Category: Energy Matters

Nuclear power will fail to achieve what George Monbiot wants

admin /17 March, 2012

Nuclear power will fail to achieve what George Monbiot wants Nuclear industry’s broken promises show atomic energy will not help climate efforts, say former directors of Friends of the Earth Share64 reddit this Comments (240)      Source The Guardian. Dounreay was shut in 1993 but nuclear particles are still being washed up. Photograph: Murdo Macleod Deciding Continue Reading →

A $200b push to become world’s biggest gas power

admin /17 March, 2012

A $200b push to become world’s biggest gas power March 17, 2012 Read later Coal seam gas … generally found 200-1000 metres underground. Photo: Glenn Hunt The race is on for a share of the spoils. Another block was removed from the path of Australia’s coal seam gas boom a fortnight ago, as the NSW Continue Reading →

4 more tubes fail in tests at US nuke plant

admin /17 March, 2012

News 8 new results for DANGER TO US NUCLEAR PLANTS Heavy Tube Wear a Mystery at Calif Nuke ReactorABC NewsForty-five days after a radioactive water leak prompted a Southern California utility to shut down a nuclear reactor, investigators Friday sought to pinpoint why tubing in the plant eroded at an alarming rate while the prospect Continue Reading →

Protesters attempt to set up coalition against fracking

admin /16 March, 2012

Controversial term ” Fracking ” open to misuse as we see here. Protesters attempt to set up coalition against fracking Biggest meeting on issue to be held in UK comes as support for fracking for shale gas grows in some political circles Share45 reddit this Comments (62) Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 March Continue Reading →

Breakthrough in Fracking Wastewater Cleanup

admin /16 March, 2012

Oil Price Daily News Update Contentious Bulgarian Pipeline Dead, Moscow Less Than Pleased The Strange Case of U.S. Hydropower Legislation Are Americans Becoming Inured to High Gas Prices Breakthrough in Fracking Wastewater Cleanup? How to Slash Domestic Gas Consumption by a Factor of Five India Could Become the First Large Casualty of the US Sanctions Continue Reading →

Green group sheds light on solar push

admin /16 March, 2012

Green group sheds light on solar push By Jamie Rule Posted March 16, 2012 15:15:08 Loading… Map DataMap data ©2012 GBRMPA, Google, Tele Atlas, Whereis(R), Sensis Pty Ltd – Terms of Use Map Data Map data ©2012 GBRMPA, Google, Tele Atlas, Whereis(R), Sensis Pty Ltd Map data ©2012 GBRMPA, Google, Tele Atlas, Whereis(R), Sensis Pty Continue Reading →