According to Shell, ALEC’s stance on climate change “is clearly inconsistent with our own.”
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Ditching oil would hugely increase electricity demand. Here’s why that’s a good thing for the environment.
When oil prices collapsed in the 1980s, most large renewable energy programs were dismantled. But that won’t happen this time.
The collapse in global oil prices is good for the climate, and clean energy. Big Oil has put Arctic drilling on hold because it no longer makes economic sense....
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World’s first power-to-liquids production plant opened in Dresden
A Power-to-Liquids demonstration rig which is the first of its kind in the world was officially inaugurated on 14 November by Dresden-based sunfire GmbH.
The IEA’s renowned Chief Economist Fatih Birol notes that governments in particular have to take action to actively transform energy supply and end use.
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Massive write-downs of reserves show California shale boom to be mirage
EIA is downgrading its estimate of the oil reserves in California's Monterey Shale from 13.7 billion barrels to 600 million barrels — a 96% decrease.
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Masdar, Abu Dhabi and the future of our global energy system
Abu Dhabi's ventures into sustainability are built on oil riches, which the country is not prepared to give up - a hypocrisy shared by many other nations.
Study shows 694 of the 699MW new electricity capacity added in US in October came from renewable sources; 5MW from oil.
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Wave powered oil rigs? Aust renewables start-up taps fossil fuel market
AquaGen unveils clean energy first: retrofittable wave power technology to transform floating oil rigs from energy consumers into energy absorbers.
