The rapid expansion of palm oil plantations in the world’s tropical regions, particularly Indonesian Borneo, is becoming an increasingly significant source of global...
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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.
More US coal plants to retire due to green rules: study
(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...
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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Oregon took steps this week to implement one of the nation's first rules to slash global warming emissions in transportation fuels.
Tensions grow over EU aviation emissions
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Europe stands firm on airline emissions, raising fears of a trade conflict
BRUSSELS — The European Commission said on Thursday that airlines that did not follow a new European law requiring them to account for their emissions of greenhouse gases...
Biggest jump ever seen in global greenhouse gas emissions
WASHINGTON – The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated, a sign of how feeble the...
House passes bill defying Europe's aircraft emissions rules
The House defied the European Union Monday evening, quickly approving legislation that would ban European countries from imposing emission trading requirements on U.S....
China to exceed emission forecasts
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Smart-REDD plan targets causes of deforestation
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Some EU CO2 registries to reopen Friday or Monday
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Study warns against hyping carbon-fixing biochar
To determine whether man-made charcoal, or biochar, can significantly cut carbon levels in the atmosphere, large-scale systems need to be tested, according to an NRDC a
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