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FUTURE ENERGIES
Is Venezuela the Next Flashpoint for Oil?
In a world desperate for new oil supplies, Venezuela beckons. But will its fumbling management of oil production lead to foreign intervention, covert or otherwise, in a effort to raise Venezuelan output?...
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China is both the biggest user of dirty energy and clean energy; home to the world’s first eco-cities and also some of the world’s most polluted; host to the greatest number of new oil-dependent cars but...
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The fossil fuel industry often pretends to have the public's best interests in mind. The operative word is "pretends."...
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By means of a huge new installation of concentrating solar thermal (CST) and wind-power and the electrification of its transportation infrastructure, Australia plans to have a zero-carbon economy by 2020,...
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Besides causing 700 extra deaths a day in Moscow alone - due to the smoke from forest fires, according to its top health official - the smoke has quickened the melting of Arctic ice. ...
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A new study on global coal supplies suggests a worldwide peak in production from existing fields in 2011....
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Never mind carbon emissions. That game cannot be won. What we can do is work towards replacing fossil fuels with renewables, transitioning from liquid fuels to electricity, and making the most of every...
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Only time will tell whether BP's accountants have included a sufficient 'haircut' in the second-quarter results to allow the new boss to begin rebuilding the firm's fortunes....
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If nuclear is not to be part of the energy solution of the future, then there will be other costs/risks to bear, some of which could be very dramatic. And here's why....
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Here's a question: in which country do you imagine that a police officer might say to a protestor who is trying to prevent an offshore gas/oil drilling exploration, “I have your last breath in my hands”?...
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We take the green credentials of nano-TiO2 cleaning agents for a test ride and arrive at some surprising results!...
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Overly-reactive policies focused on the Macondo spill and the political opportunity it presents risk misallocating our priorities and creating a legacy that would make our long-term energy situation even...
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If the Congress is serious about enhancing United States' energy security, then it should focus its efforts on reining in consumption, rather than erecting further barriers to oil produced internally or...
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Climate scientists under attack from alleged US rightwing elements following the infamous University of East Anglia emails leak....
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- Chris Harries commented on Fossil Fuels vs. The Public Interest: I like your thought processes, Kurt, but references to the high price of oil always amuse me. I can go down the street and buy a 600 ml bottle of drinking ...
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Kurt Cobb
commented on Global Coal Supplies: It Might Be Worse Than Anyone Thinks:
Mr. Kirk-Davidoff,
Thanks for your question. If I'm reading you right, I think you believe that it will be no problem to replace the energy coal is ...
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