Articles in Politics and Economics
The government’s new chief energy scientist Professor David MacKay told the BBC that reductions in carbon dioxide emissions since 1990 are “an illusion”. Greenhouse gas emissions created by Britons are probably twice as bad as …
Copenhagen wants to bring carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions down to zero and become the first carbon-neutral capital city by 2025. The target was announced by the seven mayors of the city while launching Copenhagen’s new climate …
Cathy Zoi has had a long career promoting renewable energy and fighting climate change, and is now President Barack Obama’s nomination to be the Energy Department’s assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy, the …
New figures released this week by the Energy Information Administration showed that non-hydro renewable energy increased 17.6 percent in 2008 compared to the year before.
Overall electricity generation was down 1 percent in 2008, most likely …
The oil company Royal Dutch Shell Plc doesn’t plan to make any more large investments in wind and solar energy in the future and does not expect hydrogen to play an important role in energy …
It looks like the DESERTEC proposal is beginning to receive some much needed political support with more than 100 MPs (106 at the last count) having now signed Early Day Motion 123. This calls on …
The U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has marked a radical shift in U.S. energy policy away from its historical focus on OPEC and oil supply and toward a policy of cutting petroleum demand and promoting …
The UK newspaper the Sunday Times which regularly compiles a Rich List has now made a Green Rich List. The world’s wealthiest seem to have a recession proof taste for investments in areas as diverse …
The Guardian newspaper in the UK is reporting that the big six energy companies in Britain are investing on average only £30 per year from each customer in renewable energy projects. If this continues, the …
Alternative energy is one of the key pillars of Barack Obama’s budget “blueprint”, formally unveiled on Wednesday. “We know the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century,” Obama …
