Articles in Politics and Economics
Sorry about the terrible pun, but it does look like physicist Steven Chu will be named President-elect Barack Obama’s Energy Secretary. Democratic officials close to the transition team say that Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize …
EU leaders today agreed to combat climate change by ordering 20% of Europe’s energy mix to come from renewable sources by 2020.
The agreement is being hailed as “landmark” deal and a breakthrough by politicians and …
A parody of James Bond’s Goldfinger, the film is called Coalfinger and highlights the danger of new coal fired power stations being built.
Graveson Green, the 007 star of the film, reminds us in a humorous …
Despite the credit crunch some banks are still willing to give loans to renewable energy projects. Solar services firm SunRun has just landed a $105 million commitment by U.S. Bancorp (USB) to buy about 2,000 …
Russia is heading towards a major economic crisis, experts predicted today, following the news that oil had collapsed to under $50 a barrel. The collapse in the value of oil is likely to have several …
President-elect Barack Obama said he would push for carbon-cap legislation immediately upon entering office, and he did just that on Tuesday with an address to a meeting of state governors in Los Angeles.
Despite business spokesmen …
In an executive order signed on Monday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger committed to getting a third of California’s electricity from renewable sources by 2020. Schwarzenegger made the announcement while speaking at a solar panel factory …
The passage of the Offshore Petroleum Amendment Bill by the Australian Senate last week established the world’s first regulatory framework for CO2 capture and geological storage (CCS).
The legislation establishes access and property rights in Australia’s …
Abandoned Solar Power plant - Carrizo Plain
Until September, cleaner technology was on a roll, collecting some $3.3 billion in venture capital investment during the first nine months compared with $2.6 billion for all of 2007. …
The International Energy Agency’s has just released it’s annual publication the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2008. IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said that the report highlights that current trends in energy supply and consumption are …
