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The issue of energy access is going to be front and center at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) in June.
energyNOW! Anchor Thalia Assuras sits down for an exclusive one-on-one interview with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to discuss pressing energy and environmental issues, including the EPA study on hydraulic fracturing and upcoming greenhouse-gas regulations for power plants.
Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) released a statement updating the progress being made on its emissions plan for the Boardman Power Plant. The company implemented its 2020 plan last year to reduce the carbon emitted by its 630 MW coal-fired plant located in Boardman, Oregon. As part of the plan, PGE has agreed to cease using coal at Boardman entirely by 2020.
People are quick to point out that solar panels have a carbon footprint which enthusiasts often tend to forget about. Even though this is true, research shows a solar panel's carbon footprint is at least 20 times smaller than that of coal.
The European Union installed more new wind power capacity in 2009 than any other electricity-generating technology, according to a new analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Fully 39% of all new capacity installed last year in the E
A new report released by the National Research Council explores the "hidden" costs of various energy sources.
Enhanced Oil Resources Inc. (TSX-V: EOR) is partnering with GreenFire Energy to evaluate the potential for CO2-based geothermal power production in the St. Johns Dome area -- in Arizona and New Mexico.
Twelve executives from multinational corporations called yesterday for international aid to help clean technologies replace fossil fuels.
A report commissioned by Greenpeace has stated the United States could be coal and nuclear power free by 2050.
