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
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.
Napa Valley CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 - Pearson Fuels, the largest distributor of E85 Flex Fuel in California, has announced a partnership to purchase Renewable Naphtha (RN) from World Energy, one of the largest and longest-serving low-ca
Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 - On a typical day at the world's biggest laser, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore, California, you can find scientists casually making star-like conditions using 192 high-powered lase
Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 - Grab a mixing bowl from your kitchen, throw in a handful of aluminum balls, apply some high voltage, and watch an elegant dance unfold where particles re-arrange themselves into a distinct crystal
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 - Fusion is a non-carbon-based process for energy production, where lighter atoms fuse into heavier ones. Fusion reactors operate by confining a soup of charged particles, known as a plasma, within
Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 - To understand the fundamental nature of our universe, scientists would like to build particle colliders that accelerate electrons and their antimatter counterparts (positrons) to extreme energies (u
Cambridge UK (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 - A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an 'artificial leaf' that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and which could eventually be used to de
Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 - Imagine grabbing carbon dioxide from car exhaust pipes and other sources and turning this main greenhouse gas into fuels like natural gas or propane: a sustainability dream come true. Several
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
Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 - To create a practical fusion energy reactor, researchers need to control particles known as fast ions. These speedy ions, which are electrically charged hydrogen atoms, provide much of the self-heat
Manchester UK (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 - Researchers from The University of Manchester are using synthetic biology to explore a more efficient way to produce the next generation of bio-based jet fuels - partly made from a type of bacteria
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.
Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 - Assembly of the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX) at Los Alamos National Laboratory is well underway with the installation of 18 of 36 plasma guns in an ambitious approach to achieving controlled nuclea
Riyadh (AFP) Oct 22, 2019 - US Defence Secretary Mark Esper discussed strategic cooperation with Saudi King Salman Tuesday, days after Washington ordered thousands of soldiers to the kingdom as tensions fester with Iran.
