World view
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Government says carbon storage technology not cost-efficient, while critics say U-turn will double cost of tackling climate change
Move towards renewable energy and away from coal power helped stall emissions growth last year but slowdown may be temporary, says oil gian.
Capacity cuts would involve relocating 700,000 jobs in coal and 180,000 steel workers.
The world’s biggest 500 companies – The Global 500 – are taking their climate change responsibilities seriously, according to an article by U.S.-based website Environmental Leader. The article says greenhouse gas emissions data...
Environmentalists say effectiveness of limits will rest on how clearly the regional targets are defined and how well they are enforced
Remember the Arab Spring and the heady promise of freedom and peace in the Middle East? Many normally sensible observers were carried away by the excitement of the internet-led revolution in Tahrir Square and across the region....
Natural gas’s reputation as a cleaner fuel than coal and oil risks being sullied by methane emissions.
Deep in the solidified lava beneath Iceland, scientists have managed an unprecedented feat: They’ve taken carbon dioxide released by a power plant and turned it into rock, and at a rate much faster than laboratory tests predicted.
Proposed terminal to export coal to Asia creates tense showdown in port city as key players cite potential health risks, yet industry could provide needed jobs
World Water Day research finds 44% of coal plants, and 45% of planned coal power plants, in areas of water stress
Bottom of Form Storage — whether of grain or of knowledge through the printed word — has been a crucial element in human development. Of all the many technical advances that are transforming the energy business none is...
Optimism, however essential for human progress, can be very dangerous if misapplied or allowed to run to excess. There can be few better examples of this than the new review of India’s energy future published last week by the...
