Geothermal energy, once a niche…
Iran is playing down the…
Tata Steel workers in Port…
The Oregon State University has performed a first of its kind, five year study on the effects of small hydropower systems on the environment. The findings suggest that whilst hydropower…
CNPC has announced that it plans to build China’s first ever pipeline dedicated to transporting shale gas.The 57 mile long pipeline will run from shale gas fields in…
A new study has discovered that predators help to fight climate change. Plant matter stores a huge amount of carbon, yet herbivores eat plants. When predators hunt and kill the…
A small Canadian energy company may soon be about to install thorium-fuelled nuclear reactors in Indonesia and Chile, in order to generate energy for the grid, or desalination plants.
In the US it is generally the local governments that are left to respond to any extreme weather events, which are becoming more and more common as the climate changes.…
After a meeting with the Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Gaoli, Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced that his country’s leading oil producer is preparing a deal to supply China with…
A team of researchers from the University of Maryland have created a long lasting, efficient, and environmentally friendly rechargeable battery from wood.Wooden splinters, a thousand times thinner than…
In order to ensure that oil reserves last longer, Baghdad has reduced its peak production targets, and has asked major oil producers in the country to help make these cuts.…
Due to concern over the possibility that the Federal Bank will end stimulus, and the worsening economic situation in China, commodity prices have fallen across the board, including gold, copper,…
President Barack Obama has given a speech in Berlin in which he praised Germany and Europe for leading the way in developing a greener economy, but warned that a failure…
Tesla extends their time in the media spotlight, although this time not necessarily for the best of reasons, by announcing a recall on Model S vehicles.The recall is…
The Texas General Land Office has announced that the number of oil spills that it must respond to has fallen over the last decade, but that it is not uncommon…
The latest Energy and Water appropriations bill, the fifth of its kind to be presented before the Appropriations Committee, has outraged Democrats, who have begun attacking Republicans about the proposed…
Ashti Hawrami, the Kurdistan Regional Government Natural Resources Minister, announced that a new pipeline should be completed by the end of September, which will allow the autonomous region to supply…
A report compiled by the WWF and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CPD) has found that by cutting its emissions by an average of three percent a year, the US corporate…
Enrique Pena Nieto, the President of Mexico, has announced that he is trying to gather support for a proposal to end state-owned Pemex’s monopoly of oil and gas exploration and…
The development of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling has enabled a boom in the production of shale gas in the US. Supporters of the fuel make boasts about its cheap…
Christof Demont-Heinrich wrote a recent article on SolarChargedDriving.com, about his home solar system, and the threat that squirrels pose to unprotected systems.In 2010 REC Solar installed a…
The night sky of Southern Iraq is lit up by the thousands of gas flares from pumps in the giant Rumaila, Zubair, and Qurna-1 fields.Director General Ali Khudair,…
The three largest shipping container operators in the world have announced that they will form an alliance that will help them to reduce fuel consumption, and improve the levels of…