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Chris Rhodes

By means of a huge new installation of concentrating solar thermal (CST) and wind-power and the electrification of its transportation infrastructure, Australia plans to have a zero-carbon economy by 2020,... Read more

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David Thorpe

Besides causing 700 extra deaths a day in Moscow alone - due to the smoke from forest fires, according to its top health official - the smoke has quickened the melting of Arctic ice. ... Read more

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Kurt Cobb

A new study on global coal supplies suggests a worldwide peak in production from existing fields in 2011.... Read more

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Chris Nelder

Never mind carbon emissions. That game cannot be won. What we can do is work towards replacing fossil fuels with renewables, transitioning from liquid fuels to electricity, and making the most of every... Read more

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Geoffrey Styles

Only time will tell whether BP's accountants have included a sufficient 'haircut' in the second-quarter results to allow the new boss to begin rebuilding the firm's fortunes.... Read more

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Richard T. Stuebi

If nuclear is not to be part of the energy solution of the future, then there will be other costs/risks to bear, some of which could be very dramatic. And here's why.... Read more

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David Thorpe

Here's a question: in which country do you imagine that a police officer might say to a protestor who is trying to prevent an offshore gas/oil drilling exploration, “I have your last breath in my hands”?... Read more

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Lucas Reijnders

We take the green credentials of nano-TiO2 cleaning agents for a test ride and arrive at some surprising results!... Read more

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Geoffrey Styles

Overly-reactive policies focused on the Macondo spill and the political opportunity it presents risk misallocating our priorities and creating a legacy that would make our long-term energy situation even... Read more

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Geoffrey Styles

If the Congress is serious about enhancing United States' energy security, then it should focus its efforts on reining in consumption, rather than erecting further barriers to oil produced internally or... Read more

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Lou Grinzo

Climate scientists under attack from alleged US rightwing elements following the infamous University of East Anglia emails leak.... Read more

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Kurt Cobb

When most people think of fossil fuel supplies, they think in terms of barrels of oil, cubic feet of natural gas and tons of coal. But in evaluating how much energy in the form of finite fossil fuels the... Read more

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Marc Gunther

Do we turn it into cheap sugars that make people fat or use it to produce biofuels that will help reduce the US’s dependence on Middle East oil, improve our balance of payments and create jobs instead... Read more

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