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IEEE Spectrum May 2007 John Voelcker	Eyes on the Prize Here, the author sits in on energy equivalence debates -- with millions of dollars for a "100 mpg car" riding on the results. The impetus for the session -- and the Auto X Prize itself -- is the growing awareness of climate change.
Outside April 2007	To the Victor Peter Diamandis will pay you to save the planet.
IEEE Spectrum March 2009 John Voelcker	How Green Is My Plug-In? The carbon impact of the millions of electric vehicles soon to hit the road will depend on the grids that supply them.
Wired December 20, 2007 Mathew Honan	The X Prize Ecosystem Giving cash Prizes for solutions to thorny problems turns out to be a great way to tap the talents of geeks everywhere.
Popular Mechanics December 9, 2009 Adam Hadhazy	Cutting Water Use to Curb Carbon Dioxide By taking water conservation further, and by thinking differently about how we treat and move water, analysts believe the U.S. can achieve dramatic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions fairly quickly.
IEEE Spectrum May 2008 John Voelcker	Plug-ins and Hybrids and Diesels, Oh My! Two automotive conferences show the impact of public policy on core vehicle designs
Wired December 20, 2007 Eric Hagerman	1 Gallon of Gas, 100 Miles -- $10 Million: The Race to Build the Supergreen Car The Automotive X Prize will award at least $10 million to the team that builds a 100-mpg machine and then wins a race against other green vehicles.
Popular Mechanics May 2006 Mike Allen	How far can you drive on a bushel of corn? Before we can debate national energy policy -- or even decide which petroleum substitutes might make sense for our personal vehicles -- we need to know how these things stack up in the real world. So we crunched the numbers on alternative fuels.
Scientific American August 2007	Worse Than Gasoline Liquid coal would produce roughly twice the global warming emissions of gasoline.
IEEE Spectrum September 2008	Slideshow: 2008 Challenge X Each student group competing in the four-year Challenge X had modified its Chevrolet Equinox to lower its emissions, reduce fuel consumption, and lessen its greenhouse-gas impact.
Chemistry World June 5, 2014 Rebecca Trager	US plans 30% emissions cuts for power plants The US's 1000 coal plants will have to cut emissions by 30% below 2005 levels under proposed rules
Scientific American November 2006	California, Here We Come In August the California legislature approved a bill calling for a 25% cut in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 2020. But the federal courts may frustrate the states' efforts rather than furthering them.
Finance & Development March 2008 Lorcan Lyons	Picture This The global energy system is on an increasingly unsustainable path. Stronger policies that encourage greater energy efficiency, as well as greater use of renewable energy and nuclear power, would make a major contribution.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2004 Rich Smith	$60 a Barrel? Sell Big Oil! Investors take note: By making fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles a viable option for car buyers, "Big Auto" has started America along a trend curve toward reducing our demand for Big Oil's gasoline.
Bank Technology News October 2008 Dan Sharplin	Keep the Grid Going and Reap Rewards Instead of simply putting up with higher electric bills and periodic service disruptions, bank chains have a unique opportunity to become part of the energy solution-and to profit from it at the same time.
Fast Company April 2008 Robert Levine	The Amazing Race Can the wisdom of crowds design a next-generation car?
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Anders Bylund	Word of the Day: Sequestration GE and BP work together to stem global warming. These global giants certainly have the scale and resources to make it happen.
Popular Mechanics December 17, 2009 Adam Hadhazy	How the Manufacturing Sector Can Curtail Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increasing efficiency, which reduces emissions, also improves the bottom line, and so the manufacturing industry has already begun to think creatively about its sizable carbon footprint.
Wired June 2006 Adam Rogers	The Challenger When Peter Diamandis gave the $10 million Ansari X Prize to the SpaceShipOne crew in 2004, he did more than build excitement about private space travel.
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean	Energy Conservation is No Barrier to Japan's Economic Ambitions Every spring, fierce winds kick up the Gobi Desert's dust and blow east through China, where the dirt blends with pollutants from the growing numbers of factories. The resulting mixture travels across the Sea of Japan.
Popular Mechanics April 20, 2009 Tyghe Trimble	The Footprint of Air Pressure: CO 2 Comparison Tata Motors announced plans to build an super-green air-powered car. But is using the grid to compress air any more efficient than a hybrid's gas-electric power train or a regular combustible engines? Here are the calculations.
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 Thomas Duesterberg	The Competitive Edge -- Cap-and-Trade Would Be a Major Mistake U.S. manufacturers face significant cost disadvantages if current proposals are enacted.
Chemistry World October 5, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Air, Can we Have Our Carbon Back? Sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is outlandishly expensive. But a US scientist who has just worked out how to improve its efficiency predicts it will be necessary before the end of the century.
BusinessWeek November 20, 2008 Steve LeVine	Can X Prizes Spur Innovation? Contests such as Peter Diamandis' X Prizes offer big purses for breakthrough ideas. But can prize money do more to stimulate innovation than existing incentives?
Reason June 2009 Ronald Bailey	It's Alive! Alternative energy subsidies make their biggest comeback since Jimmy Carter.
