Greg Rau of the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Carbon Management Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, reports in the ACS journal Environmental...
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Leviathan gas field could bring catastrophe or opportunity to Israel-Lebanon-Cyprus borders
A gigantic natural gas field that could yield millions of barrels of oil was recently discovered on the maritime border between Israel, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, Cyprus,...
Native American group sues to block California’s big solar projects
If 2010 was the year of big solar projects, 2011 is shaping up to be the year of big solar litigation.Weeks after California and federal regulators approved the last of...
Seoul revs up commercial operation of electric buses
Seoul's residents now have access to high-tech full-sized electric buses on the Mt. Namsan circular routes. So far only 5 out of the 14 buses that serve this route...
Environmental groups contend EPA analysis on coal ash is riddled with errors
An analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the costs and benefits of regulating the disposal of coal ash is riddled with errors, environmental groups...
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New botanic database holds a million plant names
AFP - Capping the UN's International Year of Biodiversity, botanists in Britain and the United States on Wednesday unveiled a library of plant names aimed at helping...
Tokyo Institute of Technology and industrial partners to build floating offshore algae farms
The Nikkei reports that Tokyo Institute of Technology, Takenaka Corp. and other partners are planning to build an offshore pilot plant to grow algae for use in biofuel...
Upton argues Obama plans to destroy America in the name of global warming
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, incoming energy chair Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) joined Americans For Prosperity (AFP) president Tim Phillips, a global warming denier, to...
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Researchers at George Washington University have bolted together an ungainly contraption that they say efficiently uses the energy in sunlight to power a novel chemical...
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Experts criticize evidence used to diagnose leak at one of the world's largest CO2 storage sites
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