Nearly Half of Electricity at UK Businesses Wasted During Off Hours Posted: 08 Feb 2012 03:00 AM PST Filed under: Energy News Ryue Nishiziwa?s Vertical Garden House Takes Root in Tokyo Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:00 PM PST Filed under: Energy News Cincinnati Explores 100% Renewable Energy Plan Posted: 07 …
Too Much Passenger Screening Is Making Airports Less Secure
Too Much Passenger Screening Is Making Airports Less Secure Ever stricter security measures in place in U.S. airports is making air travel less safe and airports more vulnerable, according to University of Illinois mathematics professor Sheldon H. Jacobson. Too many resources are spent screening passengers who pose little risk, which …
Nuclear power: too big to fail?
Japan’s nuclear future Monday 6 February 2012 Nuclear power: too big to fail? What is the future for nuclear power in the world after the Fukushima disaster? This is a question that is surely keeping a lot of people up at night across the globe. In industry as well as …
About That Hundred Years Of Nat Gas
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ THINGS-TO-THINK-ABOUT FRIDAY, January 27: * Better Buildings Budding * About That Hundred Years Of Nat Gas * There Is No Wind Turbine Syndrome Yesterday * The Study: The Celtic Tiger Builds A Smart Grid * Quick News, January 2: Private P.A.C.E.; …
Video: World’s tallest building could be a 24/7 Australian solar chimney
Video: World’s tallest building could be a 24/7 Australian solar chimney By Mark Halper | January 26, 2012, 8:34 AM PST Bad news for Dubai’s 829-meter high Burj Khalifa. It might lose its distinction as the world’s tallest building, if a bunch of hot air takes root as planned in …
Today’s Study: The What, Where And When Of Rare Earth Elements
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ Today At Newenergynews, January 23: * Today’s Study: The What, Where And When Of Rare Earth Elements * Quick News, January 23: That Wacky Nat Gas Price; A Solution For Bats In The Wind;First Solar’s Better Cdte Efficiency Sunday World, January …
London Stock Exchange – Occupied by Coal
London Stock Exchange – occupied by coal New analysis from Carbon Tracker endorsed by WWF shows how the growing number of coal mining companies listing in London exposes the financial market to a significant systemic risk. Investors tracking the FTSE AllShare Index are facing increasing efforts across the world to …
The Future We Want – Zero draft of the outcome document
I. Preamble/Stage Setting 1. We, the heads of State and Government, having met at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20-22 June 2012, resolve to work together for a prosperous, secure and sustainable future for our people and our planet. 2. We reaffirm our determination to free humanity from hunger and …
The Final Countdown
The final countdown Will it be Nabucco? Will it be South Stream? Both? Neither? You have heard the Nabucco versus South Stream debate being waged over the last few years about which new gas pipeline(s) will be built to serve Europe in its “Southern Corridor”. Well, we now (almost) have …
Patagonia Registers as First California Benefit Corporation
Patagonia Registers as First California Benefit Corporation After ‘Year of the Protester’, Business Leaders Embrace Positive Alternative Submitted by: B Lab/B Corporation SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 03 /CSRwire/ – Today, Patagonia became the first company in California to elect benefit corporation status. Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard led the largest group …