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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Last year was another record for investment into alternative and renewable energy, with $148.4 billion poured into the sector globally, up 60% from 2006. On top of this, total M&A transactions in the space amounted to over US$55 billion. Asset financing was the main driver for investment growth, up 68% ...
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Energy efficiency has enormous promise for most developing economies. The investment yields in energy efficiency over the next two decades will generally be several times higher in the developing world, according to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute.
Developing countries could invest $90 billion annually over the next 12 ...
Posted in CCS, Carbon, China, Climate-Change, India, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Renewable Fuels, Research, Sustainability, Water, law | No Comments »
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Proposed Climate Change Legislation by Ultimate Reductions Targets
Climate change is riddled with deep uncertainty about basic questions, which results from factors such as lack of information, disagreement about what is known or even knowable, linguistic imprecision, statistical variation, measurement error, approximation and subjective judgment on the structure of the climate ...
Posted in Agriculture, Antarctica, Biofuels, Bioremediation, CCS, Carbon, China, Climate-Change, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Research, Sustainability, Water, biomass | No Comments »
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Posted in Agriculture, Batteries, Biofuels, Bioremediation, CCS, Carbon, Climate-Change, Concentrated-Solar, Energy-STAR, Energy-Storage, Peak-Oil, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Renewable Fuels, Research, Solar-Thermal, Sustainability, Water, algae, biomass, green-technology | No Comments »
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Rank
Facility
Pounds
1.
RED DOG OPS., 90 MILES N. OF KOTZEBUE, KOTZEBUE, AK
481,578,816
2.
NEWMONT MINING CORP. TWIN CREEKS MINE, 35 MILES N.E. OF GOLCONDA, GOLCONDA, NV
291,128,400
3.
BHP COPPER N.A. SAN MANUEL OPS., 200 S. REDDINGTON RD., SAN MANUEL, AZ
248,695,440
4.
KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER MINE CONCENTRATORS & POWER PLANT, 12300 S. UTAH HWY. 111, COPPERTON, UT
113,640,793
5.
BARRICK GOLDSTRIKE MINES ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
NASA's Map of Carbon Emissions
Dark Red = Highest Intensity
The United States has lost its status as the world's leading source of carbon emissions.
Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels and manufacturing cement have increased 38% since 1992. But the global geography of carbon emissions has shifted dramatically since then, according ...
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
NASA created this map from a satellite image of the world's primary carbon sinks and emissions sources in 2003. High concentrations are shown in red and lower concentrations are shown in blue.
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
General Motors and the Electric Power Research Institute have partnered on a project to promote the integration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with the electrical grid.
Plug-in hybrids run on battery power for short trips, but include an engine to recharge the batteries for extended trips. For most commutes the plug-in ...
Posted in Batteries, CCS, Carbon, Climate-Change, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Energy-Storage, Finance, Green-Cars, Industry-News, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Renewable Fuels, Research, Sustainability, ethanol, green-technology, law | No Comments »
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
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West Virginia Coal Mine
In September, oil industry executives gathered in Ireland to discuss future challenges the industry faced. The powwow kicked off with a keynote address from former U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. James Schlesinger.
"We can't continue to make supply meet demand much longer," Schlesinger said. "It's no ...
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