A shiny new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is set to open in the Polish port of Swinoujscie next year. Three-thousand kilometers to the east, Chinese President Xi Jinping leap-frogged across Central […]
A Resource Superpower on the Verge of Total Failure
I had a notable conversation a few months back with a friend regarding doing business in India.He remarked that unlike many places in the world, corruption and bureaucracy here have gotten worse. […]
The End of Cheap Water? – State of the Planet
Across the country, Americans are paying more for water than they did a decade ago, even as water utilities fall into debt and water infrastructure deteriorates, according to a recently released Columbia […]
The numbers don’t add up to U.S. energy independence
Energy independence sounds good, and that’s why politicians and oil company executives love to say the words. It’s so easy to say, but oh so hard to actually accomplish, which is why […]
Global Hydropower Set To Exceed $75 Billion Through To 2020
A new report recently published by analyst firm GlobalData has predicted that global cumulative hydropower installed capacity is expected to increase from 1,064 GW last year to 1,407 GW in 2020, and […]
Study: No Long-Term Climate Benefit From Shale Gas Revolution
Claims that shale gas will significantly reduce US carbon emissions are based on hand-waving and wishful thinking. That’s because those claims assume natural gas is replacing coal only, rather than some combination […]
Impacts of Shutting Down Most US Coal Power, Part 2
Developing EPA regulations can substantially reduce future and eventually current Coal Power Plants’ carbon emissions. What are the more optimal solutions to minimizing costs and maximizing benefit impacts of shutting down most […]
Super-large-scale solar installations are surging in the US
Don’t write Big Solar off yet. With the plunge in photovoltaic panel prices, US utilities that once enthusiastically signed deals for massive solar power plants to be built in the desert began […]
China’s northeast hit by air pollution so bad “you can’t see your own fingers in front of you”
It’s getting colder in China, which means firing up the coal plants and turning the atmosphere into a toxic sauna. And it’s not surprising that China’s first major “airpocalypse” of this winter […]
The solar revolution is being fought by the middle class
American utility executives worry that the solar boom will cost them revenue as homeowners generate their own electricity. Some have depicted solar enthusiasts as green elites who will saddle their less wealthy […]
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