Judge advances global warming lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge has advanced a lawsuit against the government over its funding of overseas projects that environmental groups claim contribute to climate change. The lawsuit, filed by environmental groups and four U.S. cities, claims that the overseas projects will harm the U.S. environment because the effects of global warming will be […]

April Uranium Price Outlook: US$110/Pound

In the month end report of TradeTech Nuclear energy provides about 16 percent of global electricity needs and about 20 percent of electricity needs in the United States. The scarcity of available uranium inventory has caused prices to soar over the past six years by more than 1100 percent. The spot uranium price has more […]

Worries over global warming to boost

OSLO: Three decades after former US President Jimmy Carter experimented with solar panels on the White House roof, grim UN warnings about climate change may kick-start wider global use of renewable energy. Governments from Japan to Germany are already subsidising energies such as wind, hydro, biofuels, geothermal, solar or tidal power, spurred by worries about […]

Russian company to build Saudi pipeline

DHARAN (UPI) — A subsidiary of Russia’s national energy company has signed a $100 million contract for construction of an oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia. Stroytransgaz, which operates Gazprom’s construction business, worked out final details of the agreement Saturday with Saudi Aramco in Dharan, the Novosti news agency reported. Ali al-Ajmi, vice president of Saudi […]

Poor Nations to Bear Brunt as World Warms

The world Next Friday, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations body that since 1990 has been assessing global warming, will underline this growing climate divide, according to scientists involved in writing it

Energy saving device hits Nigerian market

Powerboss, an electronic device that has the capability to reduce power (energy) consumption by 40 per cent, has been introduced into the Nigerian market. The product, manufactured in the United Kingdom by Somar International Limited, was formally introduced to industrialists and the Nigerian community at Sheraton Hotel in Lagos yesterday. The product is brought into […]

Firms fail to adapt to climate change

While more companies are committing to reduce their share of greenhouse gases, plans to adapt to changing weather patterns are further behind, said Chris West, UKCIP’s director: ‘It’s a second response for many people. Because the climate change signal is arising out of a sea of [statistical] noise people are slow to rise to the […]

Climate change ‘could create 200m refugees’

Equatorial lands that are home to hundreds of millions of people will become uninhabitable as food and water run out due to climate change, scientists will warn this week. A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to be published on Friday, will warn that the temperature rises of 2-3C predicted by 2050 […]

Ethanol makers slam report

A group representing biofuel manufacturers disputes a report that suggests the federal government’s massive investments in ethanol won’t dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The study, by Frederic Forge of the Library of Parliament’s science and technology division, says regulations to promote biofuels will have “relatively minor impact” on reducing greenhouse emissions across Canada.The association says […]

The way forward: pre-combustion CO2 capture from biogas

The main obstacle to the commercial viability of CCS is the high cost of capturing the carbon dioxide gas. The other costs associated with integrated CCS-systems, such as geological assessments of potential storage sites, CO2 transport and injection, and monitoring and measuring stored carbon dioxide, are relatively low. Several carbon capture technologies exist, only one […]

Americana in Montreal

The province of Quebec, recently dubbed by Al Gore as “the conscience of Canada on the environment,” was host to the 7th biennial “Americana International Environmental Technology Trade Show and Conference” at the Palais de Congres in downtown Montreal. With nearly 10,000 participants and more than 400 exhibitors, this event has become one of the […]

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