Sunday, January 16, 2011

Business Day Energy & Environment

Solar Panel Maker Moves Work to China

Evergreen Solar, a leading maker of panels in the United States, is laying off 800 people and shifting production to China.

BP Forms Partnership to Explore in Russia

The arrangement is expected to speed exploration of Russia’s Arctic continental shelf.

Renault Files Criminal Complaint of Industrial Espionage

The announcement comes a few days after Renault held disciplinary hearings as a prelude to dismissing three suspended executives.

Oil Pipeline in Alaska Has Plan to Restart

The Trans Alaska Pipeline System has temporarily restarted the flow of oil, though repairs were not complete on a leak that forced a shutdown on Saturday.

Weather Monitoring Company Turns to Greenhouse Gases

AWS Convergence Technologies will rebrand itself Earth Networks and set up scores of stations to collect data on carbon dioxide and methane to sell.

Renault to File Complaint in Suspected Spying

The lawyer for one of the men accused of industrial espionage by Renault called on the company to make its allegations public, while China denied spying on Renault’s electric vehicle program.

Pentagon Must ‘Buy American,’ Barring Chinese Solar Panels

A defense spending bill tailored to benefit many nations at China’s expense could mar President Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States next week.

Small Leak Shuts Down Oil Pipeline in Alaska

A small oil leak that shut down the Trans Alaska Pipeline System poses a threat to BP’s reputation and fortunes while raising the possibility of a short-term increase in oil and gasoline prices.

Judy Bonds, an Enemy of Mountaintop Coal Mining, Dies at 58

A West Virginia coal miner’s daughter, she led a fight against mountaintop-removal mining after her grandson scooped up fistfuls of dead fish in 1996.

Texas: Court Allows E.P.A. to Issue Greenhouse Permits

A federal appeals court on Wednesday lifted a stay granted to Texas last month to keep the Environmental Protection Agency from taking over greenhouse gas permitting in the state.

Green Column

Next Year Offers Little Cheer for Those Battling Climate Change

Budget deficits and a still-sluggish economy in the United States and elsewhere may complicate investments in clean-energy technologies, and international negotiators have tough work ahead.

I.H.T. Special Report: The Business of Green

Making the Consumer an Active Participant in the Grid

As chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Jon Wellinghoff is pushing for regulation that would make consumers part of the energy grid, paying them for the power they contribute.

Special Section: Energy

Special Section: Energy

New oil and gas sources, investing in coal, uranium prices, a diesel comeback and the risk solar storms pose to the power grid.

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Behind Toxic Headlines

Whether the issue is climate extremes or toxic chemicals, headlines too often obscure subtler realities.

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