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Kosovo activists urge US help to stop coal-fired plant project
Aug 09, 2013 (AFP)
Campaign groups in Kosovo have asked the United States to put pressure on the World Bank not to fund a proposed lignite coal-fired power station just outside Pr...
Renewables Account For A Quarter Of New Energy Installed In USA
Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)
According to the latest "Energy Infrastructure Update" report from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Projects, renewable energy sou...
Spanish ministers meet with energy investors on market reforms
Jul 26, 2013 (UPI)
Steep cuts in renewable energy subsidies and other reforms in Spain's electricity market this week prompted ministers to meet with nervous investors in London. ...
Canada lobs economic shot across Russian energy bow
Jul 25, 2013 (UPI)
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced new sanctions targeting the Russian energy sector in response to the Kremlin's pressure on Ukraine. Harper anno...
Sweden's Vattenfall hit by $4.6-bn charge as energy demand plunges
Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall said Tuesday it was forced to make a huge write-down in the second quarter, illustrating the difficulties faced by European elec...
Six Tech Advancements Changing the Fossil Fuels Game
Jul 22, 2013 (SPX)
Oil and gas is getting bigger, deeper, faster and more efficient, with new technology chipping away at "peak oil" concerns. While hydraulic fracturing has been ...
Americans continue to use more renewable energy sources
Jul 19, 2013 (SPX)
Americans used more natural gas, solar panels and wind turbines and less coal to generate electricity in 2012, according to the most recent U.S. energy charts r...
U.S. ranks 13th among 16 economies in energy efficiency
Jul 18, 2013 (UPI)
The United States ranked 13th, ten spots behind the entire European Union, in terms of energy efficiency, a Washington policy center reported. The American Coun...
Australia to scrap carbon tax for emissions trading
Jul 17, 2013 (UPI)
Australia will drop its carbon tax and replace it with an emissions trading scheme sooner than had been planned. Under the current carbon tax system which went ...
Minnesota Power to fund renewables in EPA settlement
Jul 17, 2013 (UPI)
The EPA announced it reached a settlement with utility Minnesota Power on Clean Air Act violations at three of the company's coal-fired power plants. Minnesota ...
Free market is best way to combat climate change
Jul 16, 2013 (SPX)
The best way to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change is through the use of market forces, according to a new study. Researchers who monitored the e...
Australia to ditch pollution levy by 2014
Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Tuesday announced the country's divisive fixed-price carbon tax will be scrapped a year ahead of schedule in favour of a ma...
Green advocates praise David Cameron's Cabinet reshuffle
Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)
British Prime Minister David Cameron was right to bring a new face to the government's environmental body, British Friends of the Earth said Tuesday. Cameron's ...
DOE: climate change to affect energy
Jul 12, 2013 (UPI)
The nation's energy sector is at risk from climate change, says a new report from the Department of Energy. "Increasing temperatures, decreasing water availabil...
Protesters who scaled London's Shard released on bail
Jul 12, 2013 (AFP)
Six female Greenpeace activists who scaled the Shard skyscraper in London, western Europe's tallest building, in a protest over Arctic oil drilling, have been r...
Energy-poor Jordan faces explosive electricity hikes
Jul 11, 2013 (UPI)
Jordan's government says it will introduce much-postponed and politically explosive electricity price hikes shortly as it battles with disruptions to its supply...
Toronto struggles to regain power after storm
Jul 09, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of Toronto residents were without power Tuesday after torrential rains caused widespread outages in Canada's largest city, prompting the mayor to call...
Upton wants policies in place to exploit energy leadership
Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)
The United States needs the right rules in place to take full advantage of its energy leadership position, the chairman of a House energy committee said. Rep. F...
French ex-minister blames energy lobbies for sacking
Jul 04, 2013 (AFP)
Former French environment minister Delphine Batho on Thursday blamed her sacking -- the first in President Francois Hollande's government -- on powerful pro-nuc...
Remote Norway islands added to national electric grid after blackout
Jun 28, 2013 (UPI)
The remote Lofoten Islands, home of Norway's cod fishing industry, will become part of the national electric grid for the first time, the government says. Norwe...
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