News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 123
Critics Push to Stall New Obama “Social Cost of Carbon” Calculations
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (IPS) - The U.S. Department of Energy has announced it is accepting a petition from a conservative advocacy group critical of a recent substantial increase to official calculations of the so-called "social cost of carbon".
A Stark Choice: Extreme Heat or Dirty Fuels
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Aug 15 (IPS) - Two reports released Wednesday reveal the dangerous gap between science and politics. New climate research shows that extreme events such as the severe heat wave in the U.S. last year will double in 2020, increase 400 percent by 2040, and then get far worse without significant carbon reductions.
India and China Oil Palms Dangerously
- Inter Press Service
KOLKATA, India, Aug 11 (IPS) - When there is feasting in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, there could just be a connection between the celebrations and the fires on Indonesia's Sumatra Island that trigger frequent transboundary smog.
Govt, Energy Industry Accused of Suppressing Fracking Dangers
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 07 (IPS) - New signs have emerged in recent days which indicate that extreme measures are being taken in order to suppress evidence of the pernicious effects of the energy extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking".
New York Wants Your Potato Peels
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 06 (IPS) - Ask a random New Yorker what their city is famous for and "composting" is about as likely to make the list as "cheap housing" and "warm winters". But if it is up to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, this will soon change.
Alberta's Oil Sands Bring Jobs, Services and Despair
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 05 (IPS) - "First the bugs began to disappear," says Eriel Deranger, spokesperson for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation.
Geothermal Energy Stuck in a Hole in Switzerland
- Inter Press Service
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, Aug 05 (IPS) - An accident in a flagship project threatens the future of geothermal energy in Switzerland. The mishap that was followed by earthquakes has come as a warning that geothermal deep drilling still has a long way to go.
Ex-Envoy’s Account Clarifies Iran’s 2003 Nuclear Decision
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 30 (IPS) - Newly published recollections by the former French ambassador to Iran suggest that Iran was not running a covert nuclear weapons programme that it then decided to halt in late 2003, as concluded by U.S. intelligence in 2007.
Biochar Could “Turn Back Clock” on Climate
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 26 (IPS) - Even as policymakers around the world wrestle with how to cut future emissions of global greenhouse gases, some scientists and environmentalists are increasingly turning their attention to the carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere, trying to discern ways that this level can be efficiently and safely brought down.
Poland’s Shale Gas Bubble ‘Bursting’
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Jul 24 (IPS) - Since Jun. 3, inhabitants of the village Zurawlow in Grabowiec district in southeastern Poland have been occupying a field in their locality where the U.S. company Chevron plans to drill for shale gas. The farmers' resistance is just the latest blow to shale gas proponents in the country.
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