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The Crisis in Energy Policy, by John M. Deutch, Harvard University Press, €22.50, $24.95. John Deutch has worked for 35 years on energy matters, as a government official, a university ...
Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale, by Tom Wilber, Cornell University Press, €20.95, $27.95. Nobody wants dead fish in ponds, contaminated drinking water that ...
The mineral-rich and once-beautiful area of Jharia is on fire. Literally. Incredible economic growth has increased the demand for energy. But the lethal tactics applied to extract this energy from Jharia’s ...
The Portable Light Project is a non-profit initiative led by MIT professor and practising architect, Sheila Kennedy, which produces adaptable solar textile kits that enable some of the world’s poorest people ...
Since 2001, a project has been underway to determine ‘alternative’ nuclear technologies, conducted by a large group of scientists from over 15 nations. The list of specifications is very demanding, but with ...
Indexes can serve as useful tools to compare many aspects of our lives. The ‘gross domestic product’ (GDP) calculates the wealth of states; the UN Development Program’s ‘human development index’ (HDI ...
“Artificial light in the environment must be considered a chronic impairment of habitat...While lamp efficiency and consideration of SPD (spectral power distribution) are significant accomplishments, true night sky friendly lighting can ...
What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power, Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Oxford University Press, £27 .50 It is one of the most common stories of mankind, to be repeated ...
The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities, Austin Troy, Yale University Press, £25.00/$28.00/20,00 € In his new book Austin Troy shows how ...
February 6-8 in Doha, Quatar - In a three-day conference and exhibition, WaterWorld Middle East 2012 and POWER-GEN Middle East are showcasing the experts and companies who address ‘Challenging Power Solutions in Challenging ...
Check out if Portable Light Project is in The Top 100 NGOs 2013 Edition! Designing revolutionary solar textiles. Kit costs under $16. With 25 percent of the global population lacking electricity, the ...
The Asylum, Renegades Who Hijacked the World’s Oil Market Leah McGrath Goodman, Harper Collins, $27.99 From its home in lower Manhattan, the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) –the world’s ...
The Assembly of European Regions is organizing a conference on “The Road to Rio: Regions Building the Green Economy” in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 7th, 2012. Geneva is the chosen city for ...
The French government has set the target of providing enough offshore wind capacity to power millions of homes. A consortium led by Iberdrola, a leading Spanish energy company, has announced (January 12 ...
Abu Dhabi once again welcomed the delegates of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) on January 16. This three-day gathering represents an annual meeting of energy sector experts, committed to the global ...
Take away what people need to live - food, water, shelter and gasoline - and there's bound to be trouble. The government of Nigeria has learned this the hard way after it decided ...
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