Jul 1st 2010
Gulf Awash In 27,000 Abandoned Wells
No one is checking to see if they are leaking, investigation finds
The Return Of The Bicycle
The bicycle has many attractions as a form of personal transportation.
Governments Face Cost Hurdle To Halve CO2 By 2050: IEA
Tom Doggett, Muriel Boselli
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - Governments will have to grapple with sharply higher upfront costs to deploy clean energy technologies and halve carbon emissions by 2050, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.
Rust In The Bread Basket
Security Tops The Environment In China’s Energy Plan
The New York Times
KEITH BRADSHER
Emerging Renewables To Have More Profile In Next Statistical Review
The ‘Statistical Review of World Energy’ does not include wind, solar or geothermal in its primary energy forecast, but these sources will be added next year because they are reaching “sufficient weight in a number of countries.”
Hydroelectricity and nuclear remain the largest non-fossil
Global Arms Spending Tops $1.6T
The Associated Press
World Needs Clean Energy Revolution: UN chief
UNITED NATIONS — Rich and poor nations need a "clean energy revolution" in order to cut greenhouse gas emissions responsible for global warming, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said here Wednesday.
In Clean Energy, U.S. Innovates But Builds Slowly
If you follow the money, the numbers show that the U.S. is being outpaced by China and other countries in a global race to develop green-technology industries.