Topping energy's wish list
Two years ago, at the height of the U.S. presidential campaign some of the biggest energy companies in the country came up with a 'wish list' in case a friendly Republication administration should
Two years ago, at the height of the U.S. presidential campaign some of the biggest energy companies in the country came up with a 'wish list' in case a friendly Republication administration should
National Grid Group PLC, the monopoly owner of the electricity grid in England and Wales, said that it would buy Lattice Group PLC, a British gas distributor in a deal valued at about
The Enron scandal is about auditors and stock analysts and sleepy boards of directors-and now it is also about California's electricity blackouts. Two winters ago, northern California sustained a
Caught between impatient energy companies and neighboring countries on the one hand, and angry environmentalists and local villagers on the other, Thailand's prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has
In its efforts toward achieving sustainable mobility, Volkswagen has devised a synthetic fuel that is low on carbon dioxide emissions and high on
Conflicts between oil producers and residents of the Niger River Delta in Nigeria burst into the world's consciousness in 1995 with the government's execution of an environmental activist, Ken
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered stepped-up security at power plants across the Philippines after the military thwarted an attempt by Communist guerrillas to sabotage a plant. Government
The seas around Britain are a bountiful source of power. Fossil fuels extracted from the vast North Sea oil fields account for most of it - but not all. Various projects designed to harness sea power
When it comes to world energy consumption, it is as if time has stood still for the last decade. People still rely mostly on fossil fuels to light their homes and run their cars, despite the
Sizable losses by one of Britain's largest nuclear power companies have reopened debate here over the limits of privatization. The company, British Energy PLC, is the latest example of the problems