OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government has asked oil and gas firm Statoil to conduct new studies on carbon storage on the Norwegian continental shelf, the firm said on Monday.
Hydro dam boom threatens a third of the world's freshwater fish
One third of the world’s freshwater fish are at risk if dozens of large hydroelectric dams are built in the Amazon, Congo and Mekong basins, aquatic ecologists have warned.
'Flying wind mills' and nuclear waste: The future of energy?
Several startups are investigating approaches to tapping wind energy at high altitudes. Altaeros Energies, for example, is building wind turbines inside helium gas-filled industrial blimps that are tethered to the ground to generate electricity.
SaskPower pushes reset on Boundary Dam carbon capture and storage plant
SaskPower says that an extended maintenance shut down at Boundary Dam’s power station this fall was just what the doctor ordered for its ailing carbon capture and storage plant.
Canadians can prosper from environmental action
Canada headed to the United Nations climate change conference with a $2.5-billion fund to help developing countries reduce their carbon output and $300 million more to develop clean technologies here at home.
Negligible impact of Paris climate promises
A new peer-reviewed paper by Dr. Bjorn Lomborg published in the Global Policy journal measures the actual impact of all significant climate promises made ahead of the Paris climate summit.
UK scraps £1 billion CCS funding in budget cull
The UK, as part of government-wide spending cuts announced Wednesday, scrapped plans to award up to £1 billion ($1.5 billion) to kickstart CCS, putting two advanced projects in doubt and dealing a severe blow to the nascent technology’s future in Europe. - See more at: http://carbon-pulse.com/12513/#sthash.HC438r2V.dpuf
