While the nuclear crisis in Japan has focused attention on the risks of spent fuel piling up at the U.S.'s reactors, one curious fact has gone largely unnoted: There...
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New study finds contrails impact climate more than airplanes' carbon emissions
Air travel has come under fire for its potential contributions to climate change. Most people probably assume that its impact comes through carbon emissions, given that...
IEA economist: Nuclear curbs will hurt climate, energy security goals
Slowing the expansion of nuclear power will harm efforts to fight climate change, push up energy prices and set back goals to secure power supplies, said Fatih Birol,...
Financial Times: OPEC could reap $1 trillion this year
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is set to make a record-breaking $1 trillion in export revenues this year if crude oil prices remain above...
Obama wants to curb U.S. oil imports by a third
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will set an ambitious goal on Wednesday to cut U.S. oil imports by a third over 10 years, focusing on energy security amid...
New battery uses seawater and freshwater to produce electricity
Stanford University researchers have designed a rechargeable battery that uses the contrast in salinity between freshwater and seawater to produce an electric current, an...
Coburn's bid to end ethanol credit tests no-tax-increase pledge
Senator Tom Coburn is trying to challenge the proposition that all tax breaks are created equal.The effort by the Oklahoma Republican to end a tax credit for ethanol...
China may double solar power goal after Japan nuclear leak
SHANGHAI, March 30 (Reuters) - China may double its targetfor photovoltaic power capacity over the next five years in thewake of Japan's nuclear crisis, the official...
Solar CEOs to Congress: Don't kill loan guarantee programs
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- CEOs of green energy companies including First Solar and SunPower petitioned Congress on Tuesday to spare two key Department of Energy loan...
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Two-thirds of oil and gas leases in Gulf inactive
More than two-thirds of offshore leases in the Gulf of Mexico are sitting idle, neither producing oil and gas, nor being actively explored by the companies who hold the...
White House pivots to energy policy with 'clean vehicles' focus
President Obama, who is under fire from Republicans over gasoline prices, will “outline his plan for America’s energy security” in a speech Wednesday and then tout...
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