Full Coverage: Energy

30.08.2006 from Ecostreet blog:
Climate activists hope to shut down the UK's biggest coal-fired power station by mass action.

25.08.2006 La crisis energética que enfrenta Nicaragua, sometida a largos apagones, indujo al gobierno de Enrique Bolaños y a la oposición de derecha a aceptar que alcaldías en manos de la oposición de izquierda importen petróleo de Venezuela.

23.08.2006 Este día 22 de agosto las organizaciones participantes en la campaña "descónectemos los altos precios de luz", realizaron una conferencia de prensa.

22.08.2006 Indian-US plans to cooperate on nuclear energy have drawn public criticism from eight of India's top scientists in the field. They say that recent US changes to the text of the deal are "unacceptable to India" and would limit its independence in nuclear research and its right to a nuclear deterrent.

21.08.2006 Niin kuivatun kalan valmistus kuin televisionkatselukin sujuvat nyt aurinkoenergialla Nigerian rannikolla sijaitsevalla Bishop Kodjin saarella. Afrikan suurin öljynviejämaa turvaa aurinkoon muidenkin syrjäkylien sähköistämisessä.

17.08.2006 Saksassa ammatillinen keskusjärjestö DGB ei pidä ydinvoimaa käyttökelpoisena vaihtoehtona maan tulevaisuuden energiaratkaisuissa. DGB on yhdessä Saksan teollisuuden kattojärjestön kanssa korostanut tarvetta eri energialähteiden monipuoliseen hyödyntämiseen niin, että kokonaisuuteen sisältyy myös kivihiilen käyttöä.

11.08.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 11 (OneWorld) - The loss of 400,000 barrels of oil a day caused by the closure of BP's Prudhoe Bay oilfield in Alaska could be offset if all the cars and trucks in the United States got just one extra mile per gallon of fuel efficiency, a prominent non-profit grouping of scientists said this week.

09.08.2006 from Survival Acres blog:
'The world’s infrastructure is already creaking towards a dangerous collapse' when in comes to dependency on oil.

06.08.2006 from Terrablog:
Banning standy mode would mean actually having to turn on the TV using the button on the box itself. Shock, horror! But what would it save? More than you'd think, it seems.

03.08.2006 from Gristmill blog:
Geothermal energy has a big advantage over other renewables: it offers steady baseload power to electricity grids because hot rocks in our own planet provide continuous energy.

01.08.2006 from ActonInstitute blog:
What if carbon credits become the currency of the day? Would that be 'Carbon Communism'?

01.08.2006 As bombs rain down on a hapless and helpless Beirut and the world looks the other way, another development – that would be of interest to the powers that be – is fast becoming one of constant concern. Oil prices have shot up considerably.