Renewable Energy
by Janet L. Sawin on March 13, 2008 Last year was a banner year for renewable energy in the United States,
especially for the wind industry.
by Ben Block on March 6, 2008 On Tuesday, the European Union formalized
its pledge to participate in the Methane
to Markets Partnership, the world’s largest exchange of methane-based
energy resources.
by Janet L. Sawin on March 3, 2008 Investing in renewables is no
longer just about “doing the right thing” and being green, but also about making green.
by Christopher Flavin on February 13, 2008 Two studies published in the journal Science last week have reinforced
the urgency of moving quickly to a second generation of biofuels.
The gist of the two reports? Clearing
land for biofuel crops is a
bad idea.
by Raya Widenoja on February 4, 2008 The new U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), signed into law
last month as part of the revised Energy Bill,
sets high goals for the U.S.
biofuels industry.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— In 2006, China burned more than twice as much coal as any other country, according to a Vital Signs Update released today by the Worldwatch Institute.
Authors: Eric Martinot and Li Junfeng
November 2007
ISBN 13: 978-1-878071-83-5
Paperback
50 pages
China’s need for secure, affordable,
and environmentally sustainable
energy for its 1.3 billion people is
palpable. In 2006, China’s energy use
was already the second highest in the world,
having nearly doubled in the last decade, and
its electricity use is growing even faster, having
doubled since 2000. With both energy-intensive
industry and high-tech manufacturing,
China now serves as factory to the world.
by Janet Sawin on November 12, 2007 The first oil field developed in the resource-rich Persian Gulf region was the Awali oil field in Bahrain, discovered in 1932, several years before the Saudis began pumping their own oil.
by Janet Sawin on October 31, 2007 In July, Germany’s Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety released a draft progress report on the country’s Renewable Energy Sources Act.
|
|
Shopping Cart
