Category Archives: Fossil Energy

Oil, coal, gas have been our main source of energy in the last century, and they still are today. But all this wealth comes at a price.

Saudi Arabia’s $200 billion solar bet

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Carlo Ombello

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman revealed on Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding with Japanese group SoftBank to invest $200 billion dollars in the development of a 200 GW solar power plant in Saudi Arabia. You read it right, $200 … Continue reading →

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Can we save Canada’s wilderness from human exploitation? [w/video]

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Carlo Ombello

Canada’s hidden natural treasures are under threat. Tar sands developments in the Alberta region are already causing a devastating impact on the local environment, which many of us will have already witnessed through dramatic pictures of barren landscapes and polluted … Continue reading →

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Biggest ice island in years breaks off Greenland’s glacier

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Carlo Ombello

The biggest block of arctic freshwater ice since 1962 has broken off Petermann glacier, in Greenland. Andreas Muenchow, a researcher from University of Delaware, reported that an “ice island” four times the size of Manhattan was born in the early … Continue reading →

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Oil: the pulse of our society

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Carlo Ombello

All hail oil! Make no mistake, whatever progress humanity has managed to pull in the last 50 years or so is due to the abundance and widespread availability of black gold. No such things as mass transport, building, Information Technology, … Continue reading →

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BP posts $17bn loss, CEO Tony Hayward quits

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Carlo Ombello

Tony Hayward, Chief Executive Officer of BP is to be replaced by Bob Dudley, the U.S. executive managing the company’s response to the spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “I believe that it is not possible for the company to … Continue reading →

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