When the coal mining era came to an end, large industrial areas in Germany’s Ruhr district were abandoned and many of them had to find a new direction. While decision-makers were still discussi...
With winter approaching, more and more people are painfully aware of hefty hikes this year in energy prices. One environmentally friendly alternative to gas or oil is geothermal energy. Conventional g...
The increase in global marine traffic has resulted in a steep increase in marine pollution. The US and the EU have reacted by raising financial penalties for environmental polluters. Ship owners caugh...
The US government's huge economic stimulus package will invest billions in renewable energies. President Obama wants to greatly reduce the country's dependency on foreign oil. More than $15 billion ar...
Palm oil is one of the world's most widely produced vegetable oils. Its production leaves behind huge amounts of wastewater and plant refuse. That leads to emissions of the potent greenhouse gas metha...
The price of oil and gasoline has never been so high. Logically, people are looking for alternatives. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) costs half as much as gasoline, so thousands of car owners are havin...
The price of a barrel of Brent Crude oil from the North Sea has risen by 50 percent this year. That in turn raises the price of driving a car - and of manufacturing. So solar power is becoming relativ...
North Sea oil has made the Scottish city of Aberdeen into a boomtown. Its fortunes rise and fall with the price of crude. Drilling platforms spike up just of the coast. They are owned by major oil com...