Energy & Nuclear

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A drop in wind generation late on Tuesday, coupled with colder weather, triggered an electric emergency that caused the Texas grid operator to cut service to some large customers, the grid agency said on Wednesday. Electric … [Read more...] about Gone with the Wind

Birmingham University (UK) has seen fit to publicise an article by Jean-Francois Mouhot from the Modern History Department entitled, 'Free the Planet,' which is published in the journal History Today. The University Media Release follows: Slaves to … [Read more...] about Slaves to Fossil Fuels?

The ratepayers’ association for the Daintree Cape Tribulation area has called upon the Queensland Government to adopt a new policy for the provision of electricity, which protects the environment to the greatest possible extent and overcomes the … [Read more...] about Anti-environment & Anti-tourism Policy in the Daintree

The Arctic is estimated to hold 90bn barrels of untapped oil, according to figures from the US Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS says the area has three times as much untapped natural gas as oil. BBC News: Arctic 'has 90bn barrels of oil' … [Read more...] about Arctic ‘Has 90bn Barrels of Untapped Oil’

Over the next 6 weeks, we’ll be travelling up the eastern seaboard of Australia, campaigning hard to get the federal government to acknowledge that renewables can do the job and that the time is up for fossil fuels. So stay tuned - The Energy … [Read more...] about Greenpeace Campaigns Against Fossil Fuels in a Diesel Electric Ship

The Australian Government Green Paper completely ignores the main question – should Canberra try to control the weather, or is it better to foster a strong Australia able to cope with whatever climate change brings us? The Government also justifies … [Read more...] about Viv Forbes Responds to the Green Paper