on Clean Energy
Although opinions are divided on open markets and trading barriers, the United States and China can achieve a win-win relationship in areas like clean energy, said US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke in a speech to American Chamber of Commerce Shangha. Locke is in China this week on the first…