The reported statement, which did not give a specific time for the launch of Bushehr, came as Irans [...]
Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers provides insights into the number of jobs associated with various clean energy sources; nuclear, wind, and solar. What might this mean for the economy?
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[...]But she can look through the window from her kitchen table, just past her backyard with its swingset and pet [...]
Speaking to The Age a week after he returned from the UN food summit in Rome, Mr Burke said productivity improvements in [...]
California’s ambitious goal of obtaining a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 has spawned a green energy boom with thousands of megawatts of solar, wind, and biomass power plants planned for ... the middle of nowhere.
And therein lies the elephant in the green room: transmission. [...]
That was me, once. I [...]
When we began this series of tech talks, a drilling rig was anything that punched a hole through the ground, to get at the oil or natural gas underneath. Once a hole is drilled, however, there is often other work that needs to be done on the well, but [...]
by Jack Rosebro
With little more than a week left before the 15th Congress of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) convenes in Copenhagen, and following months of increasing doubt that international agreement can be realized on a binding emissions reduction plan to replace the Kyoto Protocol, many [...]
...Mr. Pigou drew an important distinction between the private and social value of economic activities, such as the opening of a new railway line. The savings in time and effort that users of the railway enjoy are [...]
Peak oil: the summit that dominates the horizon
These expressions of concern have stoked the fires of the "peak oil" community, which has been warning for some years that global politicians are failing to move fast enough to conserve oil and move to a low-carbon economy. The dissidents include experienced [...]
A new study by an international team of researchers using Comparative Risk Assessment methods to estimate the health effects of alternative urban land transport scenarios for two settings—London, UK, and Delhi, India—concluded that although uncertainties remain, climate change mitigation in transport should benefit public health substantially.
The study, one of six [...]
Some 50 employees of highly protected Kaiga Atomic Power Plant in [...]
The Nikkei reports that Nissan Motor Co. has nearly completed development of a lithium-ion battery using a lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide cathode (NMC). The new system, which will reportedly offer almost double the capacity of Nissan/AESC’s current manganese spinel cell, is supposedly slated for deployment in electric vehicles [...]
I am taking a holiday break and expect to post again on Sunday, December 6. Happy Thanksgiving! [...] Commodities prices slumped after Dubai sought to defer some debt payments, rattling investors and spurring a dollar rally. Gold for immediate delivery fell to $1,177.63 after touching a record $1,195.13 on 26 Nov 2009. Gold prices have advanced 33% [...]
Dr. Stephen Leeb submits:Petrobras (PBR), the Brazilian oil giant and one of the largest oil producers in the world, recently announced its third quarter results, bringing in R$7.3 billion ($4.2 billion) in earnings. Although down from R$9.84 billion in the [...] 
