Google has got a good look at your roof, and can tell you if it is worth the investment to install solar energy panels. The US tech giant said its “Project Sunroof” online tool is now available in the area around San Francisco and Fresno in California and around Boston, Massachusetts. The new tool “uses high-resolution aerial mapping (the same used by Google Earth) to help you calculate your roof’s
Google has got a good look at your roof, and can tell you if it is worth the investment to install solar energy panels. The US tech giant said its “Project Sunroof” online tool is now available in the area around San Francisco and Fresno in California and around Boston, Massachusetts. The new tool “uses high-resolution aerial mapping (the same used by Google Earth) to help you calculate your roof’s
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will propose regulations on Tuesday aimed at cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 to 45 percent over the next decade from 2012 levels, a source familiar with the issue said on Monday. The regulations on methane are one part of the Obama administration’s strategy to curb greenhouse gases and combat climate change. The targets in Tuesday’s proposal are in line
WASHINGTON (AP) — The inspector general for the Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the cause of a massive spill from an abandoned Colorado gold mine that unleashed 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater into rivers that supply water to at least three states.
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — An official at Kuwait’s National Petroleum Company (KNPC) says an oil refinery about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Kuwait City has been shut down after a fire broke out.
By Libby George and Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – International oil services companies are scrambling to win contracts worth tens of billions to repair and modernize Iran’s oil refineries once sanctions are removed, with officials even laying on bus tours for visiting foreign executives. Officials from Iran’s oil refining company NIORDC, its National Petrochemical Company and the privately owned Persian Oil and Gas are holding talks with services firms to clinch
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – The new head of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) said on Sunday he will review all production-sharing contracts and joint venture agreements with its partners “to reflect current day realities in the global oil and gas industry”. Emmanuel Kachikwu, who was appointed two weeks ago to head the state oil company, which has been accused of corruption and mismanagement, said he would remit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters passed the Clean Energy Jobs Act in 2012, raising taxes on corporations. Voters were told the additional revenues would fund energy-efficiency projects, and the Legislature decided it would create jobs by spending the money on school energy upgrades.
A new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists underscores an intriguing dichotomy in the battle over climate change: While many states are bitterly contesting the Obama administration’s new rule for reducing carbon emissions over the coming decades, many of those same states are already well along in meeting the new targets. Long before the Environmental Protection Agency finalized the Clean Power rule last week demanding a 32 percent reduction
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of a Harvard-educated lawyer to run the state oil company demonstrates his anti-corruption resolve — but only marks the start of a long reform journey, analysts say. Buhari took office May 29 after being elected on an anti-graft ticket, pledging to recover “mind-boggling” amounts of stolen oil money and bring those responsible to book. In early August he appointed Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, a former executive