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Greek regulator pushes for electricity reform

renewable energies Master feed — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:56:29 +0000

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s energy regulator on Thursday published proposals to overhaul the country’s electricity system, in a bid to boost competition and break the near-monopoly of state-controlled utility PPC.

renewable energies Master feed — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:55:12 +0000

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said on Wednesday it will invest 12 billion euros ($15.59 billion) on environmental and energy projects over the next five years to boost its ailing economy and create new jobs.

renewable energies Master feed — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:55:29 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Democrats unveiled a slimmed down bill on Tuesday aimed at reforming offshore drilling, as doubts grew that Congress would be able to pass any substantial energy legislation this year.

renewable energies Master feed — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:12:19 +0000

renewable energies Master feed — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:33:23 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to keep pushing for legislation to fight climate change despite a move in the U.S. Senate to focus energy reform more narrowly on offshore drilling.

renewable energies Master feed — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:31:55 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Powerful storms spawned by intense heat and humidity produced flooding and tornadoes in the Midwestern United States on Saturday, disrupting travel and cutting power to thousands of homes.

renewable energies Master feed — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:32:01 +0000

MIAMI (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Bonnie weakened as it slogged across south Florida on Friday, prompting U.S. forecasters to downgrade the system to a tropical depression as it took aim at the energy-rich Gulf of Mexico.

renewable energies Master feed — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:31:02 +0000

BEIJING (Reuters) – Southern China is bracing for its second powerful storm in less than a week, as the death toll from floods and landslides caused by torrential rain climbed beyond 700 with hundreds of others reported missing.

renewable energies Master feed — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:55:33 +0000

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British energy giant BP Plc said on Tuesday it reached a $7 billion deal with Apache Corp as part of a series of asset sales to raise money to pay for the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

renewable energies Master feed — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:50:12 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and dozens of other countries have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars toward clean energy initiatives to help battle climate change, U.S. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu said on Tuesday.