Environment

Oil&Gas Drilling

Ecuadorians Vote to End Oil Drilling in Parts of the Amazon

FILE - In this May 17, 2007, file photo, An aerial view of the Yasuni National Park, in Ecuador’s northeastern jungle. Ecuador’s government has issu…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Poland Launches Search for New Repository Site

Poland's Ministry of Climate and Environment is seeking municipalities interested in participating in the process of selecting a site for a new surface repo…

SMR

NRC completes Hermes environmental review

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on Kairos Power's application for a construction pe…

Geothermal Power Project

Geothermal Exploration Plans Underway at Saxony, Germany

Schneeberg in Saxony, Germany (source: Kimberly Vardeman / flickr, Creative Commons)The plan to explore for geothermal resources in the state of Saxony in Germa…

Geothermal Drilling

Columbia University Granted Landmark Geothermal Drilling Permit in New York

Columbia University has been granted a permit to drill a closed-loop geothermal test bore to a depth of 800 feet (243 meters) by the New York State Department o…

Geothermal Power Plant

Berlin, Germany to Expand Geothermal Drilling Program

Bundestag, Berlin, Germany (source: Herman / flickr, Creative Commons)The Deep Geothermal Energy Roadmap for the State of Berlin was presented during a Senate m…

Renewable Energy

Neoenergia, Iberdrola's Brazilian Subsidiary, Signs Its First Bilateral Green Loan With the Japanese Bank Mufg

The funding amount of 150 million reais (about EUR 28 million) will be used for projects aligned with environmental, social and governance parameters to improve…

Geothermal Power Project

Fast-Track Consenting Approved for Taheke Geothermal Project, New Zealand

Taheke is located at the Northern end of Lake Rotoiti in New Zealand (source: Eastland Generation)New Zealand’s Minister for the Environment has approved …

Coal Production

Turkey Approves New Coal Mining to Feed Power Plants

Police used water cannon and teargas against local people and environmental activists who protested against the destruction of the Akbelen forest in Turkey&rsqu…

Nuclear Reactor

Final Environmental Assessment Issued for US Reactor Experiment

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a final environmental assessment and draft finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the design, construction,…

Net Zero

Government of Canada Releases Framework for Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Steven Guilbeault, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, released the Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies Government of Canada Self‑Review A…

Offshore Wind Power

Capital Energy Puts 1,500 MW of Wind Power Up for Sale in Spain

Capital Energy has put up for sale a portfolio of more than 1,500 megawatts (MW) of wind projects in an advanced stage of development in Spain.These projects, w…

Geothermal Power Project

Geothermal Energy in Belize's Clean Energy Future

Belize, a small country located on the northeastern coast of Central America, is making significant strides towards a clean energy future. The nation is known f…

Power Construction

US working on power plant standards for energy transition: US EPA head

Micheal Regan, Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency | Photo Credit: US Environmental Protection Agency websiteMicheal Regan, the Administrato…

Oil Pipeline

Venture Global LNG's Calcasieu Pass 2 Project Gets Final U.S. Environmental Nod

Venture Global LNG's proposed Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) project in Louisiana on Friday received the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) envi…