British electricity pylons to get a makeover
Electricity pylons across the British countryside may soon cease to be eyesores thanks to a government backed competition for a new design.
Electricity pylons across the British countryside may soon cease to be eyesores thanks to a government backed competition for a new design.
Energy & Green Tech
May 23, 2011
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Germany's cabinet approved a draft law on storing carbon dioxide underground on Wednesday after months of debate as Europe's top economy wrangles over energy policy following Japan's nuclear disaster.
Environment
Apr 13, 2011
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The United States faces tough questions as it tries to plot its energy future in the wake of the Japan nuclear disaster and long-running environmental and security concerns, analysts say.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 31, 2011
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An ambitious switch from fossil fuels to green energy could generate up to 350,000 new jobs by 2020 in the Poland, the European Union's most coal-dependent member, Greenpeace said Friday in Warsaw.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 11, 2011
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Coal has long been synonymous with America's industrial heritage and economic expansion. That doesn't have to change: The United States has a 300-year supply of coal waiting to be tapped, a predicament that is at the heart ...
Other
Feb 4, 2011
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In President Obama's State of the Union address, he challenged the nation to join him in "setting a new goal: By 2035, 80 percent of America's electricity will come from clean energy sources."
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 1, 2011
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(AP) -- Facing a Congress that is more hostile to environmental regulation, President Barack Obama is moderating his environmental goals: a clean energy standard that mixes nuclear, natural gas and "clean coal" with wind, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 27, 2011
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CSIRO (Australia) is partnering with China United Coalbed Methane Corporation Limited (CUCBM) on a A$10 million joint demonstration project that will store 2000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) underground in the Shanxi Province ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2010
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Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation. That’s the ...
Environment
Jun 25, 2010
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Solar power in southeastern Ontario has the potential to produce almost the same amount of power as all the nuclear reactors in the United States, according to two studies conducted by the Queen's University Applied Sustainability ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 14, 2010
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