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Energy Watchdogs Cast Doubt on EU Renewable Goals
At the first EU summit of 2011 in Budapest today, EU leaders aimed to gain consensus on broad plans for huge infrastructure investments and energy market integration, both nece... ...read more
Annoyed by Fees for Airport Luggage Carts? TFT Investigates
If you’re familiar with the free luggage carts available in many airports around the world, you may have been a little disgruntled when landing at one of the few U.S. air... ...read more
Solar Feed-in-Tariffs Still Revered in Europe Despite Revisions
The commom wisdom among renewable energy proponents on subsidies has long been the more, the better, but state supports have proved to be too successful leading to reductions in... ...read more
Does the Weakened Climate Bill Have a Silver Lining
Having abandoned hope of passing comprehensive climate legislation before the November elections and probably this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will instead br... ...read more
Is BP Ignoring Good Advice on How to Stop the Oil Spill?
Oil Spill Update: More Ideas to Stop the Spill, Plus an Update on the Kevin Costner Plan While many inventors who have submitted technical suggestions on how to stop the oil le... ...read more
Oil Spill Update: Can Kevin Costner – Or Anyone Else – Clean Up this Mess?
As the oil continues leaking virtually unabated from the wellhead at the seabed floor a month after the Deepwater Horizon rig accident, BP is receiving plenty of suggestions on ... ...read more
Does the Climate Bill Have a Shot?
In the aftermath of the Gulf spill, the climate draft bill that Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) introduced in the Senate yesterday faces an uphill battle ... ...read moreIs BP Learning the Wrong Lessons From Exxon Valdez? A TFT Special Report
When I caught her by phone near Venice, Louisiana on Friday, Dr. Riki Ott had just returned from a boat tour of some of the coastal area’s marshes and bayous — guide... ...read more
As Oil Reaches Coast, Offshore Plans Get Scrutiny
As about 5,000 barrels per day of leaking oil from the sunken Deepwater Horizon rig continue flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, the approximately 2,233 square mile oil slick repo... ...read moreIs Better Technology the Answer to Oil Spills?
Following last week’s explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the Louisiana coast, underwater robots have been deployed to try to shut off the leaking valve and a ... ...read moreFollow Us
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