Environment

Crude

South Sudan Ignores Reports on Oil Pollution, Birth Defects

The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy met…

German Energy Leaders Seek Federal Support for Low Carbon Transition

A leading German energy association and regional energy minister both called for increased German federal support in meeting the country’s decarbonisation goal…

Brexit Day: The Great Green Gamble Begins

Whether you regard the prospect as exciting or terrifying, the UK is embarking on an uncertain journey outside the EU - the consequences for the environment and…

‘Enhanced’ Environment Bill returns to UK Parliament

The UK Government has introduced a new enhanced Environmental Bill into Parliament.

Thermal Plant

Ghana to Construct 400KW Waste-to-Energy Plant

Ghana is set to construct a 400KW hybrid waste-to-energy power plant to treat urban solid waste in the country. Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of …

Coal Company

​Coal India to Follow Environmental And Sustainable Standards

The miner's comment came after the CAG of India, in a report, said that six, out of seven coal producing subsidiaries of CIL, did not formulate environmental po…

Japan Minister Seeks Review of Coal-fired Plant in Vietnam

In the face of international pressure regarding the building of coal-fired power plants, Japan's environment minister on Friday called on the government to reco…

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Geothermal Energy Pros And Cons

Geothermal energy pros and cons are a very hot talking point in expert circles. Environmentally friendly and quite efficient, this method of producing power has…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Sunflower Electric Abandons Proposed Kansas 895MW Coal Power Plant

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. on Wednesday abandoned its proposed coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas after nearly 15 years of pushing for the project, …

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Thermoelectric Materials Lead to Cleaner Energy

Thermoelectric materials have long held the potential to provide clean alternatives for current energy sources. Efficient energy sources are becoming crucial du…

Nuclear Fuel

Radioactive Fukushima Waste Destined For Pacific?

The government of Japan looks likely to proceed with a controlled ocean-release of radioactive wastewater associated with the Fukushima disaster, a move critici…

New Technique Could Accelerate Waste-to-Methane Production

In a recent study, environmental engineering master's student Bappi Chowdhury and his colleagues found that adding conductive materials to the waste products co…

High Efficiency Heating Solutions That Saves Money And The Environment

Imagine a world where you no longer have to get up in the night to put another log on the fire. A world where being kind to the environment doesn’t have to com…

Trump Moves to Overhaul the National Environmental Policy Act

The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled significant changes to the nation's landmark environmental law that would make it easier for federal agencies to a…