Leading Uranium Producer, Cameco Reports 36% Profit Dip in First Quarter
McArthur River mine in northern Saskatchewan is the world's largest, high-grade uranium deposit.Cameco (NYSE: CCJ), one of the world's largest uranium producers, announced its earnings dropped 36% in...
View ArticleAmerican Vanadium Eyes Foray into Renewable Energy
American Vanadium Corp. (TSX: AVC), formerly Rocky Mountain Resources Corp., a small Vancouver-based mining company primarily engaged in the exploration and acquisition of the metal-alloying element...
View ArticleAmeren Backs Off FutureGen 2.0
Conesville, Ohio coal-fired power plant, image courtesy Ohio Citizen ActionIn October of 2010, Ameren Energy Resources, a division of Ameren Corporation, (NYSE: AEE), got a formal promise from the U.S....
View ArticleMitsui & Co. Takes $12M Stake in Tres Amigas
Image courtesy Tres Amigas LLCJapan-based Mitsui & Co., Ltd (MITSY.PK), one of the largest global “sogo shoshas (general trading companies)” in the world, has bought a $12-million stake in Tres...
View ArticleState of the Union 2012: Will Clean Energy Slip into the Shadows?
This year's State of the Union address will be given by President Barack Obama this evening The speech represents the only time the President speaks to Congress in a joint session. As a result, it...
View ArticleLS Power Taps Fluor to Build 125 MW Arizona Solar Plant
Fluor Corporation, the nation's largest publicly traded engineering and construction company, said this week that it has been selected by a subsidiary of electricity generator LS Power Group to build a...
View Article2012, The Year of the Fossil? Romney's Dirty Energy Gambit
In Part 1 of this series, we explored the overall environmental issues that are facing the U.S., mostly as a part of coordinated attacks by politicians in Washington. In the next few articles, we’ll...
View Article10 Reasons Clean Coal Is Offensive
According to the Washington Examiner yesterday, President Obama's campaign team is going "on the offensive to promote [the President's] support for clean coal."read more
View ArticleSeniors Residence in Former Coal-Mining Hub to be Powered By Renewables
For a century, coal was king in the town of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. At one time, it had the largest underground coal mining operation in the world, but the last working mine was closed in 2001. In...
View ArticleDeath Toll in Latest Chinese Coal Mining Accident Rises to 43
The death toll from China’s worst coal mining accident in nearly three years has risen to 43, with three men still trapped underground.read more
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