World energy issues monitor 2024
In a world where the demands for secure, affordable and sustainable energy are ever-increasing, global and national energy systems are showing signs of deficiencies and strains everywhere. There is an
In a world where the demands for secure, affordable and sustainable energy are ever-increasing, global and national energy systems are showing signs of deficiencies and strains everywhere. There is an
Business leaders from some of the world's biggest companies recently called for water, energy and climate change to be linked in global negotiations, such as the international climate talks due to culminate in Copenhagen in December.
US lawmakers will pass major energy legislation, possibly including measures to address climate change, by the end of this year, a top White House official said on Sunday. "I do know this, at the end of this first year of Congress there will be an energy bill on the president's desk," White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."
India is emerging as a key player in exercising influence over the global climate change initiatives, and no significant global reduction of green house emissions can be attained without active Indian participation.
The government will get a $155 million loan from the Asian Development Bank to help improve and expand its electricity services. The work will focus mainly on electric services to the poor and those in areas of conflict, the Asian Development Bank said.
By JAD MOUAWAD Published: April 7, 2009 The Obama administration wants to reduce oil consumption, increase renewable energy supplies and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the most ambitious transformation of energy policy in a generation.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday formally declared carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping gases to be pollutants that endanger public health and welfare, setting in motion a process that will lead to the regulation of the gases for the first time in the United States.
The government will get a $155 million loan from the Asian Development Bank to help improve and expand its electricity services. The work will focus mainly on electric services to the poor and those in areas of conflict, the Asian Development Bank said.
Spam is not just an irritant to receivers, it is also a threat to the environment with a huge carbon footprint, say researchers. A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m homes.
India is among those countries that report higher emissions per e-mail user The global annual energy used to transmit, process and filter spam e-mail could power 2.4 million homes or 3.1 million passenger cars, according to a study by security technology company McAfee.
The United States and Mexico agreed on Thursday on a new partnership to fight climate change and promote environmentally-friendly forms of energy production, they said in a joint statement.