Ten years on, experts raise questions over energy liberalisation
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Ten years after the liberalisation of Britain's energy sector, consumers have not yet seen the benefits, experts say, although the government and regulator remain convinced they made the right move.
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Biofuels may have a role to play in curbing climate change, Britain's Royal Society concludes, but many questions remain.
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There's    troubling news (FT subscription reqd, alternate copy here)  coming from Japan, where the Kyoto protocol on Greenhouse Emissions was born in 1997.  It seems that the Japanese aren't going to be able to meet their emissions targets specified in  the agreement in time.  Indeed, unless they buy a "large quantity" of emissions credits from other countries, they're not going to be able to meet their commitment at all.     Taishi Sugiyama, a climate expert at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry in Japan, said emissions were rising 1 per cent a year due to a larger-than-expected impact from vehicles and households. That made it impossible to cut real domestic emissions by the required 16 per cent within a few years, he said.      Is this the last nail in the coffin for the Kyoto protocol?  And if so, which way do we go when it's buried?  Was GWB right to pull out, and where would John Kerry take us, in either case?
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Rather than a help toward energy independence, Big Oil and ethanol could be roadblocks.
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More than 100 nations struggled Monday to strike a balance between what rich and poor countries must do to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming.
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The need to reduce carbon emissions has even environmentalists rethinking nuclear energy, but high costs could prove a deal-breaker.
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Some in the utility industry are arguing that it will take decades of investments and innovation to get substantial reductions in their emissions of greenhouse gases.
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The road to energy independence starts in a cornfield in Nebraska. Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla explains why he believes in biofuels. From Wired magazine.
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Scientists who seek an alternative to the fossil-fuel theory got a Senate hearing this week.
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A coalition of industrialists, environmentalists and energy specialists is banding together to try to eliminate the incandescent light bulb in about 10 years.
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Energy experts urged nations to move swiftly away from the use of coal and provide new options for the two billion people who still mostly cook in the dark on wood or dung fires.
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The nationalisation of Russian oil major YUKOS&#39;s main unit has cast doubt over the timing of plans to create a huge state energy holding and liberalise trade in the shares of gas monopoly Gazprom, analysts said on Friday.
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International Oil Daily, 27 October 2004 - With oil prices at record highs, governments must accelerate technological innovations &quot;that radically alter how we produce and use energy&quot; to create a sustainable energy system, the International Energy Agency
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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REYKJAVIK, May 26 (IPS) - There has been a change in the make-up of  Iceland's ruling coalition after the recent parliamentary  elections, which bodes for a new approach to health, education  and farm policy. But how much change is in store regarding the  environment, energy production and the Iraq war remains unclear.
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More than 100 nations struggled yesterday to strike a balance between what rich and poor countries must do to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming.
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The recent earthquake in Japan and accidents at two German power plants raise questions on the safety of nuclear energy as a cleaner alternative.