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| In Belgium, at least one new large coal-fired power plant is being planned. Environmental organisations are opposed, but the government and...

| Italy relies heavily on oil and gas for its electricity generation. But recently coal has entered the picture. ‘It is wise and vital for Ita...

| Germany is experiencing a coal renaissance. Partly thanks to the anticipated nuclear phase out, dozens of coal-fired power plants are in the...

| A Coal War has flared up in Europe. Encouraged by their national governments, energy companies are planning to build new coalfired power sta...

| For years, German politicians turned a blind eye to the massive amounts of nuclear waste dumped in a research repository near Hannover. Then...

| As the second largest oil and gas producer in the former USSR after Russia, the method with which Kazakhstan chooses to develop its gas reso...

| Of all the challenges facing President Barack Obama next January, none is likely to prove as daunting, or important to the future of this na...

| While OPEC was largely a gleeful spectator of the oil markets up to July 2008 when prices hit a staggering $147/b, it has resumed centre sta...

| Provisions for the transfer of technology will be at the heart of any significant international agreement to decrease the production of gree...

| Watching global markets floundering in the wake of the credit crunch, Iran's clerical and political elites are reveling in the West's econom...