15/05/2012 |
The global failure to shut up
Steve LeVine | Foreign Policy
In New Paltz, N.Y., 80 miles north of Manhattan, Richard Parisio laments the disturbance of the "sweet pure song of the white-throated sparrow." The culprit? Hydraulic fracturing, Parisio writes in the New Paltz Times -- "noise, night and day, from droning compressors, clanging drilling rigs, roaring gas flares." ... |
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11/05/2012 |
The Next Chapter in the Global Transition to Renewable Energy — Concentrated Solar Power
John Mathews | The Globalist
One of the problems with the last generation of solar power technology is that it really only worked — that is, generated power — when the sun was shining. But the new generation of solar power technology can store heat that can be used to generate power around the clock, and perhaps one day can even be used in heat-intensive manufacturing. John Mathews explains. ... |
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08/05/2012 |
Brazil's Rush to Develop Hydroelectric Power Brings Unrest -
Simón Romero| NY Times
The revolt here on the banks of the Madeira River, the Amazon’s largest tributary, flared after sunset. At the simmering end of a 26-day strike by 17,000 workers last month, a faction of laborers who were furious over wages and living conditions began setting fire to the construction site at the Jirau Dam. ... |
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02/05/2012 |
US: “Greenbacks” energy boondoggles versus real energy
Paul Driessen| Hacer - Washington DC
Government tax and subsidy schemes waste billions. We need real energy and jobs. ... |
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30/04/2012 |
La expropiación de YPF culmina el fracaso de la política energética argentina
Gonzalo Escribano| Real Instituto Elcano
Tema: El intento de la presidente Fernández de ocultar el fracaso de su política energética expropiando YPF supone, precisamente, la culminación de ese fracaso: la renuncia definitiva a gestionar el sector energético argentino con principios de legalidad y racionalidad económica en vez de con criterios de oportunismo político. ... |
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28/04/2012 |
Argentina - YPF y el autoabastecimiento de hidrocarburos en Argentina
Alieto Aldo Guadagni| Real Instituto Elcano
Tema: Se ha iniciado en Argentina un ciclo de energía escasa, cara e importada. Quedaron atrás dos décadas de energía abundante, barata y exportada. La expropiación del 51% de las acciones de YPF, focalizada en las acciones de Repsol, difícilmente contribuye a recuperar el autoabastecimiento que se acaba de perder. ... |
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24/04/2012 |
Next game: perspectivas de la exploración offshore en las costa de África
De Nuestra Redacción| Offnews.info
Por muchos años, las aguas del Atlántico próximas al litoral de África estuvieron en el centro de las actividades offshore, especialmente en la región conocida como Golfo de Guinea, y su prorrogación en dirección al Sur. ... |
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22/04/2012 |
Natural gas can power progress in Cyprus
Didem Akyel Collinsworth, Hugh Pope| International Crisis Group
The discovery of significant natural gas deposits off the southern coast of Cyprus in late 2011 and the possibility of more finds in the eastern Mediterranean offer a fresh and compelling incentive to settle the Cyprus problem. ... |
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12/04/2012 |
Green Economy or Clean Energy With Equity for Latin America
Humberto Márquez| AlterNet
Latin America and the Caribbean have the potential to uncouple regional economic growth from fossil fuel consumption and develop a "green economy" based on cleaner energy sources, while at the same time reducing social inequalities. ... |
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02/04/2012 |
Energy ‘independence,’ after all?
Robert J. Samuelson| Washington Post
Call it Richard Nixon’s revenge. ... |
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