Energy

Do we know enough to ensure safe Arctic drilling?

- If we must open the Arctic Ocean to oil and gas development we should at least do it in a way that doesn't harm wildlife, but the signs don't look good.

Posted on May 15th, 2012
Biodiversity, Energy

Europe Looks to North America’s Forests to Meet Renewable Energy Goals

Piles of wood chips bound for European biomass energy stations. Credit RWEOriginally Published by IEEE Spectrum - U.S. forests are fast becoming a crucial energy supply for European power producers seeking to meet the European Union’s goal for renewable energy use and carbon emissions reductions.

Posted on May 7th, 2012
Ecosystems, Energy

Wind farms can cause climate change, finds new study

Wind farms can cause a rise in temperature, found a study in Nature. Photo: AlamyOriginally Published by The Telegraph - A new study shows wind farms can raise the local temperature over the course of time.

Posted on April 30th, 2012
Climate, Energy

Snails in a Race for Biological Energy Harvesting

Photo of a snail attached to diodes. Photo: Clarkson UniversityOriginally Published by IEEE Spectrum - When implanted in Neohelix albolabris snails and immersed in the snails’ blue, bloodlike hemolymph, a new diode produced a steady supply of energy over a period of months.

Posted on April 29th, 2012
Biodiversity, Energy

Concrete Degradation at New Hampshire, Nuclear Plant

- The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has released a report about potentially serious concrete degradation at the Seabrook nuclear power plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire.

Posted on April 29th, 2012
Energy

Liquid Solar Cells Can Be Painted Onto Surfaces

The liquid solar cells can be applied to a glass slide. (Credit: Dietmar Quistorf/USC)Originally Published by ScienceDaily - Scientists at USC have developed a potential pathway to cheap, stable solar cells made from nanocrystals so small they can exist as a liquid ink and be painted or printed onto clear surfaces.

Posted on April 27th, 2012
Energy, Technology

Shell leak ’60 times bigger than it claimed’

Oil polluted waters in Nigeria. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/GettyOriginally Published by The Guardian - As the company faces a lawsuit by residents, an assessment by a US oil spill consultancy casts doubt on Shell's estimate of the Nigerian leak

Posted on April 24th, 2012
Disasters, Energy

In the City, Bright is the New Black

Satellite image of a city. Credit: NASAOriginally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - Surface temperatures in the city can rival the desert. White or "green" rooftops can change that.

Posted on April 21st, 2012
Earth Observation, Energy

Europe Pledges Hundreds of Millions to Sustainable Energy for All

Solar panel installed at Latrikunda, The Gambia (Photo by Nils Elzenga / NICE) Originally Published by ENS - The European Commission, the EU's executive branch of government, has undertaken to support sustainable energy services to 500 million people in poorer countries by 2030.

Posted on April 20th, 2012
Energy, Politics

The other Bakken boom: America’s biggest oil rush brings tribal conflict

Image of construction on the Bakken development. Credit: Sierra Crane-Murdoch Originally Published by HCN - North Dakota's Three Affiliated Tribes have long wanted a stake in the state's occasional oil booms, but the size, scope and speed of the Bakken development caught them completely unprepared.

Posted on April 18th, 2012
Energy

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