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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Natural Resources Shape New Govt after Rebel Seizure

Apr 01, 2013 at 11:03

Bottom Line: A new leadership is emerging for this resource-rich country after Seleka rebels seized the presidential palace in Bangui and forced CAR President Francois Bozize to flee, while French…

TURKEY-ISRAEL: Energy Cooperation Prospects Boosted by Israeli Apology

Apr 01, 2013 at 10:56

Bottom Line: A deal in the works for a Israel-Turkey pipeline that would transport Levant Basin gas to Turkey under the Mediterranean comes one step closer to realization with an…

How Long will the LNG Train Keep-a Rollin'?

Mar 30, 2013 at 13:17

Interest in liquefied natural gas exports is spreading globally. This week, British energy company Centrica announced plans to get LNG from the southern United States and Shell last month plunked…

BRIC’s Rising Energy Superpower – Brazil

Mar 30, 2013 at 13:13

The BRIC (Brazil, the Russian Federation, India and China) is an interesting political and economic conglomeration. Currently, only the Russian Federation is a major oil exporter, while the ongoing prosperity…

Total Dumps Canadian Oil Sands Project for $1.65bn Loss

Mar 30, 2013 at 12:59

France’s Total SA (NYSE: TOT) will sell its 49% stake in its Canadian oil sands project to Suncor Energy Inc. for $500 million, netting the French oil giant a $1.65…

Oilprice.com Intelligence Report: The IMF vs. Energy Subsidies

Mar 30, 2013 at 12:42

The IMF jumps into the climate change debate with a headline-grabbing carbon tax proposal; Dr John Abrahams talks to us about climate change realities; the idea of the self-driving car…

Turkey Takes Advantage of Cyprus Desperation

Mar 27, 2013 at 18:18

As the geopolitical game over Mediterranean hydrocarbons heats up, Turkey has suspended energy deals with Italy’s Eni over the company’s involvement in oil and gas exploration offshore Cyprus.

More Scientific Evidence Linking Fracking and Earthquakes

Mar 27, 2013 at 18:10

As the practice of hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas continues to spread not only in the U.S. but worldwide, the scientific community has increasingly focused on the environmental consequences…

Keystone XL – Why Protestors Should be Focusing on a Much Bigger Issue

Mar 27, 2013 at 18:05

I started to go with “Fiddling While Rome Burns” in the title, but I know many people who would take great exception to the notion that the Keystone XL protesters…

Increasing the Efficiency of Long Distance Power Transmission

Mar 27, 2013 at 17:53

A new circuit breaker design for high-voltage direct current means supergrids connecting resources on a global scale will be more efficient and reliable.Supergrids connecting electricity networks and renewable…

Pipelines Can't Handle North American Oil Boom

Mar 27, 2013 at 17:48

The production of oil from Western Canada is expanding to the point that existing pipeline capacity is overwhelmed. Canadian pipeline company Enbridge aims to get its Northern Gateway project built…

US Training Rebels in Jordan: Get the Story Straight

Mar 27, 2013 at 17:42

US media are now reporting what everyone else has known for some time: American special forces are helping train Syrian rebels on Jordanian territory, despite the fact that radical jihadists…

Why Have US Carbon Emissions Declined so Much?

Mar 27, 2013 at 17:40

Emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel consumption in the United States have fallen remarkably since 2008, with recent levels the lowest since 1995. Here I comment on some of…

The Beijing Syndrome: China Begins to Care for the Environment

Mar 27, 2013 at 17:20

As the term “China syndrome” has already been taken, I am terming what is happening in the country these days the “Beijing syndrome,” for China’s capital seems to be shaping…

Making Recyclable Solar Cells from Trees

Mar 27, 2013 at 17:16

Fabricating new plant-based solar cells on cellulose nanocrystal substrates means that they’re recyclable in water.The researchers report that the organic solar cells reach a power conversion efficiency of…

When Oil Revenues Go Awry

Mar 26, 2013 at 18:12

By now it is no great secret that the small, but vastly rich oil and gas producing state of Qatar is playing a major role in supporting and financing opposition…

Despite Fukushima, Britain to Press Forward with Nuclear Power

Mar 26, 2013 at 18:02

As the world moves beyond the fears raised by the 11 March 2011 Tokyo Electric Power Co. Fukushima Daiichi debacle, when an offshore earthquake and subsequent tsunami effectively destroyed the…

Suntech Bankruptcy Bad News for Solar

Mar 26, 2013 at 18:01

Chinese equity Suntech Power Holdings Co. (STP) filed for bankruptcy last week, with its stock falling 40% after it defaulted on $541 million in bonds, and this having a snowball…

Cold War: U.S. up Against Russia in Competition for Czech Nuclear Contract

Mar 26, 2013 at 17:57

If Cold War battles are still being fought in Europe, one major battlefield today is the Czech Republic’s Temelin nuclear power station. Consortiums backed by Washington and Moscow…

Turning Fruit Trees into Biofuel

Mar 26, 2013 at 17:55

Fast growing trees, especially the poplars are being studied as they produce a large body of biomass per area.  Poplars and willows are leading candidates as biofuel crops that are…

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