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Reporter: How much do you think that new push comes from, for example, the California Air Resources Board pushing you, saying youve got to do it, were going to make you do it, were going to have restrictions, were going to have quotas And how much of

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National Biodiesel Day is a day the biodiesel industry celebrates the role of the vegetable-based fuel in helping to tackle environmental problems. It takes place on March 18, which is the date of Rudolf Diesels birthday. He invented diesel in 1912.

Russian Oil Industry Holds Promise,

By Greg Flakus Record-breaking energy prices have heightened concerns about diminishing oil production worldwide at a time when demand from emerging nations like China and India is growing dramaticall

VOA标准英语2008年-Nigeria Parliament Begins Oil Industry Probe

Nigeria's House of Representatives is beginning an investigation into the country's oil industry. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA that top industry officials are scheduled to testify before a special parliamentary panel at a public hearing

VOA标准英语2012--Oil Prices Ease, But Airlines Still Worried

Oil Prices Ease, But Airlines Still Worried Jet fuel prices were about one-seventh of the expenses for a typical airline a decade ago - consuming less of the budget than pay for pilots and other workers. But International Air Transport Association sp

VOA标准英语2011--Pacific Northwest Looks to Jump-Start Gr

Pacific Northwest Looks to Jump-Start Green Jet Fuel Industry The U.S. Navy's F-18 fighter planes ran test flights last year using jet fuel partially made from plant oils. In May the U.S. Air Force's famed Thunderbirds unit of F-16 fighter/bombers be

VOA标准英语2013--Industry Chiefs See Growing Diversity of US Fuels

Industry Chiefs See Growing Diversity of US Fuels Thanks to a big expansion of natural-gas production here in Texas and several other states, the U.S. energy forecast looks good. But the biggest energy user transportation still relies primarily on pe

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Ninety organizations are calling for an end to the $6 billion-dollar-a-year subsidy that encourages the production of ethanol biofuel from maize in the United States. 批评者要求停止对玉米提炼乙醇产业每年60亿美元的鼓励性津贴。

奥巴马总统每周电台演讲:掌控我们的能源未来

Hi, everybody. Earlier this week, I spent some time with the hardworking men and women of the American auto industry, who are busy writing a new chapter in Americas story. Just a few years ago, their industry was shedding hundreds of thousands of job

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STEPHEN FEE: It was just after 2pm on December 30, 2013 when the calls began streaming in. Two trains had collided just half a mile outside Casselton, North Dakota, one loaded with grain, the other with crude oil. Volunteer fire chief Tim McLean head

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Oil Conference Discusses Price, Higher Demand

More than 2,000 representatives of world oil and gas companies, academics and industry experts are in Houston this week for the 30th annual conference(会议) sponsored by Cambridge Energy Research Associates, or IHS-CERA. With prices rising, partly

Sinopec boss wins Petroleum Executive of the Year award

Sinopec boss wins Petroleum Executive of the Year award LONDON, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese oil giant Sinopec's boss Fu Chengyu has been awarded the title of the Petroleum Executive of the Year in London on Monday evening by the world leading energy

China approves foreign firms in growing sector

China approves foreign firms in growing sector BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- China will allow foreign investment in its burgeoning shale gas industry, in the hope that the foreign companies' technical expertise can help extract the resource.? Openi

煤转化产业 coal conversion industry

中国富煤缺油少气的能源资源特点，造成能源消费主要依赖于煤炭，石油则主要依靠进口，而且带来一系列环境问题。煤清洁转化技术则可以帮助缓解这一难题。近日专家表示，我国将在2020年

VOA标准英语2010年-Scientists Convert Feathers Into Biode

If you're a home gardener you may soon find that the pots you buy flowers and plants in are made from chicken feathers. Yes, tons of feathers that go to waste every year can now be transformed into plastics. Two Washington-area scientists are using f

Obama urges Congress to repeal oil industry tax breaks

WASHINGTON, March 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama pressed the Congress on Thursday to end billions of dollars in subsides handed out to oil companies each year. Today, Members of Congress have a simple choice to make, said Obama. They can

VOA双语新闻 ---China Selling Oil Equipment to Africa

China depends on Africa for roughly one-third of its imported oil. And, many Chinese companies also see Africa as a lucrative market to sell oil drilling equipment. Several Chinese firms are attending this year's oil industry convention, underway in

万物简史 第225期:把铅撵出去(14)

By counting back through these layers and measuring the amount of lead in each, he could work out global lead concentrations at any time for hundreds, or even thousands, of years. The notion became the foundation of ice core studies, on which much mo

欧盟“放宽”对叙油气制裁 以帮助该国反对派

BRUSSELS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) on Monday eased certain sanctions against Syria, including the oil embargo, so as to help the civilian population and support the opposition in that country. According to a statement issued by th