Growth of Ethanol Fuel Stalls in Brazil

“A new moment for mankind.” That was how Brazil’s former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, described his country’s biofuel boom in March 2007. Back then, Brazil was the poster child of ethanol fuel, its output second only to that of...

African Lions Move Closer to U.S. Endangered Species Act Protection

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that African lions ( Panthera leo leo ) may deserve protected status under the Endangered Species Act. The decision, published November 27 in the Federal Register , comes in response to a petition ( pdf ) filed in...

FERC cites Entergy for alleged grid reliability violations

HOUSTON (Reuters) – A preliminary report by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s enforcement staff said that a unit of Entergy Corp violated more than a dozen standards in the operation of its four-state electric transmission system.

Obama signs bill shielding U.S. airlines from EU carbon fees

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama signed a bill on Tuesday shielding U.S. airlines from paying for each ton of carbon their planes flying into and out of Europe emit, despite a recent move by Europe to suspend its proposed measure for one year. Read...

Microsoft sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses in month: executive

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses in the month since the launch, according to one of the new co-heads of the Windows unit. The new operating system is outpacing sales of Windows 7 at the same stage, Tami Reller, finance...

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