IEEE Spectrum January 2007 William Sweet	Corn-o-Copia In today's hothouse political climate, some weird ethanol projects have taken root along with essentially sound ones.
Chemistry World July 21, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Nobel winners call for energy R&D funding Thirty-four Nobel Prize winners are urging US President Obama to make good on his pledge to provide increased, stable funding for energy research and development.
Reason October 2004 Adrian Moore	Hydrogen Hot Air In most cases fueling cars with hydrogen would make little net difference in emissions of greenhouse gases, and in some cases would even increase them.
Chemistry World January 10, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Green Light for UK Nuclear Power The UK government has formally announced its long-awaited decision to support a new generation of nuclear power stations. Scientists, while welcoming the government's decision, also warned that plenty of detailed decisions remained.
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 John Blau	Carbon Caps Coming For European Cars Transportation is the one sector of the European economy where carbon emissions have been rising rapidly. A strict emissions cap of 120 grams would rule out most models that carmakers Audi, BMW, and Mercedes now produce, not to mention Porsche, the biggest carbon emitter.
CIO September 1, 2001 Simone Kaplan	Leave a Smaller Footprint To publicize the importance of reducing emissions of ozone-depleting gases, the World Resources Institute has launched www.safeclimate.net, a website devoted to helping individuals and organizations calculate and reduce their output of carbon dioxide...
Investment Advisor May 2009 Vaughan Scully	The ETF Advisor: Energy Edge While there are no exchange-traded funds tracking the biodiesel market exclusively, these ETFs invest in many different alternative energy sources.
IEEE Spectrum June 2008 Peter Fairley	Dark Clouds Over Clean Diesels Soot's health impacts and global warming potential dilute diesel's fuel-efficiency benefit.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2008 Chris Jones	5 Automotive Plays for Hope-Fueled Investors Let's look at a few of the key players moving the automotive industry toward greener pastures.
Popular Mechanics March 21, 2008 Masamitsu & Sullivan	Automotive X Prize Revs Up for 100-mpg Race (With Video!) The X Prize Foundation threw its official coming-out party yesterday for a 100-mpg challenge that could upend the automotive industry.
Food Processing September 2008 Diane Toops	Food and Beverage Companies Go Green Consumers are making choices based on sustainability efforts; here's what the top food and beverage companies are doing.
Geotimes July 2006 Linda Rowan	Expanding Nuclear Options The Bush administration recently proposed significant changes to U.S. nuclear policy to resolve some of our current waste disposal problems and to accelerate the development of new nuclear power capacity.
Scientific American September 2009 Jeffrey D. Sachs	The U.S. Must Prioritize Its Carbon Strategy [Extended version] The Obama administration needs an energy strategy alongside the ambitious climate bill
Geotimes February 2006	Turning Trash Into Energy Global investment is growing in a variety of projects that take trash and convert it into usable energy: Turkey to oil... Poop power... From bread basket to fuel pump... Flying high on plant waste... Trash to light up New York...
Scientific American February 6, 2006 Patrick DiJusto	Winner Takes All New technology prizes are designed to spur innovation and challenge entrepreneurs to do something that outstrips the state-of-the-art in return for a sizable payoff. But is basic research being prized out of the market?
Scientific American September 2006	Cooling Our Heels Without the U.S. at the head of the table, the prospects for any meaningful action on a global scale will gradually recede along with the Arctic glaciers.
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 John Voelcker	Alt Fuels Rule at British International Motor Show Returning to London after 30 years, the auto show touts technology to raise fuel economy and lower carbon emissions.
Geotimes April 2006 Naomi Lubick	Faith-Based Carbon Credit Systems Market-based approaches to help stem carbon releases, and in turn climate change, could prove difficult to marshal and enforce. Carbon credits and trade incentives are a small piece in a larger issue.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Opens, NASA Sponsors $2 Million Prize X Prize has opened registration and outlined the rules for the $2 million Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, which calls for teams to design and develop a vehicle to simulate trips between the moon's surface and lunar orbit.
Wired September 13, 2007 Spencer Reiss	Google Offers $20 Million X Prize to Put Robot on Moon Google will award $20 million to the first private team to put a robot on the moon.
National Defense January 2015 Stew Magnuson	More Government Agencies Using Challenge Prizes to Tackle Tough Technology Problems The Obama administration, with bipartisan support from Congress, has accelerated prize offerings, setting up the website Challenge.gov as a one-stop clearinghouse for all the prizes being offered by the federal government.
Scientific American July 2007 Charles Q. Choi	Warming to Law After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, how stiff will greenhouse gas regulations be?
The Motley Fool May 19, 2011 Arunava De	How to Make Green (Investments) in the Automotive Market Green stocks in the automotive industry are thought to be volatile, so can they be relied on over the long run?
The Motley Fool May 8, 2009 Chuck Saletta	What Will Carbon Caps Cost? Should carbon caps be implemented they will affect the economy and your wallet in many ways.
Chemistry World September 28, 2015 Anthony King	Chemistry at heart of VW emissions cheating With the company set to recall millions of cars in the US and Europe, it is uncertain if the engines affected by the 'defeat device' can be fixed. Certain components may fail when proper emission controls are switched on, say some experts.