The authors of a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences say that large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) is unlikely to work...
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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, June 18 (Reuters) - The head of theUnited Nations body that oversees civil aviation said on Monday he expects to have a draft global airlines'...
Hearing to revive natural-gas climate battle
A Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing Tuesday will be the next venue for a raging battle over the climate-change benefits of natural gas compared to...
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It was a project that took five years to fight off critics and secure regulatory permits. But now the Sunrise Powerlink—a transmission line to ferry clean power like solar...
Twitter hashtag campaign urges an end to fossil fuel subsidies
A coalition of activists today launched a 24-hour campaign on the social media network Twitter to pressure global leaders attending the Rio+20 summit to slash fossil fuel...
Google says moving IT to its Apps can save major energy
Google says that a company can see energy savings of 65 to 85 percent from moving their internal hosted IT services -- from email to documents to spreadsheets -- over to...
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