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Charcoal Boom in Uganda a Bust for Forests
Once a fortnight, Moses Sserwada travels from the capital, Kampala, to northern Uganda to pick up a truckload of charcoal destined for the popular Owino market in the city.
The Great Gas Hydrate Escape
For some time, researchers have explored flammable ice for low-carbon or alternative fuel or as a place to store carbon dioxide. Now, a computer analysis of the ice and gas compound, known as a gas hydrate, reveals key details of its structure. The results...
Gulf of Mexico Topography Played Key Role in Bacterial Consumption of Deepwater Horizon Spill
When scientist David Valentine and colleagues published results of a study in early 2011 reporting that bacterial blooms had consumed almost all the deepwater methane plumes after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, some were skeptical. How,...
European Union Biodiesel Production Slumps in 2011
Greening the European Union has suffered a setback. The European Biodiesel Board is reporting that the European Union biodiesel industry production forecasts are noting a 2011 decrease in output, the first since data has been gathered, down from 2010...
Mozambique Suffers Acute Shortage of Cooking Gas
Mozambique is severely hit by an acute shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), used for cooking in tens of thousands of Mozambican households, due to a fire in the main refinery of the supplying company Engen in South Africa, according to Manuel Braga,...
Canadian Oil Sands – A Good Investment? Not in Europe, Apparently
Any American watching cable TV over the past few months can hardly fail to have noticed the seemingly ubiquitous advertisements extolling the virtues of extracting oil from Canadian oil sands, which the commentators assure their audience has a carbon...
Taiwan Interested in Indonesian Coal, Natural Gas Imports
According to Taiwan’s Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs Sheng-Chung Lin, Taiwanese companies plan to buy more Indonesian coal and natural gas. How People Arrived Here: location of taiwan
Bioenergy’s Potential Risks As Grave As Potential Benefits are Good
Strong social and environmental safeguards are needed to protect people and the planet from unsustainable bioenergy expansion, says conservation organization WWF.
