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GM doubles down on electric-car battery research
With an eye toward speeding development of the electric car market, the US automaker General Motors says it plans to
Woo, woo: Future 'road trains' could make for driverless travel
You know all those cheesy futuristic movies from past decades in which the hero — either pursuing a bad guy or
Smart grid: It's not just for energy anymore
The concept of a smart grid powers up imaginations around the world — and not just inside the energy industry. The
In top 10 list of thirstiest industries, farming rules
What’s the best way to reduce your water consumption? You might do better by keeping the lights off, going
Development banks commit to economic recovery, climate support
Officials with the International Monetary Fund and some of the world’s leading multilateral development banks (MDBs) met in Europe
Jurdy: A crude awakening
Jurdy discovers changes along the US coastline…
US invests $100 million to build smart-grid workforce
The US is awarding nearly $100 million to 54 smart grid workforce training programmes aimed at building a next-generation workforce
Energy efficiency jobs? The market is willing but workforce is thin
The energy efficiency workforce in the US could more than triple in the next 10 years, but only if training
Clean energy: It's not just for wussies and hippies anymore
If going green and promoting renewable energy is such a wussy, hippy thing to do, how come the vast majority
New survey aims to learn how world's top firms manage water
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which for a decade now has gathered information on what businesses are doing to reduce
A different kind of Norwegian wood ... for tidal-energy turbines
It’s an ironic reality that, to develop renewable energy, you must use at least some non-renewable resources … things like