Gold, Silver Prices Rebound
Source: The Street, Alix Steel  (6/15/11)
"As Greece erupts in debt-related protest, nervous investors seek safe havens." More >

Copper May Fall on Chinese Inflation Curbs
Source: Bloomberg  (6/15/11)
"Chinese inflation has topped the government's 4% target each month this year." More >

Is It Time to Dig for Gold with Miners?
Source: NASDAQ  (6/15/11)
"The GDX will go higher, but don't expect a smooth ride." More >

Pentagon Presents Its First Energy Plan
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Keith Johnson  (6/15/11)
"Plan aims to benefit both the battlefield and budget-conscious DC." More >

Oil Companies Play Waiting Game on Libyan Crude
Source: The National, April Yee  (6/15/11)
"How, with whom will they need to negotiate to revive mass production?" More >

DOE Sets Aside $2B for Solar
Source: cnet, Candace Lombardi  (6/15/11)
"Mojave Solar Project is expected to generate electricity for 53,000 homes annually." More >

Oklahoma Tribe Unveils Solar Energy Project
Source: Associated Press, Murray Evans  (6/15/11)
"Solar energy fits in with cultural values, economic development plans." More >

White House Promotes a Smarter Grid
Source: MIT Technology Review, Kevin Bullis  (6/15/11)
". . .but early efforts have been met with some consumer resistance." More >

DOE Opens New Carbon-Capture Test Facility
Source: GreenAnswers, Ashley Featherman  (6/15/11)
"Current C02 capture technologies cost too much for reduction apps." More >

Indonesian Geothermal Push Heats Up
Source: Jakarta Globe, Stuart Biggs  (6/15/11)
"The country is to geothermal power what the Middle East is to oil." More >

DVRs Use More Energy than Your Fridge
Source: Gothamist  (6/15/11)
"That magic machine uses even more energy than a flat screen TV." More >

Clearing the Fog Around Lithium-ion Traction Batteries
Source: Wheels Unplugged  (6/15/11)
"The patent race will unfold with third-generation lithium batteries." More >

Group Aims to build Micro Hydro Project
Source: CBC  (6/15/11)
"Emerging technology can insert a small turbine into a dam sluice gate." More >

Ocean Energy Conference Underway in Maine
Source: Associated Press  (6/15/11)
"Sen. Olympia Snowe championed offshore wind and underwater tidal power." More >

Implications for Investors of the Dramatically Increasing Chinese Virtual Demand for Rare Earths
Source: Jack Lifton, Technology Metals Research  (6/15/11)
"By 2015 at the latest, there will be virtually no heavy rare earth elements (HREEs) available outside of Chinese control." More >

PG&E Sees Surge in Copper Wire Theft
Source: Contra Costa Times, Paul Burgarino  (6/14/11)
"PG&E has already lost $133,000 this year through mid May." More >

Richard Karn: 50 Specialty Metals Under Supply Threat
Source: Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report   (6/14/11)
The Emerging Trends Report is 18 months into a planned 4-year circumnavigation of Australia, investigating specialty metal projects and recommending ASX-listed companies to clients. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, we caught up with ETR Managing Editor Richard Karn shortly after he delivered the keynote address to the 2011 Energy and Resource Symposium for an update on the specialty metals market down under. More >

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Rick Rule & Brent Cook: Clean Energy Smart Investments
Source: Karen Roche of The Energy Report  (6/14/11)
Are there viable options to nuclear power for clean energy? Is another uranium boom on the horizon? Or should we invest our resource dollars in thorium? If you've been pondering these questions, join The Energy Report in this exclusive interview with a pair of the resource sector's most highly regarded experts, Global Resource Investors Founder Rick Rule and Exploration Insights Author Brent Cook. The Energy Report caught up with them during Cambridge House's recent World Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver. More >

Stocks & Commodity Technical Trading Pt. I
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy   (6/14/11)
"The summer should be exciting for traders!" More >

Military to Spend Billions on Renewables
Source: Energy Matters  (6/14/11)
"Rise in military applications to shape the future of clean energy." More >

UK Includes Nuclear Energy in Green Mix
Source: UPI  (6/14/11)
"Energy minister says government is committed to 2020 renewable goals." More >

Google Creates $280M Solar Power Fund
Source: Los Angeles Times, Tiffany Hsu  (6/14/11)
"SolarCity is known for its lease programs that allow customers to avoid heavy upfront expenses." More >

The Asia-Canada LNG Connection
Source: Globe and Mail, Nathan Vanderklippe and Carrie Tait  (6/14/11)
"Canada stands poised to become a major source of natural gas for Asia." More >

IEA "Still Assessing" Oil Market After OPEC Stalemate
Source: Dow Jones, Geraldine Amiel  (6/14/11)
"Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka reiterated that the IEA 'stands ready to act' if the market requires additional oil." More >

China Under WTO Scrutiny for Export Curbs
Source: Reuters  (6/14/11)
"Upcoming ruling will bolster European plans to challenge other curbs by Beijing." More >