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U.S. Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement following the Senate’s votes on the Consumer First Energy Act (S. 3044) and the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (H.R. 6049). Both measures were blocked today.”Today, Senate Republicans turned a blind eye to the plight of America’s working families and our nation’s worsening dependence on […]

The computer you’re reading this article on might just be getting more electricity from renewable energy. That’s because a new, renewable energy power plant just started generating electricity earlier this week. The bio-mass power plant is located in eastern Arizona in the town of Snowflake. A bio-mass power plant takes materials that would normally be […]

Climate change campaigners hijacked a train carrying coal to Britain’s biggest power station at 8am this morning, swarming on to the roof of its 20 huge trucks.The 40 protesters stopped the regular delivery service to Drax in Yorkshire disguised as railway workers in yellow warning jackets and waving red flags, having read up on standard […]

Helping developing nations fight global warming and sharing views on soaring oil and food prices were among the topics on hand at a Group of Eight finance ministers’ meeting opening Friday.The two-day meeting also will address other global issues, including aid for Africa and possibly exchange rates, officials say.
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, one of […]

On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman concluded his weekend visit to Aomori, Japan where the energy ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized countries (G8) and from China, India and South Korea met to discuss ways to enhance global energy security while simultaneously combating global climate change. The G8 includes Canada, Russia, […]

Up to 7,000 wind turbines could be built off the coast, according to Government plans unveiled yesterday.The £80billion proposal would see the equivalent of two turbines going up every day until 2020, making it one of the biggest engineering projects in recent history.
Ministers said the plans - which include a massive wind farm a few […]

Leaders at a summit on the world’s food crisis quickly laid out their disagreements on a key issue: how much the rush for environmentally friendly biofuels is contributing to soaring prices that are causing hunger and unrest worldwide.Most countries and international organizations meeting today at the Rome-based U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization cited multiple causes, […]

Speculators have filed applications to develop more than 1 million acres of desert in Southern California with solar, wind and geothermal power plants, setting up a classic clash over land use with environmentalists and off-road enthusiasts.They have submitted at least 130 proposals with the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees all of the territory, in […]

Nuclear power rather than renewable sources like the wind or sun are the best option for oil-rich Gulf Arab states to meet growing energy demands, especially if produced collectively, say regional experts.”Renewable energies are (playing) only a very small part in supplying even those who started (developing them) a long time ago,” Saudi Electricity Company […]

Australia’s solar energy industry might have received a big setback in the recent federal budget, but calls are mounting for the adoption of laws that will encourage more people to switch on to renewable energy sources.An international proponent of renewable energy says Australia has huge potential with regard to the use of solar power, as […]