India's lack of policies to incentivize wind energy may threaten the country's goal for 20-percent wind generation by 2017, The Wall Street Journal reports.
KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — Arctic states agreed Wednesday to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council, boosting rising economic powers China, India and South Korea, which are seeking to mine the region for its untapped energy and other natural resources.
KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — Arctic states have agreed to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council.
India's Supreme Court approved the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant, a Russian-backed venture that has faced scrutiny and protests from local citizens, The Wall Street Journal reports.
India is set to release a new set of regulation and incentive proposals to help boost its domestic solar industry that could hurt the business influence of international solar-part suppliers, The Wall Street Journal reports.
India submitted a challenge to the United States' clean energy programs to the World Trade Organization on concerns that benefits granted to companies who use local labor and materials could break trade rules, Reuters reports.
Goldman Sachs project China's imports of thermal coal for power generation could decline this year, the first time since the global financial crisis hit, Platts reports.
GAUHATI, India (AP) — Wildlife authorities are using aerial drones to oversee a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers.
The Energy Information Administration said coal's market share for electricity generation rebounded since March 2012 on higher natural gas prices, MarketWatch reports.
Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe switched his position on offshore drilling of the state's coast, supporting a pro-drilling bill introduced by Virginia's Democratic senators, The Washington Post reports.
Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer urged NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane to complete an investigation and hold a public hearing before allowing the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station to restart, Southern California Public Radio reports.
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., called for a GAO report on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's procedures for determining the costs of new regulations, Platts reports.
FracFocus, an industry-backed registry for hydraulic fracturing chemicals, will update its system to allow regulators to search through a database of chemicals next week, Bloomberg reports.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee sent four staffers to assist Gabriel Gomez in the Massachusetts Senate special election, Roll Call reports.
A group of two dozen Senate Republicans urged President Obama against making Keystone XL pipeline approval contingent on "unrelated" climate change policies, The Hill reports.
The American Petroleum Institute issued a white paper projecting new federal rules could increase gasoline prices by as much as 25 cents a gallon, The Washington Examiner reports.
California Jerry Brown contended news media inadequately report on climate change and give too much coverage climate skeptics, The Sacramento Bee reports.
