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US coal exports have hit a record high of 66.2 million tons, a 24 percent rise, in the first half of the year, according to…
The U.K.'s largest coal-fired plant will become western Europe's largest clean-energy producer with the announcement of Drax Group Plc's $1 billion effort to transition from…
Electric power was restored across northern India on Wednesday after an electric grid failure on July 30 and 31 resulted in the world's largest blackout.…
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran should focus now on oil products in light of tightening sanctions Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran should stop exporting…
As decades-long coal mine fires continue to burn beneath the ground in Centralia, Pennsylvania, ghosts with unfinished business remain.Hundreds of coal mine fires continue to…
Mining for precious metals and resources is about to go where no man has gone before—space. No man except for Bruce Willis, that is. In…
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli joined with 39 other investors from the United States, Canada and Europe, with a combined total of $580…
Our modern world is consuming energy at insatiable rates. The high-tech complexity of contemporary society has created a demand for energy resources that are both…
The days of dumping trash into overcrowded landfills may be over. Just as you would not dump gold, diamonds, or hundred dollar bills into garbage…
THE SUPPLY CRUNCH Although nuclear power growth will continue to be driven by emerging economies like China, India, South Korea and even Saudi Arabia, the…
The solar scenario over the last few decades has historically been dominated by silicone-based solar cells. Today, over 80 percent of the manufacturing infrastructure around…
The Andean Commission of Jurists and five prestigious international law experts from around the world have joined a growing chorus of criticism targeting Chevron's attempt…
Japanese scientists are working on a concept to build carbon-neutral, self-sufficient floating cities. Japanese firm Shimizu has a startling new concept: mini floating, carbon-neutral cities…
A design firm from New York, Atelier DNA, has developed a concept that uses cattail like stalks instead of traditional turbine blades for harnessing the…
Over a year since America's worst oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, big oil finally gets back to business... with a vengeance. For the…
Moving away from large-scale, toxic nuclear reactors, the Department of Energy announces a plan to develop safer, smaller options Mini reactors the future of nuclear…
After 40 years, BP exits its solar business in the face of fierce competition. Are they to blame? If "BP" is short for Beyond Petroleum,…
After a series of 11 earthquakes in the last year, Ohio suspends fluid disposal sites causing the escalating dangerous seismic activity in the area.Ohio has…
BP claims Halliburton Energy Services Inc. intentionally destroyed evidence that proved the firm shared the blame for last year's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.…
In light of recent events, Japan has been urged to pay more attention to renewable energy sources. Coincidently, in the same month as one of…