Cornell University professors will soon publish research that concludes natural gas produced with a drilling method called “hydraulic fracturing” contributes to global...
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Google puts $168M toward 392 MW BrightSource solar thermal project in CA desert
BrightSource Energy said today it has secured financing for a utility-scale solar plant in the California desert, the first project of this type to be built in the U.S. in...
Russian gas beckons for Germany as Merkel turns from nuclear
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s shift away from nuclear power is set to make Germany more reliant on Russian gas and Merkel more dependent on her predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder.
Japan to widen evacuation zone
TOKYO—Japan's government will move people out of some areas outside of the current evacuation and sheltering zones because radiation doses could accumulate to high...
Gulf’s complexity and resilience seen in studies of oil spill
In the year since the wellhead beneath the Deepwater Horizon rig began spewing rust-colored crude into the northern Gulf of Mexico, scientists have been working...
China planning emissions trading in 6 regions
BEIJING, April 11 (Reuters) - China will launch pilot emissions trading schemes in six provinces before 2013 and set up a nationwide trading platform by 2015, Thomson...
Nitrogen pollution costs Europe 70 to 320 billion euros per year, according to new study
(Reuters) - Nitrogen compounds play a vital role in feeding a rising world population but they also pollute air, soil and water, costing each person in Europe up to 740...
Shell shifts biofuel technology focus to Brazil sugarcane waste
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), the world’s biggest distributor of biofuels, is shifting research to waste from sugar-cane farming after ending an algae project in Hawaii.
Nissan says restart problems reported by some Leaf drivers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co has received reports of instances in which owners of its Leaf electric car were unable to restart the vehicle and is looking into the...
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