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Gazprom Faces $15 Billion Fine from EU Antitrust Commission

Gazprom Faces $15 Billion Fine from EU Antitrust Commission

Oct 03, 2013 at 16:28 | Joao Peixe

After a year-long investigation into Gazprom, the Russian natural gas giant which monopolises the supply of natural gas to central and eastern Europe, the European Union’s Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia,…

UK Shale Gas: Promising but Not Cheap

UK Shale Gas: Promising but Not Cheap

Oct 03, 2013 at 16:26 | Charles Kennedy

Many in the UK are hopeful that using hydraulic fracturing to access and extract shale oil and gas reserves in places such as Lancashire, Wiltshire, and Oxfordshire will enable the…

Japan Installs 10GW of Solar PV Capacity, Set to Become World Leader

Japan Installs 10GW of Solar PV Capacity, Set to Become World Leader

Oct 02, 2013 at 16:31 | Charles Kennedy

Japan has become one of just five countries to have achieved 10 gigawatts of installed solar photovoltaic capacity when at the end of August it reached 10.5GW.Germany…

For First Time in a Decade China Becomes Net Fuel Oil Exporter … For a Month

For First Time in a Decade China Becomes Net Fuel Oil Exporter … For a Month

Oct 02, 2013 at 16:27 | Joao Peixe

For the first time in more than a decade China actually became a net exporter of fuel oil, however it seems that that remarkable achievement will only last for a…

London Regeneration Project to be the World’s Most Sustainable Development

London Regeneration Project to be the World’s Most Sustainable Development

Oct 02, 2013 at 16:22 | James Burgess

In November 2012 Lend Lease won the planning permission to begin constructing the first new homes at Elephant and Castle, in central London, as part of the regeneration scheme that…

The Koch Brothers' Battle Against Climate Change

The Koch Brothers' Battle Against Climate Change

Oct 02, 2013 at 16:16 | Joao Peixe

Climate change is real and poses a real threat to society. In many cases, such as the freak storms Sandy and Katrina, the severe droughts, floods, and the wildfires experienced…

Venezuelan Oil Tankers are Launched and then Abandoned at the Dock

Venezuelan Oil Tankers are Launched and then Abandoned at the Dock

Oct 01, 2013 at 18:55 | James Burgess

Over the last 14 months, Venezuela has held launching parties for three new oil tankers, a clear sign of the nation’s ambitions to expand its fleet as it prepares to…

Jellyfish Shutdown the World’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

Jellyfish Shutdown the World’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

Oct 01, 2013 at 18:51 | Charles Kennedy

In 2011 a tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, flooding its equipment, causing massive failures to cooling systems, and eventually leading to a meltdown and explosion.The…

Energy Innovation Suffers as US Federal Government Shuts Down

Energy Innovation Suffers as US Federal Government Shuts Down

Oct 01, 2013 at 18:47 | Matthew Stepp

As of 12 o’clock midnight on the 30th September 2013, the US federal government has officially shutdown due to Congress’s failure to pass a new budget for the coming fiscal…

US Army Invests in Solar to Save Soldiers Lives

US Army Invests in Solar to Save Soldiers Lives

Oct 01, 2013 at 18:44 | Joao Peixe

Whilst the US government, led by President Barack Obama, is trying to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by 2020, the US Army is investing in renewable energy sources…

BP Hopes for Lower Fines, Claims Far Less Oil Spilled in the Gulf than Estimated

BP Hopes for Lower Fines, Claims Far Less Oil Spilled in the Gulf than Estimated

Sep 30, 2013 at 16:13 | Charles Kennedy

On Monday the trial began to determine whether BP’s actions during the 20th April 2010, Deepwater Horizon blowout and spill were of sufficient level as to be grossly negligent and…

IKEA will Begin Selling Solar Panels at all UK Stores within 10 Months

IKEA will Begin Selling Solar Panels at all UK Stores within 10 Months

Sep 30, 2013 at 16:07 | James Burgess

IKEA, the Swedish flat-pack furniture specialist and world’s largest furniture retailer, has announced that it will, for the first time, sell solar panels at all of its British stores. The…

Britain Faces Difficult Winter Due to Tight Norwegian Natural Gas Supplies

Britain Faces Difficult Winter Due to Tight Norwegian Natural Gas Supplies

Sep 30, 2013 at 16:03 | Joao Peixe

Britain is likely to face a tight winter for natural gas as it finds itself with few alternative sources of cheap natural gas, forcing it to rely heavily on Norwegian…

IPCC Claims the Oceans are Dying to Save Us from Ourselves

IPCC Claims the Oceans are Dying to Save Us from Ourselves

Sep 30, 2013 at 16:00 | Joao Peixe

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report on Friday, in which it stated that the evidence that climate change is caused by human…

A Mistake Now Could Release 14,000 Times More Radiation than Hiroshima

A Mistake Now Could Release 14,000 Times More Radiation than Hiroshima

Sep 28, 2013 at 11:49 | James Burgess

Lately the bad news emanating from Japan is that the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been leaking thousands of gallons of water ever since the earthquake that…

Assad Comes out on Top with UN Chemical Weapon Disarmament Plan

Assad Comes out on Top with UN Chemical Weapon Disarmament Plan

Sep 28, 2013 at 11:43 | Charles Kennedy

Weeks of negotiations between the US and Russia over the fate of Syria and it’s chemical weapons are finally coming to a head as the United Nations Security Council met…

Solar Paint—The Next Big Thing

Solar Paint—The Next Big Thing

Sep 28, 2013 at 11:40 | Joao Peixe

The answer to harnessing cost-effective solar power may be just around the corner. A team of researchers from the University of Alberta developed a cost-effective solar cell made…

Oxfam Report Shows Climate Change will Increase World Hunger by 20% by 2050

Oxfam Report Shows Climate Change will Increase World Hunger by 20% by 2050

Sep 28, 2013 at 11:38 | Joao Peixe

Currently around 870 million people in the world do not receive enough food to live healthily, equivalent to one in eight of the world’s population. A new report by…

The Myth of Wind Turbine Syndrome

The Myth of Wind Turbine Syndrome

Sep 26, 2013 at 19:52 | James Burgess

A common argument that people use when protesting against the development of wind farms near to communities is the loud noise created by the turbines. They even claim that noises…

True Extent of Flood Damage to Colorado’s Oil Industry Becomes Clearer

True Extent of Flood Damage to Colorado’s Oil Industry Becomes Clearer

Sep 26, 2013 at 19:44 | Charles Kennedy

Torrential rain earlier in the month caused mass flooding across the state of Colorado, a state that in recent years has experienced a boom in oil and gas drilling and…

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