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A district court in the US yesterday found California's low carbon fuel laws unconstitutional. The ruling could come as a blow to the state which set itself up as a green example with its Low Carbon Fuel Standard, the first... Read More

So tomorrow marks the end of a momentous year in the energy sector. In 2011 we have had the publication of two major pieces of legislation, the Electricity Market Reform act as part of a new Energy Bill due to be... Read More

Water wheels should generate power for a century Other Water stories: Marine turbine enters test period off Orkney ‘Alien crayfish’ invades English waterways Read More

US onshore oil and gas firm Patterson-UTI Energy is retiring 31 drilling rigs this December. While some rig parts may be auctioned, the firm plans to use distribute most to spare parts inventory to support other rigs in the fleet.... Read More

A "highly aggressive" American crayfish is infiltrating waterways in East London. The claims come from the Environment Agency which is tracking the spread of the crayfish by planting tiny radio transmitters on their backs. The invaders carry crayfish plague, a disease... Read More

Energy Minister Charles Hendry today granted forty-six new licences to explore UK waters for oil and gas.

Including 110 blocks on the UK Continental Shelf, the licences cover the Shetlands, North Sea, English Channel and Morecambe Bay area.

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One of the USA's oldest coal-fired power plants could be switching to gas after tougher environmental laws were introduced, according to reports.

Sunbury Generation, owner of the Shamokin Dam plant in Pennsylvania which has a total capacity of more than 400MW,... Read More

Developing renewable energy saves each person in the UK £84 a year compared with gas and coal, according to DECC's chief scientific adviser. Trade body RenewableUK yesterday welcomed his comments as a "timely reminder" that low carbon sources of energy... Read More

Work to renovate 100 year-old sewers in Salisbury will start in the New Year. Wessex Water will be relining and replacing sewers in the city which are in a "structurally poor" condition from mid-January. The revamp is taking place after... Read More