Archive for August, 2009

Talking with Steve Monroe: Keeping the wheels rolling - Gazette

Talking with Steve Monroe: Keeping the wheels rolling - GazetteInside his small office suite in a nondescript business park in Gaithersburg, 51-year-old Paul Lauria, wearing a polo shirt and jeans many days, may not look like a worldwide expert. The reality is that, especially with rising fuel prices in recent
GM drops a [...]

Artistic all-stars to headline next Winter Masterpieces - Age

Artistic all-stars to headline next Winter Masterpieces - AgeSome of the world’s finest artworks from the 19th and 20th centuries are leaving Europe for the first time to be showcased in Australia next year. More than 100 works from a roll-call of artistic icons - Monet, Cezanne, Renoir and Picasso to name a [...]

China Natural Gas Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results - CNBC

China Natural Gas Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results - CNBCNEW YORK, Aug 11, 2009 /PRNewswire-Asia via COMTEX/ — - 2Q09 Revenue Increases 22.8% YoY to $20.7 Million - - 2Q09 Gross Margin Increases 417 Basis Points YoY to 49.6% - - 2Q09 Adjusted Net Income Increases 34.5% YoY to $5.2 Million - -2Q09 Adjusted [...]

Dhaka firm seeks $7 mn Indian credit to buy CNG buses - Thaindian.com

Dhaka firm seeks $7 mn Indian credit to buy CNG buses - Thaindian.comDhaka, Aug 9 (IANS) The state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation has sought a Taka 500 million ($7 million) credit from India to purchase 100 compressed natural gas (CNG)-run buses to replace its ageing transport fleet. Bangladesh

Investors without finances, banks refuse loans: CNG bus project fails - Daily Times

Investors without finances, banks refuse loans: CNG bus project fails - Daily TimesLAHORE: The Punjab government’s project of a compressed natural gas (CNG) bus service in the city is in doldrums, with stakeholders reluctant to invest from their pockets and banks not entertaining their loan requests, sources in the Transport [...]

CASH FOR CLUNKERS Demonstrates the Huge Economic Potential of Alt Fuel - The Auto Chanel

CASH FOR CLUNKERS Demonstrates the Huge Economic Potential of Alt Fuel - The Auto ChanelFor a few years now, Bob Gordon and I have been preaching the urgent need for the quick adoption of alternative fuels, energy and vehicles; not so much because of the environmental issues, although that’s good too, but [...]

Omnitrans rolls out new buses, gets huge grant - Inland Newstoday

Omnitrans rolls out new buses, gets huge grant - Inland NewstodaySAN BERNARDINO–A new generation of Omnitrans buses is taking to the streets of the San Bernardino Valley. Twenty-seven new buses operate on clean-burning compressed natural gas. CNG buses produce 87 percent less smog-forming emissions than
Janmarg is a step towards a greener Ahmedabad [...]

CASH FOR CLUNKERS Demonstrates the Huge Economic Potential of Alt Fuel - The Auto Chanel

CASH FOR CLUNKERS Demonstrates the Huge Economic Potential of Alt Fuel - The Auto ChanelFor a few years now, Bob Gordon and I have been preaching the urgent need for the quick adoption of alternative fuels, energy and vehicles; not so much because of the environmental issues, although that’s good too, but [...]

AGNC presents natural gas opportunity - Craig Daily Press

AGNC presents natural gas opportunity - Craig Daily Press• Heard from Kate Nowak, Yampa Valley Partners executive director, about the group’s upcoming Community Indicators Project. An upcoming 2009-2010 report will add Rio Blanco County to its coverage, and the group plans to soon launch a new
Forum held to drive green innovation and [...]

CNG stations to help Iran cut gas consumption - Presstv

CNG stations to help Iran cut gas consumption - PresstvIran plans to build 400 more Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations by the end of the current Iranian year (ends March 20) to reduce the consumption of gasoline. Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari says currently 880 CNG stations are providing gas to