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CNBC Energy stocks may be a drag on the bull market this fallCNBCIt’s been another ugly day for “Big Energy,” with 52-week lows again for everything across the board, including big oil like Exxon Mobil; oil service names like Schlumberger and Halliburton; exploration and production names like Hess, Apache, Anadarko … and more »

CNBC Dutch airports to be powered by renewable energy from 2018CNBCThe Royal Schiphol Group has announced that all of its business units are set to run on sustainable power from the beginning of 2018. From 2020, all of the power will come from new Dutch wind farms run by energy company Eneco. While the new…

Ars Technica Powerful backdoor found in software used by >100 banks and energy cos.Ars TechnicaFor 17 days starting last month, an advanced backdoor that gave attackers complete control over networks lurked in digitally signed software used by hundreds of banks, energy companies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, researchers warned Tuesday. and more »

wivb.com The solar eclipse impact on solar energywivb.com“If you’re blocking out the sun, you’re going to decrease energy,” said Dr. Kevin Williams with the Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium at Buffalo State College. “At the start of the eclipse, you get a little less energy and then at the max, it’ll be about …Three Myths About Solar…

Reuters Fractured US solar sector argues at tariff hearingReutersMuch of the industry, including the powerful Solar Energy Industries Association trade group, has said tariffs on overseas panels would drive up the price of solar power just as it has become competitive with electricity generated by fossil fuels such …Solar Developers and Panel Makers Clash Over…

Los Angeles Times Your solar eclipse checklist: What to look for on the big dayLos Angeles Times“It will be like the sun set 30 minutes ago in every direction,” said Mike Kentrianakis, project manager for the American Astronomical Society’s Solar Eclipse Task Force. What you are seeing is light from the part of the Earth…

CNBC Solar eclipse offers rare chance for experiments aimed at protecting satellites and power gridsCNBCThe third most-powerful solar flare ever observed in X-ray wavelengths erupted from Sunspot 486 early October 28, 2003, at approximately 6 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. A coronal mass ejection (CME) directed almost straight at Earth preceded the flare, … and more »

Space.com Solar Eclipse Photography Is About Trial and Error, Says This Astro-ProSpace.com[Total Solar Eclipse 2017: When, Where and How to See It (Safely)]. Morefield said learning to get good shots of an eclipse involves a certain amount of trial and error. During one eclipse, he taped solar filters to his camera lens for the partial…

The Independent US wind and solar power helped prevent up to 12700 deathsThe IndependentThe massive increase in wind and solar energy helped prevent the premature deaths of up to 12,700 people over a nine-year period in the US, according to new research which illustrates the wider benefits of ditching fossil fuels beyond limiting global … and…

The Independent Nigel Lawson admits claim that global temperatures have fallen was falseThe IndependentA claim by Britain’s leading climate science sceptic, Nigel Lawson, that the world’s average temperature has fallen in the past 10 years was based on an “erroneous” temperature chart, his think tank, the Global Warming Policy Foundation, has admitted.A really inconvenient truth:…