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Shell Eco-Marathon Fuel Efficiency Race Kicks Off in Houston
Student efficient car designers line up with their vehicles Friday at Shell Eco-marathon, Houston.More than 1,100 students from 112 schools in the United States and four other countries converged on the U.S. energy capital this weekend to show it’s...
Shell Suspends Arctic Drilling for 2013
The troubles that roiled Shell’s rig, the Kulluk, off the coast of Alaska this past winter will reverberate through the summer; the oil company announced it would not seek to drill in U.S. Arctic waters in 2013. (Related: “In Kulluk’s Wake, Deeper...
A123 Deal Ignites Debate Over China, Energy
News that China’s largest auto parts maker is seeking a controlling stake in one of the most heralded U.S. green technology companies, A123 Systems, has quickly ignited into a debate on national security and the energy future.Of course, the Obama...
At Rio, Corporations Pledge While Nations Demur on Climate Action. But Is It Enough?
Delegates gathered this week in Rio de Janeiro at the 20th anniversary of the historic Earth Summit affirmed that climate change “requires urgent and ambitious action,” in an agreement that commits them to no new steps toward meeting that goal...
Fossil-Fuel Subsidies: Why We Crunched The Numbers
Something crucial was missing from the first-ever global inventory of tax breaks for oil companies and other fossil-fuel subsidies when the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released it last fall. The report ...
A Closer Look at Cities As An Energy Solution
/p>Hubert Klumpner, co-founder of the Urban Think Tank in Zurich, Switzerland and Sao Paulo, Brazil, discusses the challenge and promise of cities in addressing global resource stresses, at the Powering Progress business forum Wednesday in Rotterdam...
