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The Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has finally begun operations following a landmark Supreme Court of India ruling approving the project.

The cost of photovoltaic solar panels is expected to drop another 36 cents per watt by 2017, according to new research by cleantech market research firm GTM Research.

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By 2020, swapping aging wind turbines with more powerful modern units will have raised annual electricity generation at refurbished sites from 1524 GWh to 8221 GWh.

Warsaw (AFP) June 18, 2013 - Poland could delay building its first nuclear power plants as natural gas, including shale gas, becomes less costly, the prime minister of the central European heavyweight said Tuesday.

Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2013 - Eltek, the world leader in high efficiency power systems for telecommunications, industrial applications and renewable energy projects, announced it will showcase its new THEIA HE-es system and upda...

Bucharest (AFP) June 18, 2013 - Conservationist group WWF on Tuesday urged Romania and Bulgaria, home to the last viable wild sturgeon populations in the European Union, to protect the species, threatened by illegal fishing and caviar trade.

Washington (AFP) June 19, 2013 - The World Bank on Wednesday warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating impacts in Africa and Asia.

Sheffield, UK (SPX) Jun 19, 2013 -
Research from the University of Sheffield has shown that unusual changes in atmospheric jet stream circulation caused the exceptional surface melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) in summer 2012.

London (AFP) June 19, 2013 - Britain was set to enjoy its hottest day of the year so far on Wednesday but woke up to the gloomy news that it could be in the middle of a decade-long bad weather cycle.

The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a far-reaching Climate Action Plan Monday, with the ultimate goal of reaching zero net emissions by 2050.

And nuclear power plants, whatever their design, are significant users of water for cooling purposes. Safa Al Jayoussi, an activist with Greenpeace in Jordan, succinctly summed up the issue, noting, "Nuclear power plants require large quantities of cooling water, usually from a large river or a large lake. But, in Jordan, we don't really have any sources of water."

 

The failure of the mainstream media to note that it is the growth in oil consumption that fell, and not actual oil consumption -- leaves many with a false impression that perhaps the world is beginning to wean itself off of oil, notes Robert Rapier.

The top electric car city in the US... San Francisco? LA? New York? Portland? What do you think?

The Mapdwell Project is a collaborative effort by researchers, academics, and professionals at MIT to develop a community resource of research-driven and tested information on sustainable practices.

Brown kelp macroalgae — the strange, foul-smelling seaweed so often found washed up on the Pacific Northwest’s volcanic sand beaches — could ultimately offer an almost unlimited global supply of commercial-quality ethanol or biomethane.

International Finance Corporation has released a new report called “Success of Geothermal Wells: A global study” with data taken from both public and private sources.

Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2013 - Cancer-causing radioactive substances have been found in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Japanese operator said Wednesday, as it pledged to prevent them getting into the sea.

Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jun 19, 2013 -
Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), S.

Hong Kong (AFP) June 18, 2013 - Conservationists Tuesday warned that the number of rare Chinese white dolphins in Hong Kong waters has fallen to its lowest level in a decade of monitoring, and urged the government to immediately create more...

Dehradun, India (AFP) June 19, 2013 - Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India, killing at least 120 people,...

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2013 -
Scientists are expecting a very large dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay this year, based on several NOAA-supported forecast models.

Sometimes, even in the midst of a raging wildfire, there's a silver -- or in this case, white -- lining.

William Sanford Nye, better known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, has gone from TV host to fierce defender of scientific issues that have been polemicized for religious, political and even economic reasons.

Offshore drilling companies to face $1 billion absolute liability payments.