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Research reveals the give and take of urban temperature mitigation
Feb 12, 2014 (SPX)
Life in a warming world is going to require human ingenuity to adapt to the new realities of Earth. Greenhouse-gas induced warming and megapolitan expansion are...
Oil composition boost makes hemp a cooking contender
Feb 12, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists at the University of York today report the development of hemp plants with a dramatically increased content of oleic acid. The new oil profile result...
AREVA TN Confirms its Leadership in Used Fuel Storage Market
Feb 11, 2014 (SPX)
AREVA TN has won two new contracts to supply its NUHOMS dry storage canisters and horizontal storage modules (HSMs) to two U.S. utilities. Under these contracts...
Modeling buildings by the millions: Building codes in China tested for energy savings
Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)
China can build its way to a more energy efficient future - one house, apartment and retail store at a time - by improving the rules regulating these structures...
Slovenia paralysed by power outages after harsh storms
Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)
Slovenia's government said Monday that repairing damaged power infrastructure could take months after heavy snow and sleet battered most of the country over the...
Russia an 'important relationship' for US nuclear energy sector
Jan 31, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
The Voice of Russia has talked to Rep. Cynthia Lummis, a congressman from the US State of Wyoming, who has come to Russia as part of a group of mediators monito...
Suburban sprawl accounts for 50 percent of US household carbon footprint
Jan 30, 2014 (SPX)
Many U.S. cities are taking steps to grow urban centers in an attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But a challenge is the significant carbon footprint of...
Westinghouse Welcomes EC 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy
Jan 30, 2014 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company welcomes the European Commission's 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy Policies, which aims to establish a more competitive, sus...
Sri Lanka blames China for its energy crisis
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's energy minister blamed China on Thursday for power shortages and high electricity prices, saying the island's biggest power station built by a Chine...
Renewables Provide 37 Percent Of New US Generating Capacity in 2013
Jan 30, 2014 (SPX)
According to the latest "Energy Infrastructure Update" report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Projects, renewable energy source...
Europe's 'greenest city' tests limits of sustainable living
Jan 24, 2014 (AFP)
Pine cones, moss and rotten food are fuelling a Swedish city's quest to be sustainable, but people's attachment to their cars may put the brakes on its carbon-n...
White, Green or Black Roofs? Berkeley Lab Report Compares Economic Payoffs
Jan 24, 2014 (SPX)
Looking strictly at the economic costs and benefits of three different roof types-black, white and "green" (or vegetated)-Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...
The German energy turnaround - implications for Russia
Jan 22, 2014 (SPX)
Germany's energy turnaround, or "Energiewende", has become one of that country's most far-reaching projects in industrial policy. By 2050, renewable energy reso...
Europe's 2030 climate targets get mixed reception
Jan 22, 2014 (AFP)
The EU should cut greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for global warming, by 40 percent by 2030, the European Commission said Wednesday, disappointing environmenta...
Global warming's biggest offenders
Jan 20, 2014 (SPX)
When it comes to global warming, there are seven big contributors: the United States, China, Russia, Brazil, India, Germany and the United Kingdom. A new study ...
EU could cut emissions by 40 percent at moderate cost
Jan 20, 2014 (SPX)
This is a key finding from an international multi-model analysis by the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum (EMF28) and comes at a crucial time, as the European Comm...
Soaring electricity prices zap struggling Spaniards
Jan 19, 2014 (AFP)
Struggling Spaniards are rebelling against high electricity prices, which have soared by 42 percent since an economic crisis erupted in 2008. Buckling under a 2...
EU weighs new climate goals, economic needs
Jan 19, 2014 (AFP)
The EU will announce climate change targets for 2030 next week but sharp differences over priorities and an unwillingness to take the lead while global rivals h...
US power plant emissions down
Jan 15, 2014 (SPX)
Power plants that use natural gas and a new technology to squeeze more energy from the fuel release far less of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than coal-fire...
Li's Power Assets to spin off HK unit
Jan 13, 2014 (AFP)
Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man, is to spin off his electricity assets in Hong Kong through an initial public offering worth up to HK$27.9 billion ($3.6 billion...
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