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BHP Needs A Breakthrough To Expand Olympic Dam

BHP Needs A Breakthrough To Expand Olympic Dam

Oct 31, 2014 at 14:35 | MINING.com

The US$33 billion expansion plan was shelved in 2012.World’s largest miner BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) said Friday that plans to resume…

Bitter 2013 Winter Increased U.S. Carbon Emissions

Bitter 2013 Winter Increased U.S. Carbon Emissions

Oct 30, 2014 at 17:32 | Andy Tully

Cold weather drives people to turn up the thermostat, and that’s exactly what happened during the winter of 2013 across the U.S. Northeast. As a result, the United States experienced…

OPEC Chief Warns Against Oil Price Panic

OPEC Chief Warns Against Oil Price Panic

Oct 30, 2014 at 17:11 | Andy Tully

OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla Salem el-Badri says he doesn’t expect demand for the cartel’s oil or its production levels to change in the coming year, and he is urging member states…

New Solar Material: The “Blackhole Of Sunlight”

New Solar Material: The “Blackhole Of Sunlight”

Oct 30, 2014 at 17:01 | Brian Westenhaus

A multidisciplinary engineering team at University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering (UCSD) has developed a new nanoparticle-based material designed to absorb and convert to heat more…

The Seamill Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy

The Seamill Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy

Oct 29, 2014 at 17:31 | Andy Tully

A British company has moved closer to harnessing the power of sea waves to generate clean, affordable and renewable electricity.Ecotricity spent 18 months improving the design…

Piracy Still A Major Issue In SE Asian Waters Despite Global Decline

Piracy Still A Major Issue In SE Asian Waters Despite Global Decline

Oct 29, 2014 at 17:25 | Andy Tully

Pirate attacks on the high seas have fallen for a third straight year everywhere but Southeast Asia, the main route for oil shipments from the Middle East to East Asia.

Space Mining Faces Setback After Rocket Explosion

Space Mining Faces Setback After Rocket Explosion

Oct 29, 2014 at 17:18 | MINING.com

Planetary Resources, the U.S.-based start-up aiming to mine in space, lost its first test satellite aboard the commercial rocket that exploded…

Hopes Of Rescuing 18 Trapped Turkish Miners Fade

Hopes Of Rescuing 18 Trapped Turkish Miners Fade

Oct 29, 2014 at 10:45 | MINING.com

Rescue workers have been pumping water out of a coal mine in southern Turkey all night, but hopes of finding alive all…

Wind Energy Too Unreliable For UK, Study Finds

Wind Energy Too Unreliable For UK, Study Finds

Oct 28, 2014 at 16:22 | Andy Tully

A conservative British think tank has concluded that wind energy can’t be relied on to meet the United Kingdom’s power needs and must be supplemented with fossil-fuel power plants.

Despite Lower Profits, BP Increases Dividend

Despite Lower Profits, BP Increases Dividend

Oct 28, 2014 at 16:15 | Andy Tully

The global drop in oil prices over the summer led to a steep drop in BP’s third-quarter profits, but that hasn’t stopped the British energy giant from raising its dividend.

10 Million Gallons Of Oil On Ocean Floor From BP Spill

10 Million Gallons Of Oil On Ocean Floor From BP Spill

Oct 28, 2014 at 16:00 | Climate Progress

This October 2010 photo provided by Penn State University shows the arms of a brittle starfish, red in color, clinging…

Solar Struggles To Compete With Other Renewables On Cost

Solar Struggles To Compete With Other Renewables On Cost

Oct 27, 2014 at 16:02 | Andy Tully

The world now gets about one-fifth of its electricity from sustainable sources, but one, solar power, remains a relatively expensive option, according to a new study.The review…

Surge In Hydroelectricity Could Spell Disaster For Biodiversity

Surge In Hydroelectricity Could Spell Disaster For Biodiversity

Oct 27, 2014 at 15:55 | Andy Tully

European researchers say an unprecedented surge in the construction of hydropower dams around the world could double renewable electricity generation, but potentially at the expense of freshwater wildlife.Scientists…

New EU Deal Promises 40% Emission Reductions By 2030

New EU Deal Promises 40% Emission Reductions By 2030

Oct 24, 2014 at 16:53 | Climate Progress

Credit: ShutterstockIt turns out tough compromises and substantive problem-solving may be something national governments can still do.On the…

Researchers Develop Super-Efficient 3-D LCD Display

Researchers Develop Super-Efficient 3-D LCD Display

Oct 24, 2014 at 16:46 | Andy Tully

Imagine a 3-D LCD display on your e-book that hardly ever needs recharging because it draws power only when you turn it on or when you go to the next…

Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion Given The Green Light

Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion Given The Green Light

Oct 24, 2014 at 16:41 | MINING.com

Canada’s National Energy Board has granted a big win for Kinder Morgan Energy Partners’ (NYSE:KMI) plans to conduct survey work…

Boeing Begins New Biofuel Project Using Cooking Oil

Boeing Begins New Biofuel Project Using Cooking Oil

Oct 23, 2014 at 17:09 | Andy Tully

Boeing and the Chinese airplane manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corp. (COMAC) are working together on a biofuel project that would turn China’s rivers of used cooking fat, known as “gutter oil,”…

Silicon Stretching Could Mean Much Cheaper Solar Energy

Silicon Stretching Could Mean Much Cheaper Solar Energy

Oct 23, 2014 at 17:03 | Andy Tully

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have developed a commonsense way to lower the cost of solar panels, focusing on their most expensive component: silicon.

Solar Could Compete With Gas On Price By As Early As 2025

Solar Could Compete With Gas On Price By As Early As 2025

Oct 23, 2014 at 16:53 | Climate Progress

Credi: ShutterstockThe price of utility-scale solar power is 59 percent below where analysts thought it would be at this point…

Compact Fusion Reactor Within A Decade, Says Lockheed Martin

Compact Fusion Reactor Within A Decade, Says Lockheed Martin

Oct 22, 2014 at 16:42 | Andy Tully

Lockheed Martin says it’s within a decade of producing a fusion reactor that’s 90 percent smaller than previous designs.The stakes are high, and so is the enthusiasm…

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