CleanTechnica » Fossil Fuels http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 India Coal Tax Has Collected $2.85 Billion http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/25/india-coal-tax-collected-2-85-billion/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/25/india-coal-tax-collected-2-85-billion/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2014 11:21:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76804 India has managed to generate $2.85 billion in revenue from clean energy cess (taxes) it had introduced in 2010, essentially a coal tax. India’s plans to significantly boost renewable energy infrastructure over the next few years has got a shot in the arm as the government recently announced that it has about $2.85 billion in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/canadian-pension-funds-invest-renewables-tune-2-billion/feed/ 41 China Puts Billions Into Electric Cars & EV Charging Stations http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/china-puts-billions-electric-cars-ev-charging-stations/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/china-puts-billions-electric-cars-ev-charging-stations/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:33:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76727 China has no time to waste in mitigating air and water pollution, nor doing its part to cut global warming emissions. To help address these issues, China came up with a significant plan to adopt 5 million electric cars. The issue now is how to supply enough charging stations to fuel the cars. China’s current electric vehicle

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/china-puts-billions-electric-cars-ev-charging-stations/feed/ 8 Tar Sands Companies Potential Climate Change Emissions Increased Five Times http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/tar-sands-companies-potential-climate-change-emissions-increased-five-times/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/tar-sands-companies-potential-climate-change-emissions-increased-five-times/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:55:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76385 As if we needed any more convincing of how harmful pollution from tar sands oil production is, a new finding has indicated that the potential climate change emissions have increased by 5 times for the top 20 public companies working in that sector. Processing tar sands produces quite a bit more greenhouse gas emissions compared

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/tar-sands-companies-potential-climate-change-emissions-increased-five-times/feed/ 5 Wind & Solar = 77% Of New US Electricity Generating Capacity In November (Exclusive) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:53:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76745 Editor’s Note: Upon repeated reader request and my own interest in seeing more accurate numbers, I have included an estimate of non-utility-scale solar (i.e., residential and commercial solar) in the numbers below. I will do this from here on out. Assumptions* and sources for these estimates are at the end of this article. If you think you’ve

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/feed/ 60 Nation’s Biggest Nat Gas Co Racks Up $2.3 Million Fracking Fine http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/nations-biggest-nat-gas-co-racks-up-huge-fracking-fine/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/nations-biggest-nat-gas-co-racks-up-huge-fracking-fine/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:03:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76750 XTO, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, just got caught in the "Al Capone" trap: EPA nails it for ordinary construction violations at fracking sites

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/nations-biggest-nat-gas-co-racks-up-huge-fracking-fine/feed/ 3 Melbourne in 2030 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/melbourne-2030/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/melbourne-2030/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 06:00:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76696 Editor’s Note: This article is one submission in a live Masdar blogging contest (find out the entry requirements here). Very simply, the focus of the contest submissions is to: “Describe your city in 2030: what will occur due to changes in energy, transportation and water technologies, and how will they transform how you live?” We are sharing this submission here on

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/elon-musk-interviews-quotes/feed/ 30 Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide New York Fracking Ban http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:05:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76355 Yesterday (Wednesday, December 17, 2014), at a year-end cabinet meeting in Albany called by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New York’s acting commissioner of health stated that he could not support high-volume New York fracking (technically, hydraulic fracturing) because the health issues of the practice outweigh the benefits. [If there is anyone out there who’s unaware of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/feed/ 3 Use Drop In Oil Prices To Put A Price On Carbon, Says IEA Director http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/use-drop-oil-prices-put-price-carbon-says-iea-director/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/use-drop-oil-prices-put-price-carbon-says-iea-director/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2014 20:30:26 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76388 Originally published on EnergyPost. By Maria van der Hoeven With the drop in oil prices “delivering a shot of economic stimulus to consumers around the world”, policymakers have a “once-in-a-generation” chance to take actions to cut our reliance on fossil fuels, writes Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). She urges

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/use-drop-oil-prices-put-price-carbon-says-iea-director/feed/ 10 A $48 Billion Opportunity For US Electric Customers http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/48-billion-opportunity-us-electric-customers/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/48-billion-opportunity-us-electric-customers/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:43:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76368 Originally published on ilsr.org. Electricity customers in the US got good news last week. A new report from Accenture highlighted a potential revenue loss for US utilities of $48 billion per year by 2025 due to distributed solar and energy efficiency. But where does that money go? If we pursue a democratic energy system as

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/48-billion-opportunity-us-electric-customers/feed/ 18 Falling Oil Prices Will Not Bother Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:29:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76283 About two weeks back, the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) oil producers’ cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna. Since then, oil prices have plummeted to a record five-year low. Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and OPEC’s most influential member could potentially support global oil prices by cutting

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/12/new-ceo-sustainability-going-leading-direction-vattenfall/feed/ 2 5 Steps To Make Your City A Climate Champion, Too http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/5-steps-make-city-climate-champion/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/5-steps-make-city-climate-champion/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:22:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76196 Originally published on ilsr.org. In August 2013, Minneapolis (MN) was in the news for considering a take-over of its energy utilities. Today, they’re back in the news for supporting a first-in-the-nation clean energy partnership with those same utilities and a pioneering effort to bring more local input into the city’s energy future. It’s been a

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/5-steps-make-city-climate-champion/feed/ 2 Australia — The Land Of Backward Policies & Contradictions http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/australia-land-backward-policies-contradictions/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/australia-land-backward-policies-contradictions/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:07:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76220 In what may have been the only way to confidently convince Australia’s leadership that they were taking a dramatically wrong turn on environmental and energy policy, global opinion has turned against the country at a time when the climate talks in Lima, Peru, have kept such issues at the top of everyone’s minds. Tracking the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/australia-land-backward-policies-contradictions/feed/ 23 The Cost Of Global CCS: At Least $17.6 Trillion http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/10/cost-global-ccs-least-17-6-trillion/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/10/cost-global-ccs-least-17-6-trillion/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2014 07:00:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76052 Originally published on Kompulsa. A study has now revealed how much it would cost to use carbon capture and storage (CCS) to mitigate climate change. It would be $17.6 trillion (er, well over that amount). Proponents of CCS say it is the only feasible way to mitigate climate change because coal and natural gas are “cheap.” Is this

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/indias-largest-power-generator-signs-deal-375-mw-solar-power-plant/feed/ 9 COP20’s Climate Urgency Underscored By Antarctic Ice Results http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/cop20s-climate-urgency-underscored-antarctic-ice-results/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/cop20s-climate-urgency-underscored-antarctic-ice-results/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:54:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75975 Climate news in general captured press attention on Friday and Saturday alongside the goings-on at the Lima COP20 meeting. Here’s a roundup, including several research reports, carbon capture and storage schemes, commitments and funding developments, a recent retirement, and weather in the Philippines. More bad news about the environment broke. Researchers at the University of

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