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Posted 10 weeks ago
Tar sands, the sub-prime loans of the oil industry? (Jeff McIntosh/The Associated Press)As sources of oil become harder to exploit, oil majors like BP and Shell could become increasingly reliant on sq
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Posted 11 weeks ago
Some experts say electric cars can be just as bad for the environment as traditional gas guzzlers. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)Many scientists and environmentalists agree that the benefits to the en
Posted 11 weeks ago
Some experts say electric cars can be just as bad for the environment as traditional gas guzzlers. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)Many scientists and environmentalists agree that the benefits to the en
Posted 12 weeks ago
With China and the U.S. resisting significant emissions cuts, are more drastic measures needed? (David Gray/Reuters)Reflecting heat back into space using artificial clouds and mirrors is one option fo
Posted 12 weeks ago
An advertising watchdog called ExxonMobil''s ad deceptive. (Mick Tsikas/Reuters)Natural gas is a cleaner burning fuel than coal and oil, and so companies invested in natural gas like to advertise that
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Posted 12 weeks ago
E.ON, a large German utility, is planning to build the first new coal-fired power plant in Britain in decades. But protesters say the initiative would be harmful to the environment because it will emi
Posted 16 weeks ago
This hazy view of the National Olympic Stadium in Beijing illustrates the need to cut emissions, but is the current trade in carbon offsets working? (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)These days you can readily
Posted 17 weeks ago
Earlier this year The Economist jokingly mourned how some energy-conscious steps developed in the 1970s, like a Japanese short-sleeved business suit, had failed to catch on. And as Guy Trebay writes t
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Posted 17 weeks ago
Following the success of a system called Velib' for sharing bikes, the city of Paris may introduce a system of car-sharing. The system, dubbed Autolib', is in early stages of planning but already is r
Posted 19 weeks ago
As Micheline Maynard and Caroline Brothers write today from the annual international air show in Farnborough, England, the buzzword this year is sustainability echoing as loud as the planes scr
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