Fiscal implications of global decarbonization
Internationally coordinated climate mitigation policies can effectively put the world on a path toward achieving the agreed Paris temperature goals. Such coordination could be initiated by large players,
United States Of America (US)
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Water current
Hydroelectricity can now be generated without the need of costly civil works and installation of complex machinery
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Green deal
the price of a sumptuous meal is all that it cost. The US citizens can now encourage use of renewable energy by buying
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Cool vibrations
Scientists have developed a refrigerator that uses sound energy
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FUEL FRAY
The Exxon Corp, US, has landed in the dock again. This time the case it is facing is a suit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against its advertising which claims that its gasoline makes engines
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Grist for the US mills
American purse is no good for Indian agriculture
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Wind it up
Two decades ago, a 20,234-hectare wind farm came up in Altamont Pass, California, usa. Then birds began to die. 22,000 birds have died since the farm came up, including hundreds of golden eagles,
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Black money
Economic concerns make the US promote unclean fuel
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Oil consumers, producers to discuss sky-high prices
The world's top oil producers and consumers convene in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia tomorrow to grapple with record high oil prices, with some OPEC members baulking at consumer demands for more crude. While Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, was widely expected to announce an output hike at the meeting, OPEC president Chakib Khelil slammed consumer pressure for a production increase to take pressure off soaring prices. "To ask the oil producers to increase their output is illogical and irrational," Khelil was quoted as saying today by the Algerian news service APS.
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Home Depot Offers Recycling for Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
Aldo DeRubeis bought compact fluorescent bulbs on Monday at the Home Depot in New Rochelle, N.Y. Sales of compact fluorescents climbed to 75 million last year for the retailer. Recycling them is about to get easier. Home Depot, the nation's second-largest retailer, will announce on Tuesday that it will take back old compact fluorescents in all 1,973 of its stores in the United States, creating the nation's most widespread recycling program for the bulbs.
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High energy, food prices keep US economy weak
The economy remained