(Reuters) - More U.S. coal-fired power plants could retire due to environmental regulations and weaker-than-expected electric demand, costing the industry up to $144...
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More US coal plants to retire due to green rules: study
Articles from 10.9.2012
Honda offers $3,000 fuel cards to promote CNG Civic
Honda Motor Co., the only automaker selling compressed natural gas cars to U.S. drivers, will offer $3,000 of the fuel to buyers of its CNG-powered Civic to expand sales...
Chevron fails to block $18 billion Ecuador judgment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp on Tuesday lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid to block an $18.2 billion judgment against it in Ecuador in a case over pollution in the...
Report: EPA struggling to keep pace with ‘fracking’ boom
Congressional auditors conclude in new reports that the Environmental Protection Agency faces big hurdles overseeing a U.S. oil-and-gas drilling boom that’s creating...
Calxeda raises $55M for energy efficiency data centers
Calxeda just a closed a $55 million funding round for its ARM technology to cut data center power. The Austin, TX-based company will not only help the company scale up but...
Romney aide: Reducing carbon emissions from coal isn't a legitimate goal for the government
The presidential campaigns haven't had much to say about climate change, with energy policy taking a backseat to other issues for the two candidates. That changed at...
BNEF: Clean energy investment down 20 percent in third-quarter
Global investment in clean energy fell to $56.6 billion in the third quarter of this year, down 20 percent year-on-year and signalling 2012 will see the first annual...
Iraq oil output to double by 2020: IEA
Iraqi oil production could double by the end of this decade, putting the country on track to become the second-biggest supplier to world markets after Saudi Arabia by the...
House energy chief Upton calls for repeal of oil, green energy tax breaks
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) is calling for removal of oil-and-gas industry tax breaks if subsidies for green energy are also jettisoned.
Cyberattack targets Iranian oil sector
TEHRAN, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Iranian computer networks were set up in such a way as to deter a cyberattack targeting oil installations, an executive said.
Indonesian palm oil is growing source of CO2 emissions, study shows
The rapid expansion of palm oil plantations in the world’s tropical regions, particularly Indonesian Borneo, is becoming an increasingly significant source of global...
GE to develop enhanced sensing capabilities for underground CO2 storage wells
GE Global Research signed a contract with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to build a multi-point sensing system to monitor CO2 injected into geothermal...
Matt Damon film lights up energy lobby
The premiere of a Matt Damon film featuring hydraulic fracturing is months away, but the energy industry already is considering sending scientific studies to film...
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