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Past Is Prologue For Climate Change Threats To U.S. Energy

Energy and climate change are intertwined, a fact that the Obama administration recently acknowledged with plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from generators. Experts note, however, that...

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Gulf Keystone Recommends Voting Against M&G Nominees

Oil exploration firm Gulf Keystone said its board would recommend that shareholders vote against four proposed directors backed by M&G Recovery Fund, an activist shareholder which has criticized...

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The End Of Coal And More Natural Gas

In the same week that TECO is applying for its foray into New Mexico natural gas, Illinois is solidifying its own reliance on the fuel source....

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California, Catch The Next Big Energy Wave

About the same time that Maine's wind turbine began producing electricity, Southern California Edison permanently shut down the San Onofre nuclear plant....

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Suweco, Antique Electric Coop Sign Supply Agreement

Sunwest Water and Electric Co Inc (Suweco) signed a contract to supply the province of Antique with electricity from the company's hydroelectric power projects in Panay Island.

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Emgas To Distribute Free LPG Refills

Emirates Gas (Emgas) , a business subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company, will be distributing free Liquefied Petroleum Gas ( LPG ) refills to underprivileged families of widows and orphans in...

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Gulf Aid Helps Egypt Pay Dues Of Oil Firms, Says Official

Gulf aid helps Egypt pay dues of oil firms, says official. EGPC signed an agreement with foreign oil companies in mid-2011 to pay the dues on installments after a 6-month grace period in return that...

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Hickenlooper Skeptical Of Gas Potential In Divide

Hickenlooper took comments from several valley residents on the drilling issue. Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot told him that her town already has been through fossil fuel dependence, with the rise and...

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TEPCO's Plan To Halt Spread Of Radioactive Water Based On Shaky Theory

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has started taking measures to contain highly radioactive groundwater at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, but its strategy is based on a theory that is disputed by industry...

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Methane From Hay Road Landfill Now Fuels Power Plant

In the conversion process, methane gas is pulled from the eastern and southwest boundaries of the landfill and sent to the energy plant, explained Greg Pryor, general manager of Recology Hay Road....

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Newmont Selling Stake In Canadian Company

Newmont Mining Corp., which ranks as the largest gold producer in the United States, is going to sell off a minority stake in a Canadian company that's after black gold, Bloomberg reports. The...

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Coastal Hydropower Proposes Quincy $300m Deal For Two Hydro Projects

Canadian power company Coastal Hydropower has proposed the Quincy City Council in Massachusetts, US, an investment deal of nearly $300m for the development of Locks 24 and 25 hydroelectric plants.

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Residents Challenge Pilgrim's Permit For New Nuclear Waste Site

The town of Plymouth already granted the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant a permit to start construction. But opponents say the plan needs a special permit that requires public hearings.

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Big Oil Companies 'Double-Dipped' Minnesota Fund

Chevron, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips have agreed to repay $7.4 million to Minnesota after state investigators found the oil giants collected from a state tank-cleanup fund while also getting...

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What's The Sense In The Nigeria LNG-NIMASA Row? By Ifeanyi Izeze

By Ifeanyi Izeze Nigeria as a country is full of absurdities specially perpetrated by people in authourity and this is typified by the ongoing row between the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited...

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Stage-I Forest Clearance Held Up For Nalco's Utkal-E Coal Block

The Central mines ministry has urged the Odisha government to expedite resolution of issues pertaining to forest rights to ease the process of forest land diversion for Utkal-E coal block alloted to...

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OPEC Sees U.S. Shale Boom Eroding Demand For 2014 Crude

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries forecast the world will need less of its crude next year, even as global oil demand growth rebounds to its strongest pace since 2010, amid competing...

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Awards Honor Social And Student Housing

San Jose-based FreeHotWater picked up an award for its 15th Street solar thermal and PV project in San Francisco. The dual technology project is located on student apartments in the city and is...

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Greens Are Divided On Whether To Regulate Fracking Or Hold Out For A Ban.

During the fight in Illinois, we saw the state AFL- CIO and other labor groups join with industry to lobby for this legislation. Elsewhere, the building trades unions have helped lobby for fracking in...

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Solar Power Cheaper Than Coal Foreseen By German Solar CEO

In a new interview with Deutsche Welle, the CEO of a Germany-based global solar developer made a good case for the potential for solar power to become cheaper than coal sooner rather than later. That...

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