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UN Secretary-General: ‘Energy poverty must end’
Ban announces sustainable energy plan goals: universal access to modern energy services; doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency; and doubling the percentage of renewable energy currently in the global mix.
China, South Korea Affirm Commitment to Nuclear at Energy Summit
Speaking at the opening ceremony of World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi on Monday morning, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik each independently reaffirmed their country’s commitment to nuclear power
Top 11 Environmental Cartoons of 2011 – Mean Joe Green
Bears on Breastfeeding. The Earth on Tim DeChrstopher. Michelle Bachmann on what Americans want. Mean Joe green’s top eleven cartoons of 2011 will keep you entertained…until next year.
Trash Gas For Trash Trucks
A typical American throws out about four pounds of trash per day, or more than 240 million tons every year. Most of that garbage winds up in landfills and releases methane as it decomposes. But what if that gas could be harnessed as a clean energy source for vehicles?
energyNOW! correspondent Peter Standring visited a California landfill to see how one waste disposal company is turning trash from landfills into clean-burning fuel for trash trucks.
Massive Battery System Captures The Wind
One of the biggest challenges facing wind energy is intermittency. Wind often blows strongest when power demand is lowest, and weakest when electricity is needed the most.
But what if wind farms could store the power that isn’t needed right away and sell it later when demand is high? Check out an energy storage system built alongside a wind farm in the heart of coal country.
