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Feeding the globe's insatiable energy appetite is a highly dangerous business. And, unfortunately, events like the BP oil spill are not once-in-a-generation freak accidents. Here, we take a look at the biggest energy-related accidents in 2011.
A recent survey conducted by Insightrix Research, Inc. has found that only 2% of Canadians believe climate change is not taking place.
Canadian scientists are taking to the streets in protest of the Harper government's latest cuts to scientific research and its increasingly backward environmental policies.
Despite all the political rhetoric, the bottom line hasn't changed: carbon emissions are increasing in every corner of the planet. This is largely due to the fact that the global economy is so unequivocally tied to fossil fuel consumption.
Enbridge, the increasingly embattled Canadian energy company, has purchased First Solar's 50-megawatt Silver State North photovoltaic project in Nevada.
The Keystone XL pipeline saga took a new turn today in Cushing, Oklahoma. While in Cushing, President Obama announced a new Executive Order on Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects.
On Friday, the United States Department of Agriculture rolled out two new funding programs which it hopes will both increase the production of advanced biofuels and also promote the use of renewable energy to create the biofuel.
This year's State of the Union address will be given by President Barack Obama this evening The speech represents the only time the President speaks to Congress in a joint session. As a result, it has become an influential annual benchmark for Americans.
Stocks were up nearly 2% in mid-afternoon trading for TransCanada Corporation after the company announced its entrance into the the solar photovoltaic (PV) generation market.
Valero Energy Corporation, the nation’s largest independent oil refiner and a leading ethanol producer, and New Hampshire-based biofuels company Mascoma Corporation have launched a joint venture to build a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in the town of Kinross on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
