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• The fossil fuel has grown more attractive

• Private equity can serve as a catalyst to exploiting an abundant resource

• Opec faces diminishing returns - -

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The dawn of a disturbing new reality

Falling oil prices have big implications for the environment and security of supplies, writes Carola Hoyos

Nuclear: Atomic revival gathers momentum

Political imperatives are winning over former opponents, says Rebecca Bream

Nuclear waste: Political fears not yet buried

Opposition to storage underground has become a pressing issue, writes Rebecca Bream

Heavy oil: Oil sands expectations lowered

Ed Crooks examines what price falls mean for challenging extraction projects

Gas: Dash for gas as it becomes fuel of choice

Ed Crooks reports on the growing attractiveness of the fossil fuel

India and China need help to grow, not hectoring

Our best way forward will be to come up with joint solutions instead of those that address one at the expense of the other, writes Rahul Tongia

Alex Krueger: Clean coal has a vital role to play

Private equity has the opportunity to take the lead through investment in coal, writes Alex Krueger

Antoinette Sayeh: No time to reduce aid to Africa

Quite the contrary, it is time for development partners to honour and even scale up commitments to the region, writes Antoinette Sayeh

Comment: Supermajors need a service ethos

The five largest, non state-owned energy companies have to up their game to avoid being relegated to lower-value service providers, writes Raju Patel

Opec: Producers’ cartel faces a period of diminishing returns

A downturn in demand is spoiling the party over record oil prices, reports Carola Hoyos

Russia exerts its power

Brazil: Crisis poses further questions about plans for salty bonanza

Oil: Iraq investment show gets going

US: Stalemate in the struggle over untapped local sources

Biomass: Litter and waste provide a tidy solution

Emissions: If you want to use less power, think ‘negawatts’

Geothermal: The answer may be right under our feet

Thermal solar power: Why concentrating on the sun promises a bright future

Infrastructure: In search of the smart grid

Rush to develop playground results in a power crunch


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