Norway’s $900 billion fund will stop investing in coal
Norway's Parliament has agreed that their sovereign energy fund should divest from investments in coal in an attempt to mitigate ...
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This fire in Australia has been burning for 6000 years
Some fires are big enough to see from outer space, others burn for a very long time, but from what ...
Electron Beams might reduce NOx (smog) emissions in coal plants and cut costs
With the EPA setting stricter guidelines for NOx emissions fired by coal plants, the industry is now in a position ...
Since 2003 Coal consumption has increased 9x faster than Wind energy and 40x than Solar
Some of us like to think that the energy needs of the future will be supplied by clean and renewable ...
Stanford stops investing in coal companies
Following a recommendation of Stanford's Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility and Licensing, the Board of Trustees announced that Stanford will not ...
Water demand for energy to double by 2035
Water and energy are two of the things we pretty much take for granted - but we shouldn't. Water is ...
Coal energy slowly becoming more expensive than wind
I recently came across a great article written in the Washington Post which really gives some insight about the economics ...
300 million year old fossilized forest discovered under coal mine in China
[caption id="attachment_11717" align="alignright" width="250" caption="A reconstruction of the 300-million-year-old peat-forming forest at a site near Wuda, China. (c) University of ...