08/27/2008	Japan seeks UAE’s sovereign investments (Khaleej Times)
08:02 PM	DUBAI - Tokyo is looking to attract SovereignWealth Funds (SWFs) in the UAE to make long-term investments in Japan, particularly in sectors offering high returns, as both countries stress the importance of human and economic development.
08/27/2008	Race to build wind and solar (UPI)
08:02 PM	WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. wind and solar developers are feverishly building before tax credits expire at the end of the year.
08/27/2008	Stimulus package to target credit squeeze (The Japan Times)
08:01 PM	The government will boost supervision of financial institutions reluctant to lend to small and midsize firms and support struggling farmers in its forthcoming emergency stimulus package, according to the latest draft of the plan. The package also stipulates that the government will help promote earthquake-proof construction of school buildings, the draft, as it stood Tuesday, shows. Read the ...
08/27/2008	USDA awards $35M for energy projects (UPI)
08:01 PM	WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $35 million for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, the department announced Wednesday.
08/27/2008	Henderson power plant to close (Evansville Courier & Press)
08:00 PM	Citing rising costs and mounting environmental regulations, Henderson Municipal Power and Light plans to close its 58-year-old Station One power plant on Water Street on or before Dec. 31, the utility announced.
08/27/2008	Tapping alternative energy (The Star)
08:00 PM	THE main fiscal bane permeating the economy currently is inflation, with the primary economic cause being the price of oil.
08/27/2008	Ritter praises CSU, other institutions for their role in alternative solutions (9 News Denver)
07:59 PM	DENVER - Jobs and alternative energy go hand-in-hand as Colorado transforms into a clean-energy economy, fueled by wind and solar power and cutting-edge research at CSU and other institutions, Gov. Bill Ritter said Tuesday during a news conference while flanked by a 131-foot-long wind turbine blade manufactured in Windsor.
08/27/2008	Consumers picked to test hydrogen car prototypes (Battle Creek Enquirer)
07:57 PM	WASHINGTON — Tom Albert drove his loaner Chevrolet Equinox like any other car.
08/27/2008	Land ministry to seek 18% budget boost (The Japan Times)
07:57 PM	The land ministry said Wednesday it will seek a budget of ¥6.94 trillion for fiscal 2009, up 18 percent from this year, to promote policies in three core areas, including measures against global warming. The other two key areas will be improving public safety and reinforcing economic growth in the nation, the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry said. Read the full story ...
08/27/2008	NDP would give city transit $15M -- (comment on this story) (The Sudbury Star)
07:56 PM	Greater Sudbury would receive $15 million over four years in new public transit funding under a federal New Democratic government, NDP Leader Jack Layton says. Layton made the election campaign-style pledge Tuesday in Sudbury, saying the NDP would give Canadian municipalities hundreds of millions of new dollars from [...]