EU tar sands pollution vote ends in deadlock Decision on whether to label oil produced from tar sands as highly polluting is delayed as key vote fails to find majority Share111 reddit this Comments (81) Damian Carrington guardian.co.uk, Thursday 23 February 2012 13.45 GMT Article history Tar sands excavation mine in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Photograph: Continue Reading →
Who killed the electric car? You, perhaps, if you didn’t charge it by: By Stuart Martin From: National Features February 24, 201212:00AM It’s a red-hot car, but leave your Tesla switched off for too long and it’s going to cost you. Picture: Tesla Source: Supplied Battery replacement could cost $40,000+ Leaving car switched off on Continue Reading →
News 4 new results for PEAK-OIL Peak Oil Leads to 30% Increase in Green Energy Investments in 2011, Reports …PR Web (press release)Danny Esposito, co-editor for financial newsletter and web site Penny Stock Detectives, believes that we could see peak oil in the near future. According to Esposito, nations understand the fact of peak oil Continue Reading →
EU tar sands vote looms The decision whether Europe will officially label oil produced from tar sands as highly polluting will be made on Thursday Share28 reddit this Comments (10) Damian Carrington guardian.co.uk, Thursday 23 February 2012 06.45 GMT Article history Mining trucks carry loads of oil-laden sand in Alberta, Canada. Photograph: Jeff Mcintosh/AP A Continue Reading →
News 10 new results for volcanoes Hawaii scientists monitor earthquake swarm near Kilauea volcanoBig Island Video NewsHAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii: Scientists at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory are keeping an eye on a swarm of small earthquakes around the active Kilauea volcano. In its morning status report, HVO wrote that there “is an ongoing Continue Reading →
Lithuania follows nuclear pathThe Japan TimesSo for us, nuclear energy is an obvious choice.” Lithuania plans to build a nuclear plant in Visaginas by 2020 and reached in December a tentative agreement on the construction with Hitachi Ltd. and its Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd. unit.See all stories on this topic » The Japan Times Into Continue Reading →