Japanese Scientists Become First to Extract “Fire Ice” (Methane Hydrate) Into A Usable Energy Source

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2292555/Japanese-breakthrough-country-extract-fuel-ice-reserves-locked-beneath-coast.html Japan becomes the first country to unravel the mystery of ‘Fire ice’, unlocking the world’s ‘next major energy resource’ Methane hydrate has been tipped as the next major energy resource It was previously believed to exist only in outer space But scientists say there is enough near Japan for 11 years’ gas usage By […]

Obama defends energy policies amid gas price pain

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/12/usa-energy-obama-idUSL2E8EC0VI20120312 Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:22pm EDT * Obama, acknowledging pain of high gas prices, sees progress * US oil imports down 1 million bpd last year – W.House report * Republicans say president’s policies a failure on gasoline By Alister Bull WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama launched the most comprehensive defense […]

Will it spark an earthquake? Fears over plans to pour 24 million gallons of water – and $43 MILLION – into Oregon volcano to see if it can create electricity

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086985/Newberry-Volcano-Engineers-pour-24-million-gallons-water-Oregon-volcano-create-electricity.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:31 PM on 15th January 2012 Engineers are set to pour 24 million gallons of water into a dormant volcano in Oregon to test whether it can create a renewable source of energy that does not rely on the weather. Water will be pumped into the Newberry […]

Republicans hope for “yes” on Keystone, prepare for “no”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/us-usa-keystone-pipeline-idUSTRE80A1EY20120111?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true By Roberta Rampton and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON | Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:36am EST (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans who are urging President Barack Obama to approve the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline have signaled they will not give up on the issue if the White House says no. After delaying the project, Obama has […]

Nigeria faces mass strike and protests over discontinued state fuel subsidy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/08/nigeria-fuel-strike-seun-kuti Thousands expected to march through streets of Lagos and Abuja after petrol pump prices more than double overnight Monica Mark in Lagos guardian.co.uk, Sunday 8 January 2012 15.58 EST The timing could hardly have been worse. Already grappling with a string of attacks by a violent Islamist group in recent weeks, Nigeria‘s government now […]

EPA may truck water to residents near fracking site

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/06/us-usa-fracking-epa-idUSTRE8041YE20120106 By Edward McAllister and Timothy Gardner NEW YORK/WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 6, 2012 5:07pm EST (Reuters) – Federal regulators are considering trucking fresh water to households in a Pennsylvania town where residents say wells have been polluted by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas. Only a month after declaring water in Dimock safe […]

Analysis: Power woes could trip Indonesia’s economic surge

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/09/us-indonesia-energy-bottlenecks-idUSTRE80809O20120109?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&rpc=23&sp=true By Francis Kan SINGAPORE | Mon Jan 9, 2012 1:31am EST (Reuters) – Indonesia’s inability to meet the rising energy needs of its businesses, from steelmakers to hotel resorts, threatens to put the brakes on growth in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. The recent update of Indonesia’s sovereign debt rating by Fitch to investment status […]

Fracking DID cause ELEVEN earthquakes in Ohio last year

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083681/Fracking-cited-official-cause-Ohios-11-earthquakes-year.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:41 PM on 8th January 2012 Environmental experts are now certain that the recent earthquakes in Ohio and Oklahoma were direct results of the practice of fracking nearby, a controversial process used to obtain natural gas. Conservationists theorized that hydrolic fracturing- the formal name of the fracking […]

This Crisis with Iran Is Exactly Why We Have Oil Reserves

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/01/this-crisis-iran-exactly-why-we-have-oil-reserves/47094/ Reuters Adam Clark Estes 1:27 PM ET Iran’s been careful to dangle it’s massive oil supply in the West’s face as it threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz, but no matter what the country ends up doing, we’ve got a backup plan. Reuters spoke to a number sources from the major Western powers, […]

NOW WIND FARMS PAID TO TURN OFF

  http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/292188/Now-wind-farms-paid-to-turn-off Wednesday December 28,2011 By Daily Express reporter OPERATORS of Britain’s wind farms are being paid millions not to produce power. Almost £7million was paid by the National Grid to 17 operators to turn off their turbines in the first nine months of this year. It is estimated that the payments for the whole […]