Sep 15 FDR's Green Dream: The Quoddy Dam Project By Kristin Miller In 1935 construction started on a massive New Deal project proposed by FDR in Passamaquoddy Bay. The Quoddy Dam Project would have stored the rising tide behind multiple dams and then slowly released the water through turbines, producing electricity. But… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Can a Small Maine Town's Innovation Turn the Tides on Sustainable Energy? One of the big obstacles to clean energy is that most renewable sources are unreliable. A Maine company has installed the nation’s first commercial, grid connected tidal energy project. Water power is estimated to nearly double by 2030 and provide… Continue watching
Sep 14 Tidal Project Signals New Shift in Clean Energy: Water Power .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } One of the biggest challenges… Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch As Goes Maine? A Tidal Energy Project Powers Up Maine company deploys nation’s first commercial, grid connected tidal energy project. Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch Natural Gas May Have Profound Impact on Israel's Geopolitics Israel's recent discovery of huge offshore natural gas reserves could mean a profound transformation for its economy and the region's political stability. The basin is believed to extend into waters off Syria and Lebanon — a cause for concern, as… Continue watching
Sep 06 Touring the Tamar Gas Platform By Kristin Miller Israel’s recent discovery of huge offshore natural gas reserves could mean a profound transformation for the nation’s economy and for the region's political stability. A small Texas company named Noble Energy took on the challenge of getting the gas to… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch News Wrap: CR Intrinsic to Pay $600 Million in SEC Insider Trading Settlement In other news Friday, trading group CR Intrinsic will pay $600 million in a settlement with the SEC over allegations that a manager made trades on a drug for Alzheimer's disease. Also, the Vatican struck back at claims that Pope… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch How U.S.-Mexico Relations May Shift Under President-Elect Enrique Pena Nieto How U.S.-Mexico Relations May Shift Under President-Elect Enrique Pena Nieto… Continue watching
Sep 26 Fracking Goes Global Vitaly Churkin, permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, attends an Aug. 30 U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images. Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, is a well traveled… Continue reading
Aug 10 Surveying the Changing Landscape of 'Homegrown Energy' Weighing Benefits and Pitfalls of Increased Oil and Gas Production in U.S. EmbedVideo(4124, 482, 304); Read the full transcript for the video here. Two years ago, the U.S imported two-thirds of its oil. Now, imports make… Continue reading