25 March 2011
Clean sources of energy such as wind and solar will be no more expensive than oil and gas projects by the end of the decade, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Michael R. Bromwich today announced that the Department is initiating the process to offer the first commercial wind lease under the “Smart from the Start” Atlantic Offshore Wind program, off the coast of Delaware. The decision follows a determination that there is no competitive interest for commercial wind energy development in this area of the Outer Continental Shelf, precluding the need for competitive bidding.
The 17 swimmers, the youngest sea turtles ever to be satellite tagged by scientists, travelled the same distance as London to Mumbai. Using data transmitted by the tags they were able to map every movement of the loggerhead turtles, captured from their beach nests in Florida.
25 March 2011
Clean sources of energy such as wind and solar will be no more expensive than oil and gas projects by the end of the decade, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday.