News was slow, time was short and Congress had just outlined a new energy plan that would essentially force these energy-wasting bulbs out by 2012.
Instead, the government exempted some energy-intensive firms from the Climate Change Levy - a measure designed to force industries to use energy more frugally.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing a plan that would force automakers to produce more energy-efficient cars--increasing average fuel economy from an average 25 miles per gallon to 35 miles per gallon by 2020.
Cates and Mason last year shook-up the board of Chesapeake Energy, bringing in directors who would later force out co-founder and chief executive Aubrey McClendon.
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Three prominent Russian politicians -- current energy czar Anatoly Chubais, Finance Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and New Force leader Sergei Kirienko -- discussed their country's future.
The development is a dramatic reversal for a company that was a leading force in China's fast-growing renewable energy industry.
Ten billion light-years distant, Mingus will help shed light on so-called dark energy, the force that appears to be speeding up cosmic expansion.
Glover-Weiss said the task force consulted with energy executives, environmental groups, labor unions, consumer groups and a wide array of others as it developed the energy policy driving legislation now moving through Congress.
But exactly what's driving that expansion - the force responsible for pulling the Universe apart, and for want of a better description, dubbed dark energy - remains a mystery.
They tried to force a household energy storage system to be a refrigerator-sized appliance.
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Although the parties likely to assume power doubtless feel threatened by extremism, the post-electoral situation will force them to focus time and energy on more elemental things: reestablishing civilian rule after nearly a decade out of power, reversing many of Musharraf's recent actions, perhaps seeking his ouster, sorting out differences among themselves, and dealing with pent-up public frustrations about lack of services and other grievances.
"The Nissan LEAF has an advantage in that braking force is used to re-power the battery, thereby improving its energy efficiency, " said Castignetti.
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While the risk of stagflation is still a long-term phenomenon, inelastic demand curves for food and energy products could force market participants to feel the sting of rising headline inflation and thus cut back to minimum spending.
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Rising energy bills was something that had got these first-timers out in force.
Efforts to force uneconomic, non-competitive fuel sources on consumers only serve to increase costs and reduce efficiencies in the energy sector.
If the energy companies do not co-operate with Ofgem's proposals the government says it will force them to using the new legislation.
The Clean Air Task Force -- an environmental organization advancing clean technology in the United States and China -- is pivotal to Duke Energy efforts.
The budget cuts would force layoffs of scientists and engineers, shrink the capabilities of laboratories and universities to perform the most critical cutting-edge energy research projects, and, by cutting funds for highly leveraged loan guarantee programs, steer private sector funds away from American entrepreneurs and small businesses looking to demonstrate and deploy innovative energy technologies.
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