Furnished with the most up-to-date technologies, two U.S. firms are profiting handsomely and expecting rampant growth by lowering the utilization of a lot of gallons of water in oil shale production and cutting CO2 emissions in oil fields. The stream-saving technology, propane gas gel, was patented by energy giant Chevron and commercialized by Gasfrac Energy…
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Most Chinese buildings miss energy-efficient standards
Most buildings in China are not up to the country’s energy-efficient requirements even though it is trying to save energy to fulfill emission reduction commitments, an official has said. Buildings are expected to consume more energy and account for about 40 percent of China’s total energy consumption in the future due to urbanization. [File…
Pandas set to take a walk on the wild side
It took at least two hours for our all-terrain vehicle to bump along the rugged mountain road from Dujiangyan, a city near Chengdu in Sichuan province, to the Wolong National Nature Reserve. Devastated by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and subsequent mudslides, the dangerous state of the road means that very few tourists ever visit Wolong….