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While Japan Turns Away from Nuclear Power, South Korea Sticks to Plan
In the same week that Japan mothballed its last reactor, South Korea began work on two new nuclear power stations
Concentrated Solar Power Market Set To Double by 2020
The global concentrated Solar Power (CSP) market as a whole will more than double from $2.1 billion in 2012 to $4.8 billion in 2020, according to a new Pike Research report.
Shell Says No to North Sea Wind Power
Oil company insists it can’t make the numbers add up to justify offshore windfarms
Frackers Outbid Farmers for Water as Colorado Enters Drought
In what is starting out to be a very dry 2012 in Colorado—98% of Colorado is already in a drought—energy companies are outbidding farmers for unallocated water at the state’s water auctions.
USGS: Recent Earthquakes Caused by Humans, Drilling
USGS report says the “remarkable” increase in rate and magnitude of earthquakes in the continent’s interior is “almost certainly manmade” and likely caused by oil and gas drilling.
