25 Jan 2012
President Obama used his State of the Union address last night to again call on Congress to deliver a bill for a Clean Energy Standard. This happens to be the case in the many developed countries around the world. He stated a more effective energy policy that ends subsidies to the oil industry, bolsters US …
23 Jan 2012
By Sa’ad Allah Al Fat’hi – The fifth World Future Energy Summit (WFES) ended last week in Abu Dhabi on a positive note for the UAE as a country setting examples of action towards diversification of its energy sources and its support for renewable energy.
20 Jan 2012
by David Hone – A recent Reuters article reported from a UN session on climate risk and energy solutions: UNITED NATIONS, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Institutional investors with a collective $26 trillion under management opened a new front on Thursday in the fight against climate change, urging the private sector to mobilize, follow the money and …
19 Jan 2012
With Iran threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz, energy security is once again at the top of the global agenda—and not just in Rick Perry’s debate talking points. But true “energy security” will require more than independence from unreliable or unstable suppliers. It will also oblige governments and companies to invest in a wider …
25 Jan 2012
by George Smith – The wind blows. The tide flows. The sun glows. The forest grows. Yet we continue to get most of our energy from unsustainable underground sources outside of Maine. Shame on us if we saddle our children and grandchildren with our addiction to oil, a dependency that has shackled our economy and …
24 Jan 2012
by Neil Lyndon – Sod’s law can nobble even the mighty. Just at the moment when much of the wind and solar power seems to be draining out of the Green movement, a veritable slew of alternative-energy cars is about to arrive. 2012 will see the introduction of a host of new electric and hybrid …
17 Jan 2012
India can be a great power, ushering in a game changing third industrial revolution by utilising its renewable energy resources and collaborating with power producers and suppliers, says American economist and author Jeremy Rifkin. “With the second industrial revolution, which was ushered in through internal combustion engine and heavy use of crude oil, being on …
12 Jan 2012
Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte – The liquid golden light of winter floods our flowering yard, perfumed by blooming narcissus, cymbidium orchids, Andean lilies, and others. Tropical? No, we live in a temperate zone, but this year’s unseasonable balmy to hot, dry weather persisted from the US southwest to the now-not-so-frozen Canadian north, …
