Streetwise Articles
Li-ion Batteries Greener than Believed
Source: Sify (8/31/10)
"Study finds batteries don't negate advantages of electric vehicles."
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Coal Miners Rally Against Clean Energy Plans
Source: The Denver Post, Nancy Lofholm (8/31/10)
"The coal industry claims new regulations will cost jobs."
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The King of Nat Gas Forecasts Prices Ahead
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin (8/31/10)
"Higher natural gas prices for the next 18 months likely."
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Oil Prices Drop
Source: Associated Press, Sandy Shore (8/31/10)
"Oil continues to spend much of its time trailing the stock market."
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OPEC Oil Output Declined on Iraqi Pipeline Bombing
Source: Bloomberg, Karyn Peterson and Mark Shenk (8/31/10)
"Crude-oil output fell in August to a seven-month low."
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PMs, Oil & SP500 Trading at Key Resistance Levels
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy (8/30/10)
"The recent pop in commodities has everyone feeling good."
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Nuclear Boom Good for Canadian U308 Miners
Source: Reuters, Julie Gordon (8/30/10)
"If you buy now. . .you're going to be well rewarded in 12 months time."
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Chile: A Hot Geothermal Market
Source: Renewable Energy World, Stephen Lacey (8/30/10)
"Chile pledges over $200M in geothermal projects within two years."
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Iraq Oil Flow to Turkey on Hold Since Sunday
Source: Dow Jones Newswires, Hassan Hafidh (8/30/10)
"Sabotage south of Mosul city is a possible cause for the halt."
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U.S. Proposes Grading Cars on Emissions
Source: Reuters, Timothy Gardner (8/30/10)
"EPA wants fuel economy labels to compare both mileage and emissions."
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Vikas Ranjan: Look for Sustainable Models in Cleantech
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report (8/26/10)
"Ubika" is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning growth. Ubika Research Cofounder and Managing Director Vikas Ranjan knows investors covet growth, so Ubika covers companies in sectors with tremendous growth potential. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Vikas offers some strategies on how to play the cleantech sector and discusses in detail several companies ready to flourish.
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Crude Rises for Second Day
Source: Bloomberg, Margot Habiby and Mark Shenk (8/26/10)
"Better-than-expected jobs data, lower inventories push crude higher."
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S. Korea, Bolivia Ink Lithium MOU
Source: Mineweb, Dorothy Kosich (8/26/10)
"Morales searched for country that shares environmental-preservation views."
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BC's $98M August Nat Gas and Oil Sale
Source: Yahoo! Finance (8/26/10)
"This sale, like others this year, is larger than predicted. . ."
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India Overtakes Japan in Oil Demand
Source: Live Mint, Aveek Datta (8/26/10)
"Industry experts say India's energy demand can only go up."
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Taylor MacDonald: Off the Beaten Path
Source: Karen Roche of The Energy Report (8/25/10)
Taylor MacDonald, vice president of investments with Pathfinder Ventures Corporation in Vancouver, has a knack for discovering the undiscovered. In an exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Taylor drills down in the niche of innovative technology companies serving the resource sector and shares some names that most mainstream banks have never even heard of.
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Moldova Police Break Up Uranium Smuggling Ring
Source: Guardian, Luke Harding (8/25/10)
"Criminal gang attempts to sell 1.8 kg. of highly radioactive uranium."
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Will Australian Uranium Flow to India?
Source: Mineweb, Shivom Seth (8/25/10)
"Australia's keen to resume export negotiations with New Delhi."
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Algorithm Causes Oil-Trading Mayhem
Source: Financial Post, Courtney Comstock (8/25/10)
"Your worst fears about high-frequency trading confirmed. . ."
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MacMurray Whale: Find Energy Catalysts, Find Growth
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report (8/24/10)
Cormark Securities Analyst MacMurray Whale knows the micro and macro forces at play in a truly global sector and how those forces are affecting companies seeking growth in largely uncharted waters. It's altogether uncommon knowledge but, in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Whale provides a heady glimpse at some prospective alternative energy plays with tangible catalysts for growth. He likes some big-cap energy developers paying dividends and some much smaller solar plays with big upside.
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Tapping into the Electric Power of Heat
Source: National Geographic, Josie Garthwaite (8/24/10)
"More than two thirds of the fuel generating U.S. power is lost as heat."
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France Plans €10bn Offshore Wind Tender
Source: RECHARGE, Ben Backwell (8/24/10)
"10 offshore wind sites will have a capacity of up to 3GW in September."
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Crude Drops Below $72
Source: Bloomberg, Margot Habiby (8/24/10)
"We're getting all the classic signals the economy is slowing down."
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China's Shale Gas Goals
Source: Reuters (8/24/10)
"China's target set to identify 50–80 shale gas prospects by 2020."
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Rig Count Hits Another Yearly High
Source: Seeking Alpha, Zack's (8/24/10)
"The current U.S. rig count is 88% higher from 2009 low of 876."
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