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New Oil Spill in Brazil

March 16, 2012 by Antonio Pasolini
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Image Credit: NASA

A fresh oil spill off the Brazilian coasts highlights once again the environmental dangers of offshore drilling. [read more]

What’s So Bad About Exporting Gasoline?

January 9, 2012 by Robert Rapier
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One of my Top 10 Energy Stories of 2011 was the fact that the U.S. had become a net exporter of finished petroleum products such as diesel and gasoline. In fact, because gasoline and diesel prices were so high, fuel exports were valued at $88 billion, which made them the top value export in 2011 for the first time ever: [read more]

Climate, Insurance & the Next Financial Meltdown

January 5, 2012 by Marc Gunther
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Well-to-do Brazilians are buying up luxury condos on the beach in Miami, The Times reported last week. “They are taking Miami by storm,” one real estate executive declared. It’s an unfortunate metaphor. [read more]

The Brazil Spill

December 16, 2011 by Geoffrey Styles
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Late yesterday I saw a headline reporting that Chevron was being assessed more than $10 billion for a spill from its drilling activities offshore Brazil last month. The story was later revised to clarify that the amount in question was associated with a civil lawsuit being filed by a Brazilian prosecutor, rather than an actual fine by... [read more]

Durban: Putting the Dust into the Dustbin of History?

December 8, 2011 by A Siegel
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This guest post, from Heather Libby in Durban, South Africa, provides a window in thinking as to the gap between the negotiating halls and people suffering from climate chaos a few miles away, the gap between putting happy faces on a problem and choosing to address climate change in a way to reduce its catastrophic impacts.... [read more]

This Week in Energy: Gasification, China, Brazil, KiOR

October 14, 2011 by Robert Rapier
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This Week in Energy is a weekly round-up of news making headlines in the world of energy. The purpose is to stimulate discussion on energy issues. Community members should feel free to turn these into open thread energy discussions. Suggestions and news tips are welcome. [read more]

Biofuels' Potential to Transform the Global Economy

August 1, 2011 by John Daly
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Slowly but surely, an extraordinarily important new industry is slowly taking shape, with the potential to transform the global economy.After years of existing largely as an environmentalist's fantasy, commercial production of biofuels for the world civil aviation industry is slowly becoming a fact, with production starting up across... [read more]

Key Actions Leaders Must Take Before the 2012 Earth Summit

June 6, 2011 by Jake Schmidt
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Carbon pollution from fossil fuel use reached the highest level yet in 2010, according to the International Energy Agency.  So should we throw up our hands?  No, this is a wake-up call that countries need to significantly speed up the pace of their action to reduce emissions.  And when they come to the Earth Summit in Rio... [read more]

Arguing With the Numbers

March 8, 2011 by Geoffrey Styles
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Over the weekend I read a remark in one of the Wall St. Journal's political columns that resonated with an implicit theme of this blog since its inception in early 2004. In her discussion of the budget crises facing various states and the debates concerning how to resolve them, Peggy Noonan highlighted the benefits of focusing on the... [read more]

The Global Pursuit for Nuclear Fuel

February 9, 2011 by Dan Yurman
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Brazil plans expansion to uranium enrichment Brazil plans to invest $1.8 billion to expand its capability to enrich uranium for commercial nuclear reactors.  A conservative estimates is this level of investment could add at least 1-1.5 million SWU/year to its production rate. Brazilian Energy minister Edisao Labao told local news... [read more]

Brazil talks turkey with France, and so does Turkey

January 24, 2011 by Dan Yurman
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When it comes to new nuclear reactor contracts, where you sit in world diplomacy matters Brazil and Turkey are two nations with growing economies that want nuclear energy to provide carbon emission free electricity for their factories, cities, and to support them as regional exporters of power to their neighbors. Both nations are talking... [read more]

Reactors rising globally outside of Asia

January 13, 2011 by Dan Yurman
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New builds advance in UAE, Brazil, and Switzerland In December it became abundantly clear that the nuclear renaissance does exist outside of Asia. Progress was reported in the Middle East, South America, and Europe. There was even some movement of sorts in the U.S. The UAE and Brazil have in common the need for electricity to power... [read more]

China’s State Grid Announces $1 Billion Investment in Brazil

January 3, 2011 by Elizabeth Campbell
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On December 21, 2010, China’s State Grid announced a $1 billion investment in Brazil, buying 7 Brazilian power transmission companies. What is State Grid, why is State Grid investing in Brazil, and why does the investment matter? What is State Grid? State Grid is China’s largest transmission and distribution company; according to State... [read more]

Guns, Garbage and Gas: A Sampling of COP16 Side Events

December 9, 2010 by Hugh Bartling
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While most of my posts from Cancún have focused on the progress in the climate negotiations, that is only one element of the UN climate change conference. Each day there are dozens of side events where researchers and policymakers talk about specific responses to the climate crisis. This afternoon as the high level ministers delivered... [read more]

Progress on HFCs, the Super Greenhouse Gases? - Good News and Bad News from Bangkok

November 12, 2010 by nrdc switchboard
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This week the parties to the Montreal Protocol, the treaty that saved the ozone layer, met in Bangkok to consider what they can contribute to preventing climate change.  The good news from Bangkok, reflected in a declaration of 91 developed and developing countries (reprinted below), is growing support for curbing the powerful... [read more]