James Burgess

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• Saudi Arabia Cancel Multi-Million Dollar Contracts with Russia

  Published 31 July 2012 | viewed 5,932 times

  Russia and Saudi Arabia’s opposing stances over the situation in Syria has finally led to action. Saudi business tycoon Mubarak Swaikat has cancelled several multi-million…

• London 2012: The Greenest Olympic Games Ever

  Published 27 July 2012 | viewed 5,758 times

  The UK government is not only claiming to be the greenest government ever, but it is also determined to oversee the greenest games ever at…

• The Problem with Burying Power Lines

  Published 26 July 2012 | viewed 10,001 times

  Severe storms can often knock out power lines, leaving millions without electricity for anywhere between a few hours, to several days or more. Burying the…

• AC//DC Plays at Full Blast as Another Virus Attacks Iran's Nuclear Facilities

  Published 25 July 2012 | viewed 9,243 times

  A scientist at Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation sent an email to the internet security site F-Secure Security Labs to inform them that once again the…

• CNOOC Become First Ever Chinese Firm to Invest in Canadian Oil Sand Production

  Published 24 July 2012 | viewed 5,867 times

  In move that offers more proof of Canada’s shift from the US towards China as its number one oil and natural gas partner, CNOOC Ltd.…

• By How Much Does a Green Label Increase the Value of a House?

  Published 23 July 2012 | viewed 5,477 times

  Do ‘green’ houses with energy saving features actually sell for more than houses without?A new economic study by professors Matthew E. Kahn of UCLA and…

• Energy Committee Says Canada Must Clean Up its Oil Sector

  Published 21 July 2012 | viewed 4,388 times

  A new report by the Energy Committee of the Canadian Senate, has stated that the country must do more to persuade the world that it…

• Richard Branson Requests Meeting with Obama and Chu to Discuss IFR's

  Published 20 July 2012 | viewed 6,659 times

  Richard Branson sent a letter to the US government propounding the benefits of integral fast reactors (IFR), a next generation nuclear technology, and requesting a…

• How Far Should we Go to Battle Climate Change?

  Published 19 July 2012 | viewed 10,204 times

  In the 1970’s everyone thought that the earth was cooling; then they started to claim that it was warming up. Nowadays there are people on…

• Italian PM Hopes to Attract $18 Billion Investment by Relaxing Offshore Oil Ban

  Published 19 July 2012 | viewed 5,374 times

  After the Gulf of Mexico spill in 2010, Italy’s then Prime Minister, Sergio Berlusconi, put a ban on all offshore gas exploration in Italian waters,…

• US Coast Guard Needs Billions of Dollars to Cover Oil Companies in the Arctic

  Published 18 July 2012 | viewed 5,946 times

  Shell is one of six energy companies hoping to begin drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic next month. Global warming has led to…

• Coal Consumption Increases in the EU: Is the Carbon Trading Scheme a Failure?

  Published 17 July 2012 | viewed 11,782 times

  The EIA has reported that natural gas in the US now accounts for an equal portion of power production as coal, both contributing 32% of…

• Future Alternative Energy Technologies to Look out For

  Published 17 July 2012 | viewed 12,186 times

  In this article I will briefly take a look at some of the truly alternative fuels being developed in the world. Renewable energy sources such…

• Texan Shale Boom Leads to Increase in Drug Trafficking

  Published 16 July 2012 | viewed 4,864 times

  Texas is experiencing great economic benefit from the fracking boom that has seen thousands of jobs created in the southern state; however it has also…

• Wireless Charging Gives EV's Infinite Range

  Published 14 July 2012 | viewed 5,025 times

  Many hope that Electric Vehicles will develop to become the preferred transport, drastically reducing carbon emissions, and dependence on oil. However current EV’s suffer from…

• The Shocking Truth Behind Chevron's Gas Rig Fire off the Coast of Nigeria

  Published 12 July 2012 | viewed 18,940 times

  Four transcripts have been handed to Reuters of official accounts from workers who were aboard Chevrons natural gas rig on the 16th of January 2012,…

• Iran Announces Plans to Build First Nuclear Submarine

  Published 11 July 2012 | viewed 6,662 times

  Iran has announced plans to start building its first ever nuclear submarine, a piece of advanced military technology that only the most powerful nations on…

• Norwegian Government Finally Intervenes to End Oil Industry Dispute

  Published 10 July 2012 | viewed 4,981 times

  As the Norwegian oil industry’s deadline for shutting down their entire oil production operations approached, the government finally stepped in to take charge of the…

• Norwegian Oil Companies to Shutdown All Oil Production at Midnight

  Published 09 July 2012 | viewed 7,877 times

  The strike between offshore Norwegian oil workers and the oil companies is now into its third week with little progress made in the talks over…

• Largest Hydroelectric Project in the World is Completed, but at What Cost?

  Published 07 July 2012 | viewed 8,252 times

  On Wednesday the Three Gorges dam in China had its 32nd, 700-megawatt turbine installed, completing the mega-project and bringing its total capacity up to 22.5…