Sao Paulom, Brazil (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 - The use of sugarcane leaves, known as trash or straw, to produce electricity and second-generation (2G) ethanol has been advocated as a means of increasing bioenergy generation without expanding cro
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 - More than 155 researchers and students - the largest delegation from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in recent years - attended the 61st annual meeti
New York (AFP) Oct 30, 2019 - Former US secretary of state Rex Tillerson denied in court Wednesday that oil and gas giant ExxonMobil had downplayed the financial costs of mitigating climate change to mislead investors.
La Mede, France (AFP) Oct 29, 2019 - Greenpeace activists on Tuesday blocked the entrance to a refinery in southern France where oil giant Total uses controversial palm oil to produce biofuel.
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 - Ballard Power Systems reports it has received a purchase order for 9 of its FCveloCity-HD 100 kilowatt (kW) fuel cell modules from Anglo American's platinum business, the world's largest platinum gr
Chittagong, Bangladesh (AFP) Oct 27, 2019 - An oil spill on a river in southeast Bangladesh has threatened the breeding ground of the critically endangered Ganges dolphin, environmentalists said Sunday, describing it as a major disaster for the mammal.
Evanston IL (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 - Single-use plastics might have more inherent value than you think. Researchers have developed a new method for upcycling abundant, seemingly low-value plastics into high-quality liquid product
Durham NC (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 - The ongoing transition from coal to natural gas and renewables in the U.S. electricity sector is dramatically reducing the industry's water use, a new Duke University study finds. While most
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 - Plastics pervade almost every aspect of modern life, but once they have served their purpose, it's tough to get rid of them. That's because the polymers degrade very slowly in landfills or the envir
Paris (AFP) Oct 25, 2019 - Offshore wind could become Europe's largest single source of electricity and its use for power generation is set to increase 15-fold worldwide by 2040, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday.
New York (AFP) Oct 25, 2019 - The US state of Massachusetts on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing oil giant ExxonMobil of misleading investors on the impacts of climate change, following similar litigation in New York.
Arlington VA (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 - The Air Force Office of Scientific Research congratulates John B. Goodenough, professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, for recently being awarded the Nob
Paris (AFP) Oct 24, 2019 - The five biggest publicly listed oil and gas companies and trade groups representing them spent more than 250 million euros lobbying the European Union to influence climate action since 2010, environmental groups said Thursday.
Paris (AFP) Oct 23, 2019 - The five biggest publicly listed oil and gas companies and trade groups representing them spent more than 250 million euros lobbying the European Union to influence climate action since 2010, environmental groups said Thursday.
Nanterre, France (AFP) Oct 23, 2019 - Six NGOs said Wednesday that they had filed a lawsuit against the French energy giant Total over an oil field project in Uganda, accusing it of failing to avert disastrous impacts for local residents and biodiversity.
Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 - Researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego have demonstrated a new approach for injecting microwaves into a fusion plasma that doubles the efficiency of a critical technique tha
