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Kazakhstan's Nascent Auto Industry Thrives Amid Controversy

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Kazakhstan's controversial auto recycling fee…

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Critics Attempt to Damage Rossi's E-Cat with Unfounded Complaints

Critics Attempt to Damage Rossi's E-Cat with Unfounded Complaints

Mar 12, 2012 at 17:19 | Brian Westenhaus

Andrea Rossi, the inventor and organizer of the E-Cat LENR or cold fusion thermal energy production device has a new problem.  It looks like another tempest of vague grounds. Steven…

Oil Price - Always and Everywhere a Monetary Phenomenon?

Oil Price - Always and Everywhere a Monetary Phenomenon?

Mar 12, 2012 at 17:16 | Ronald Stoeferle

We believe that the “Bernanke put” is the main culprit for the price premiums in the commodity sector. The US central bank has repeatedly pointed out the positive effects of…

UK's New Green Investment Bank to be Headquartered in Edinburgh

UK's New Green Investment Bank to be Headquartered in Edinburgh

Mar 11, 2012 at 11:12 | James Burgess

The UK government has decided to open the HQ of its Green Investment Bank (GIB) in Edinburgh, Scotland. Vince Cable, the UK business secretary, announced that the GIB would have…

Would an Arctic Methane Release Spell the End of Human Life on Earth?

Would an Arctic Methane Release Spell the End of Human Life on Earth?

Mar 09, 2012 at 16:23 | Editorial Dept

Let’s suppose that the Arctic started to degas methane 100 times faster than it is today. I just made that number up trying to come up with a blow-the-doors-off surprise,…

Iran Looking to Resume Talks Over its Nuclear Program

Iran Looking to Resume Talks Over its Nuclear Program

Mar 07, 2012 at 18:42 | Charles Kennedy

Iran has finally offered to resume talks about its nuclear program. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council; the US, Russia, China, France, and Britain, along with Germany,…

New Nano-Scale Silver Tree Could Revolutionize Solar Power

New Nano-Scale Silver Tree Could Revolutionize Solar Power

Mar 07, 2012 at 17:19 | James Burgess

Electricity from solar power is produced via photovoltaic cells in solar panels, or mirrors reflecting the suns energy onto giant solar towers. But a team of researchers at the University…

Chevron's Nigerian Rig Fire Finally Goes Out on its Own

Chevron's Nigerian Rig Fire Finally Goes Out on its Own

Mar 07, 2012 at 17:18 | James Burgess

The fire has finally gone out at Chevron’s Funiwa natural gas rig off the coast of Nigeria. It started back in January when equipment failure caused an explosion that is…

US Plastic Industry Set to Grow with $30 Billion Investment in New Factories

US Plastic Industry Set to Grow with $30 Billion Investment in New Factories

Mar 07, 2012 at 17:15 | Charles Kennedy

We often think of oil and gas being used to provide fuel for power plants in order to create electricity, or to create petrol and diesel for running vehicles; but…

ARPA-E's Aims are too Short Term, Energy Innovation Can Take 50-60 Years

ARPA-E's Aims are too Short Term, Energy Innovation Can Take 50-60 Years

Mar 07, 2012 at 17:13 | Joao Peixe

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) was founded by the US Department of Energy (DoE) in order to fund research into new energy technologies. The benefit of the…

Israeli Scientists Hope to Develop New Type Seaweed for Biofuel Production

Israeli Scientists Hope to Develop New Type Seaweed for Biofuel Production

Mar 06, 2012 at 16:58 | EcoSeed

While they are cleaner and safer than fossil fuels, bioethanol production's ever-increasing need of valuable farmland for crops - like corn and sugarcane - could result to possible food shortages…

European Banks Head Down a Dangerous Path as they Turn to the ECB for Funding

European Banks Head Down a Dangerous Path as they Turn to the ECB for Funding

Mar 06, 2012 at 09:53 | Editorial Dept

Everyone is happy that bond yields are falling, but what is the next step in the resolution of the crisis?  Here is one report from the front, decide for yourself…

Enbridge Pipeline Fire Could Cause Higher Oil Prices in North America

Enbridge Pipeline Fire Could Cause Higher Oil Prices in North America

Mar 05, 2012 at 17:56 | Charles Kennedy

Over the weekend Enbridge Inc. had to shut its Illinois pipeline, which supply’s oil to the BP plc., Exxon Mobil Corp, and Citgo Petroleum Corp, refineries in the Chicago area,…

Will BP's $7.8 Billion Settlement be the End of the Deepwater Horizon Case?

Will BP's $7.8 Billion Settlement be the End of the Deepwater Horizon Case?

Mar 05, 2012 at 14:02 | James Burgess

Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 workers and released 4.9 million barrels of oil into the ocean, BP has finally…

Executives Identify the Greatest Risks of Investing in Renewable Energy

Executives Identify the Greatest Risks of Investing in Renewable Energy

Mar 04, 2012 at 10:48 | James Burgess

Despite global economic difficulties over the last few years, investment in renewable energy projects has increased and in 2010 actually surpassed investments in fossil fuel based power. A new

Economic Difficulties Helping the UK Phase Out Fossil Fuels

Economic Difficulties Helping the UK Phase Out Fossil Fuels

Mar 04, 2012 at 10:46 | Charles Kennedy

It is not often that good things result from economic slowdown and recession, but the UK government could be forgiven for quietly praising the recent economic difficulties as, according to…

Greece Hopes Oil in the Ionian will Help its Economic Recovery

Greece Hopes Oil in the Ionian will Help its Economic Recovery

Mar 03, 2012 at 09:14 | Joao Peixe

Greece’s economic problems are well documented around the world, and a major contributor to the economic troubles experienced throughout Europe.  Greece must find a way to reduce their deficit if…

New Technology Turns Sewage Plants into Power Plants

New Technology Turns Sewage Plants into Power Plants

Mar 01, 2012 at 17:27 | James Burgess

Whilst it may not be a thought that often crosses your mind, sewage plants and the water treatment service as a whole uses a lot of energy whilst performing a…

American Energy Company to Invest $1 billion in Egypt

American Energy Company to Invest $1 billion in Egypt

Mar 01, 2012 at 12:54 | John Daly

The Arab Spring, which began early last year and swept eastwards across Africa’s Magreb, has completely upended the region’s politics. Responses range from the relatively benign outcome in Tunisia, where…

Mongolia to Build its First Wind Farm

Mongolia to Build its First Wind Farm

Feb 29, 2012 at 17:29 | James Burgess

Mongolia is an East Asian country about the size of Alaska, with vast potential for wind energy due to the large unpopulated plains that make up most of the land,…

Is War Imminent? US and UK Step up Military Action in the Persian Gulf

Is War Imminent? US and UK Step up Military Action in the Persian Gulf

Feb 28, 2012 at 16:58 | James Burgess

War against Iran seems imminent as both the US and UK military commands ask for more funding to increase the preparation and deployment of military arms and personnel in the…

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