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A new study finds that research efforts at creating a hydrogen economy may be driven more by fantasy than sound science....

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Fauna & Flora International and the Portuguese partner, the League for the Protection of Nature (LPN) reflect back on the start of their efforts to save the worlds most critically endangered cat species...

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CLIMATE CHANGE

Good News for Himalayan Glaciers, Bad News for the IPCC

Thomas Schueneman

The good news (if fleeting) is that Himalayan Glaciers, while retreating like most glaciers across the globe, will still be intact in 2035. The bad news is that what I can only describe as an egregious...

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FUTURE ENERGIES

Venezuela May Yield Twice as Much Oil as was Thought.

Chris Rhodes

The Orinoco oil sands belt in Venezuela may yield 513 billion barrels of oil, or more than twice as much as was previously reckoned. Although this appears as around twice as much oil as Saudi Arabia has,...

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FUTURE ENERGIES

UK: using woodlands to cut emissions

Chris Goodall

An independent assessment commissioned by the UK Forestry Commission has proposed one way forward: a million new hectares devoted to woodland, generating a reduction of up to 15% of the UK emissions in...

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FUTURE ENERGIES

Prices of Various Energy Sources

Robert Rapier

As we continue to develop biomass as a renewable source of energy, it is important to keep the cost of energy in mind, because this has a very strong influence on the choices governments and individuals...

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