Press Releases on August 12, 2013

White House Council of Economic Advisers and Energy Department Release New Report on Resiliency of Electric Grid During Natural ...

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White House Council of Economic Advisers and Energy Department Release New Report on Resiliency of Electric Grid During Natural ...

WASHINGTON – The White House Council of Economic Advisers and the U.S. Department of Energy today released a new report that assesses how to best protect the nation’s electric grid from power outages that occur during natural disasters. This week marks the …

Climate benefit for cutting soot, methane smaller than previous estimates

Cutting the amount of short-lived, climate-warming emissions such as soot and methane in our skies won't limit global warming as much as previous studies have suggested, a new analysis shows. The study also found a comprehensive climate policy ( …

Road America Was Good To The Last Drop

Details Category: Latest News Created on Saturday, 10 August 2013 08:13 Click image to download. Fuel mileage was the theme through Rolex Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series competition. Scott Mayer and Brendan Hartley win first career …

New Twist in the Graphene Story:

Feature The Dirac spectrum of bilayer graphene when the two layers are exactly aligned (left) shifts with a slight interlayer twist that breaks interlayer-coupling and potential symmetry, leading to a new spectrum with surprisingly strong signatures in …

Diamond Drill Results From Camino Minerals Corporation's El Secreto Gold and Silver Project

Vancouver, BC - Camino Minerals Corporation (COR: TSX-V) (Camino or the Company) has received final assay results from the recently completed diamond drill campaign at the El Secreto Gold and Silver Project (El Secreto), located in Sinaloa State, Mexico. …

Aviation News: Jeppesen and Qatar Airways Agree to Digital Charting and Electronic Flight Bag Service Contract

Qatar Airways will feature Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro EFB services to maximize operational efficiency Englewood, Colo. | 12 Aug 2013 | By Jeppesen Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Digital Aviation, and Qatar Airways, an award-winning global airline based in the …

PC Class Races on Continental Wet Tires For First Time

Details Category: Latest News Created on Sunday, 11 August 2013 08:24 Click image to download. Pre-race rain shower forces ALMS field onto wet tires for start of the race. RSR takes PC win number two of 2013. Elkhart Lake, WI – August 11, 2013.  For the …

FTC Seeks Public Comment on Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Request to Modify Final Decision and Order, Divestiture Agreement Related to ...

For Your Information: 08/12/2013 The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a request by Kinder Morgan, Inc., that the Commission modify the final FTC order and approve a change to the divestiture agreement. The order was issued to resolve …

Campbell Enters into Final Negotiations with CVC Capital Partners for Sale of Campbell’s European Business

CAMDEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2013-- Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) announced today that it is in final and exclusive negotiations for the potential sale of its business in Europe to CVC Capital Partners (CVC), a leading global private equity …

Dole Food Company, Inc. and David H. Murdock Announce Definitive Agreement for Dole to be Acquired for $13.50 per Share in Cash

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2013-- Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE: DOLE) and David H. Murdock, Dole’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, today jointly announced that they have signed a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which …

Your Name in Lights: Personalized Coke Billboards Greet Consumers in Israel

Airbus Military A400M performs unpaved runway trials

Airbus Military is conducting a renewed phase of trials examining the A400M´s performance on unpaved runways. The photo shows the second development aircraft – MSN2 – taking-off from the Ablitas test site near Zaragoza, Spain. The high-resolution photo can …

Study: 600,000 new jobs supported by oil and natural gas industry in two years

WASHINGTON, August 1, 2013 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard today released a new study from PwC US showing the oil and natural gas industry supported 9.8 million American jobs in 2011, an increase of more than 600,000 jobs in just two years. “Game- …

API welcomes federal report showing forty times the stimulus from oil and natural gas

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2013 ─ API today welcomed a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the independent statistics arm of the Department of Energy, revealing that the oil and natural gas industry created jobs 40 times faster than …

API calls for faster progress on LNG export permits

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2013 ─ Erik Milito, API director of upstream and industry operations, called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to move quickly to process a backlog of applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have …

API calls EPA’s 2013 biofuel mandates a missed opportunity

WASHINGTON, August 6, 2013 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard responded to EPA’s 2013 biofuel mandates under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), issued nine months after the deadline. He called on Congress to immediately repeal the broken mandate: “While …

Senate bill empowers states on hydraulic fracturing

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2013 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard expressed his support for the Empower States Act, which was introduced by Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.). The legislation would promote job growth and domestic energy …

API welcomes House panel’s call for EPA to improve hydraulic fracturing study

WASHINGTON, August 1, 2013 – API Group Director of Upstream and Industry Operations Erik Milito welcomed passage of the EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act by the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. The Committee’s approval of H.R. …

Installed Price of Solar Photovoltaic Systems in the U.S. Continues to Decline at a Rapid Pace

News Release Technical Contacts: Galen Barbose (510) 495-2593, GLBarbose@lbl.gov; Ryan Wiser (510) 486-5474, RHWiser@lbl.gov Berkeley, CA — The installed price of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2012 and …