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India is preparing to meet an unprecedented increase in energy demand over the next few years as the nation's improved economic growth rate stimulates higher energy use by residential, commercial and industrial consumers.
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Demand response programmes have the potential to save consumers billions of dollars - so why are they not more prevalent in Europe? Chris King of the Smart Energy Demand Coalition knows.
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With discussions taking place in Copenhagen later this year focused on creating a climate change deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, much debate was on the viability of a worthwhile agreement. Marc Height reports.
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BP has announced it is cutting 4,000 jobs – including 600 in its North Sea operations – in response to the latest dramatic slump in oil prices.
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In the scramble to prove their green credentials to consumers and government, businesses often make claims of positive climate change actions without tangible results. In response the Carbon Trust has launched the world's first carbon award scheme to enable businesses to really prove they are taking...
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The US president-elect, Barack Obama, will take office later this month having promised sweeping changes to America's energy policy. These include aggressive regulations on carbon emissions to combat climate change and substantially increased government funding for alternative energy with the aim of...
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In UK, M Whitby suggests the introduction of a national carbon counting initiative that would include the packaging and transportation costs of shop goods as well as fuel purchased from forecourts. This would help consumers to assess, and improve, the greenness of their lifestyles.
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It is an important symbol of the changing focus of the European Union (EU) that its energy lobby is today regarded as an equal to, if not more important than, the once feared agriculture lobby in Brussels, write David Haworth in Brussels and Keith Nuthall. Even though 40% of the EU budget is still s...
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Recent legislative requirements by the US Congress to assist gas pipeline operators are reviewed. A new safety bill has been introduced and laws relating to the use of smart pigs are modified to reduce inspection costs. Current legislation requires utilities to offer excess flow valves to customers ...
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