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Ethical impact of biofuels bonanza has 'backfired badly'

Ethical impact of biofuels bonanza has 'backfired badly'

Posted Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:52:00 GMT by Martin Leggett

Government policies that have pushed biofuels as part of the move to a greener transport system, have often pushed ethical concerns, for indigenous peoples, to one side. So says a new report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, on the ethical impact of the rush to biofuels. An internationally agreed ethical certification scheme is the way forward, say the authors.

Ethical impact of biofuels bonanza has 'backfired badly'

Shale-gas 'worse than coal' for total life-cycle emissions

Shale-gas 'worse than coal' for total life-cycle emissions

Posted Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:05:00 GMT by Martin Leggett

A new study on the total climate-impact of fossil fuels shows that natural gas is more dangerous to the planet than coal - but that top of the roost for climate-change causing fuels may well be shale gas. This massive new energy resource, being aggressively exploited across the US, has been slated for the waste-water pollution contamination from 'fracking'. Now its image as a 'clean' transitional fuel is in doubt too.

Shale-gas 'worse than coal' for total life-cycle emissions

Confrontations intensify over deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand

Confrontations intensify over deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand

Posted Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:58:00 GMT by Lucy Brake

A flotilla of vessels opposing the surveying for deep sea oil has been ordered to stay away by the New Zealand Police. Activists in the Ruakumara Basin off the East Cape of New Zealand were able to stop the seismic survey vessel Orient Explorer from carrying out its work by swimming in front of it.

Confrontations intensify over deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand

Strong Smart Grid Week 2011 Kicks Off in China

Strong Smart Grid Week 2011 Kicks Off in China

Posted Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:54:00 GMT by Kirsten E. Silven

April's Smart Grid Week World Leadership Forum aims to develop new solutions to the world's renewable and sustainable energy needs by addressing the challenges associated with creating a smart grid system.

Strong Smart Grid Week 2011 Kicks Off in China

Wind power may have limits - but we don't need to push them

Wind power may have limits - but we don't need to push them

Posted Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:36:00 GMT by Martin Leggett

Headlines that wind power may not be renewable have quickly been scotched - with New Scientist changing its title for the provocative piece. It looked at a paper on how renewable energy production stacked up against the amount of 'free energy' the earth has at its disposal. But do we really need to claim such massive shares of the earth's energy bounty that those limits become a concern?

Wind power may have limits - but we don't need to push them

Algae-Based biofuel may not be economically viable for another 20 years

Algae-Based biofuel may not be economically viable for another 20 years

Posted Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:02:01 GMT by Kieran Ball

Research into algae-based biofuel continues, but some researchers now believe that completing replacing fossil based fuels any time soon in out of the question. Moreover, it would be difficult to produce enough of it to replace diesel.

Algae-Based biofuel may not be economically viable for another 20 years

Shale gas - is this a fracking price worth paying?

Shale gas - is this a fracking price worth paying?

Posted Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:42:00 GMT by Michael Evans

Shale gas is the last fossil fuel to be exploited. It is relatively clean and relatively cheap, but it's downside is the harm that it can do to the environment. Fracking or hydraulic fracturing may not be a term familiar to everyone, but it is the name given to the process of extracting natural gas from shale.

Shale gas - is this a fracking price worth paying?

Will 'Peak Oil' save the planet?

Will 'Peak Oil' save the planet?

Posted Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:09:00 GMT by Martin Leggett

With a second oil price spike in three years threatening a fragile world economy, could 'Peak Oil' production be around the corner. And if so, will it help wean us off of polluting-oil use - or usher in a darker dirtier future?

Will 'Peak Oil' save the planet?

The Japanese nuclear disaster could just be the tip of an iceberg

The Japanese nuclear disaster could just be the tip of an iceberg

Posted Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:12:01 GMT by Michael Evans

More than 10% of the 422 nuclear power stations in the world are located in aeas vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis. The Japanese disaster illustrates what could happen. A good example is the ageing Russian-built plant about 18 miles from the Armenian capital of Yerevan.

The Japanese nuclear disaster could just be the tip of an iceberg

President Obama Addresses Clean Energy Standard, Dependence On Oil

President Obama Addresses Clean Energy Standard, Dependence On Oil

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:34:00 GMT by Kirsten E. Silven

In an address at Georgetown University, President Barack Obama discussed the need for alternative energy standards and called for a significant reduction in the nation's dependence on foreign oil. Obama noted that there has been progress in the transportation sector, including the increased use of vehicles that are powered by biofuels and natural gas, as well as the auto industry's more efficient production methods involving traditional engines.

President Obama Addresses Clean Energy Standard, Dependence On Oil

New eco-battery potential where rivers meet sea

New eco-battery potential where rivers meet sea

Posted Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:54:00 GMT by Martin Leggett

A new frontier in clean electricity generation, from the natural mixing of fresh river and salty sea waters, has moved closer with research published by Stanford University scientists. These eco-batteries could ultimately supply up to 13% of global electricity - once researchers can solve practical and conservation issues of deploying them in river mouths.

New eco-battery potential where rivers meet sea

China, Europe head Clean Energy race - US, UK lag

China, Europe head Clean Energy race - US, UK lag

Posted Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:33:00 GMT by Martin Leggett

The Clean Energy race is on, according to a report from the PEW Environment group, with a record $240 billion invested in renewable energy sources in 2010. Leading the transformation are those with strong support for the greening of energy - including China, Italy and Germany. Uncertainty has left others, like the US and UK, further behind.

China, Europe head Clean Energy race - US, UK lag

New Artificial Leaf May be Practical For Use In Household Electricity

New Artificial Leaf May be Practical For Use In Household Electricity

Posted Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:43:00 GMT by Tamara Croes

Artificial leaves, which mimic photosynthesis in plants, could potentially generate electricity for poor households. At the 241st meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim on the 27th of March, 2011, scientists presented what well may turn out to be a breakthrough development: the first practically usable artificial leaf.

New Artificial Leaf May be Practical For Use In Household Electricity

谢谢 ('Thank you'); how the Chinese may have 'fixed' that tricky little global energy problem

谢谢 ('Thank you'); how the Chinese may have 'fixed' that tricky little global energy problem

Posted Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:02:00 GMT by Nicolette Smith

Agricultural news; energy-efficient greenhouse helps boost year-round crop yield in China. an academic research team based at the China Agricultural University (College of Agronomy and Biotechnology) has been making international headlines. The researchers have been monitoring the use of solar-powered greenhouse facilities as an innovative means of achieving agricultural targets

谢谢 ('Thank you'); how the Chinese may have 'fixed' that tricky little global energy problem

Researcher looks to write energy saving into computer languages

Researcher looks to write energy saving into computer languages

Posted Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:55:00 GMT by Colin Ricketts

Computers - whilst they don't belch out polluting smoke - eat up a growing amount of energy and an American computer scientist wants to save some of that by writing 'green' computer languages.

Researcher looks to write energy saving into computer languages

Decreasing support for nuclear power in the U.S.

Decreasing support for nuclear power in the U.S.

Posted Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:02:00 GMT by Ruth Hendry

50 percent of people disapprove with building more nuclear power plants, compared with 21 percent in 1977, a CBS news poll has found. The pros and cons of nuclear power are hotly debated by many diverse groups. On one hand, there is the pro-nuclear camp, which believes that nuclear power is the future of our energy

Decreasing support for nuclear power in the U.S.

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