A campaign on idegogo is raising funds for a solar technology that could soon be generating energy on a national scale. Idaho based Solar Roadways is now looking to raise capital for production. It has already built a […]
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A new report is questioning the coal industry’s claim that the fuel is a key component in the fight to reduce energy poverty worldwide, and is also expressing doubt about the viability of […]
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A carbon sequestration facility in Algeria is yielding valuable lessons for researchers looking into how buried carbon dioxide interacts with bedrock. The new study of CO2 sequestered at the In Salah natural gas […]
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A new report says Alberta’s greenhouse gas emissions stand to fall by half if the province phases out its 19 coal plants. While oil sands producers are usually the culprits under fire for […]
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A French company is potentially making the roll-out of electric mobility in European cities easier by offering a suite of “SunPods”, or vehicle recharging points powered by solar energy. In doing so, the […]
North Carolina legislators have pushed through a bill intended to speed up the approval of natural gas drilling in the state, while imposing criminal penalties on people who disclose the chemicals used in […]
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As renewables lag in North America, oil and natural gas are surging ahead in exploration, production, equity and investment. According to the Energy Department, fracking and horizontal drilling have crowned the U.S. as […]
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is today releasing the Clean Power Plan proposal, which for the first time cuts carbon pollution from existing power plants, the single largest source of carbon pollution in […]
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According to Bloomberg, India’s new government led by Narendra Modi plans to harness solar power to enable every home to run at least one light bulb by 2019, a party official said. “We […]
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Police today removed seven Greenpeace protesters from a Statoil ASA oil rig in the Norwegian Arctic Ocean. Afterward, a Greenpeace ship reached the site of Statoil’s planned oil well with the company’s rig […]
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