29 Apr, 2009 10:00 am
In a study published in Environmental Science &Technology, researchers from the MIT and the University of Kentucky used a thermodynamic framework to characterize... 27 Apr, 2009 08:33 am
Oil production is expected to fall by around 3% per year, beyond the oil peak. To avert catastrophe, oil-producing nations must agree to reduce their production... 24 Apr, 2009 08:55 am
In view of the ever more pressing problem of climate change, options to reduce CO2 emissions and to increase CO2 sequestration become increasingly important... 23 Apr, 2009 05:54 pm
As a reporter who writes about business and the environment, I?ve heard the expression ?low hanging fruit? used to describe energy efficiency countless... 19 Apr, 2009 11:21 am
The nuclear programme of North Korea is again in the news. Selig S. Harrison, a specialist on South Asia and East Asia and a senior scholar of the Woodrow... 16 Apr, 2009 08:17 am
The recent start-up of the latest large-scale nuclear fusion experiment, the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,... 15 Apr, 2009 06:33 am
A new study shows there is no single best way to promote renewable electricity; a combination of policies is needed. 8 Apr, 2009 09:52 am
I have said a number of times that I would prefer to take the natural gas we use to make ethanol and just use it directly in compressed natural gas (CNG)... 3 Apr, 2009 09:29 pm
The oil company Shell has announced that it will end its investments in wind energy. It intends to focus on biofuels. This remarkably comes at a time... 1 Apr, 2009 02:15 pm
It is demand for oil that may peak as governments adapt to the problems of global warming, security of supply and an amplitude of market volatility that... |