Fossil fuel
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Can electric bikes take the uphill struggle out of cycling to work?
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Jessica Shankleman examines the pros and cons of the latest electric bike Efforts to get more people to cycle to work, which would help ease road congestion, cut carbon emissions, and make people h...
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Feb.22.2013
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Biomass Breathing New Life Into Coal Plants
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Coal-burning power plants may get a new life and one that is tied to the co-firing of biomass, or wood chips, that may result in less pollution. While some are saying that this is a harbinger of th...
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Feb.9.2013
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Join 100 Days of Action for Climate Solutions and Clean Energy
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Today the Sierra Club launched a new campaign demanding that President Obama make the fight against climate disruption a priority in his second term. The Obama Climate and Clean Energy Legacy Campa...
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Jan.15.2013
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Gross but Cool: Bacteria Might Replace Fossil Fuels
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Researchers are working to grow the chemical precursors for fuels and plastics from the organism. We’re all familiar with the mind-bogglingly simple process of photosynthesis—plants using carbon di...
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Jan.10.2013
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Nuclear breaks ice on Arctic gas shipments
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Source: World-nuclear-news Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers have enabled the first ever LNG delivery via the Northern Sea Route from Norway to Japan, where it will go towards replacing generatio...
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Dec.10.2012
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Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit New Record in 2011, Survey Shows
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Source: Huffingtonpost Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change hit a new record in 2011, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in its annual Greenhouse Gas Bull...
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Nov.21.2012
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Wind energy: Getting cheaper, still about to tank
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Source: Grist Wind farms are now far cheaper to operate than they were four years ago. From Bloomberg: The cost of running and maintaining wind farms has fallen 38 percent in four years as competit...
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Nov.6.2012
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Taking Charge On The Amazon: Connecting Communities Through Portable Solar
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Source: Earthtechling In the developed world, finding a way to move past dirty, dangerous fossil fuels and into the era of renewable energy is a nearly insurmountable task. Our entire infrastructur...
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Oct.23.2012
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Britain risks falling behind in the race for clean energy
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Source: The Guardian Big business is right to be concerned about the chancellor’s equivocal strategy As the coalition prepares to introduce its energy bill into Parliament in the next few wee...
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Oct.16.2012
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Barack Obama’s Record On Addressing Climate Change In First Term Under Scrutiny By Activists
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Source: Huffingtonpost “I think I missed the part where they discussed the Arctic melting,” the environmentalist and author Bill McKibben recently quipped. A tireless spokesman for a pl...
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Oct.12.2012
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Drilling in the Arctic is a bad business decision
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Source:Grist Quartz (a new business news website, not the rock) raises a good point about oil drilling in the Arctic: It’s still much more expensive than drilling in most other places. Little is kn...
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Sep.27.2012
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This week in the World – World Energy
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1. Wind Power There were a lot of wind news this week. UK wind power reached record high but some people doesn’t think it is a big deal. Offshore wind-farm is said to be much effective in gen...
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Sep.21.2012
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The News > Global
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Shell Leads LNG Competitors Out to Sea With Biggest Ship: Energy
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Source: Bloomberg For more than a decade, the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas producers led by Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) plotted how to move their $170 billion industry onto barges at sea ...
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Sep.21.2012
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Tech Talk – China’s Coal Industry
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Source: The Oil Drum In this run-up to the election, the American energy future seems to have faded into the quiet background. Gone are the concerns of past years, as both parties seem to have boug...
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Sep.21.2012
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Natural gas fracking fires protest over pollution fears
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Source: The Guardian The toxic chemicals used in shale gas extraction are the industry’s dirty secret. But Americans won’t stand for it Western Pennsylvania is considered the birthplace...
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Sep.21.2012
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Australian ‘mega mine’ plan threatens global emissions target
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Source: The Guardian ‘Unprecedented’ increase in the scale of Australian mining would nullify an internationally agreed goal, Greenpeace warns Plans to open up a new Australian “c...
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Sep.20.2012
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EU politicians vote for tough oil, gas anti-corruption law
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Source: CNBC European Union legislators have voted for a draft anti-corruption law, echoing rigorous U.S. rules to make oil, gas and mining firms declare payments they make in resource-rich nations...
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Sep.20.2012
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U researchers find way to clean fracking wastewater
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Source: Minnesota Daily The finding may ease environmentalists’ concerns with the controversial practice. When fracking is complete, the water used can be so contaminated with oil, gas and sediment...
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Sep.20.2012
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Norway Oil Rush Turns to Fool’s Gold for Closing Towns
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Source: Bloomberg For the town of Glomfjord in Norway’s Arctic, the country’s oil boom has turned into a curse. Unemployment has more than doubled, people are moving out, and schools now risk being...
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Sep.19.2012
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Alpha Natural Resources Closing 8 Coal Mines, Cutting 1,200 Jobs
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Source: Huffington Post Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources said Tuesday it’s cutting production by 16 million tons and eliminating 1,200 jobs companywide, including 400 with the immediate ...
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Sep.19.2012
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