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What’s More Fun than Oil Drilling? Playing Computer Games.

As oil and gas companies struggle to find skilled workers, two Illinois colleges have launched new training programs in the field of oil and gas drilling — and at least one company, Maersk, has turned to recruitment via a computer … Continue reading

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Paris Air Show: Boeing, Airbus Debut Fuel-Efficient Jets

The 2013 Paris Air Show opened this week with a flurry of announcements from Boeing and Airbus about their fuel-efficient planes, the Airbus A350 and Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, the first commercial jets to be made with lightweight carbon composites. Boeing … Continue reading

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Honeywell, Safran Test Electric Aircraft Taxiing System

Honeywell and high-tech company Safran say they have completed the major phase of testing of their electric green taxiing system (EGTS). Developed by EGTS International, a joint venture between Honeywell and Safran launched in 2011, the EGTS technology allows aircraft … Continue reading

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Whiskey is for Making Biofuels?

Scottish startup Celtic Renewables says it can turn waste from the country’s £4 billion ($6 billion) whiskey-making industry into millions of gallons of renewable fuel, creating a £60 million ($90 million) biofuels industry, National Geographic reports. Only 10 percent of … Continue reading

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Oil Production Saw Biggest Annual Increase in 2012, BP Says

Last year saw the largest single-year increase in US oil production ever recorded, according to a BP report. The BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013 — the company’s 62nd annual report — says the US recorded the world’s highest … Continue reading

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Obama’s Climate Change Policy ‘Coming Soon’

President Obama has reportedly told Democratic Party donors at closed-door fundraisers that he will unveil a new climate change plan in July, with separate actions that could potentially address the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline project and the EPA’s emissions … Continue reading

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DOE Cuts Potent GHGs in 3-Year Campaign

The US Department of Energy’s campaign to identify and stop gas leaks at its offices and national labs scattered around the nation has helped the agency cut an equivalent of 1.1 million tons of carbon dioxide in three years. The … Continue reading

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Dow, Shell Build Green Infrastructure Case

Union Carbide, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, says it saved energy and reduced capital and operational expenses by using constructed wetlands to treat wastewater near Seadrift, Texas — one example of how companies are using green infrastructure solutions to achieve … Continue reading

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Industry Giants Launch ‘Plan B,’ Prioritize Planet Alongside Profit

Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson (pictured) and former Puma CEO Jochen Zeitz today formed a global nonprofit to help companies develop a new way of doing business — a Plan B — that puts “people and planet alongside profit.” … Continue reading

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Automakers Dominate Green Brands Ranking

Toyota has retained the top spot on Interbrand’s 2013 Best Global Green Brands ranking for the third year running. Automotive brands account for four of the top five spots in this year’s ranking with innovation driving their success, according to … Continue reading

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