Acting on the most divisive issue of his presidency, Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan halted construction on a nuclear power plant that had been championed by the country's former leaders. Prime Minister

Nepal wants to sell to India excess electricity after new facilities begin generating power later this year and next year, a top official of the country's state-owned electricity authority

Ramagundam, a once barren and sun-scorched land, is often referred to as 'Agnigundam' (a fire ball) of Andhra Pradesh with temperatures soaring up to 48 degrees centigrade during the peak summer

Britain is sounding out opinion on potential oil industry damage to the environment west of the Shetland Islands ahead of fresh exploration in a region seen by green campaigners as an extremely

The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) said yesterday it aimed to launch a market place for green electricity by 2001 to stimulate the use of renewable energy and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. "We

A UK energy NGO has launched a government-backed label for shoppers to instantly recognise the most energy efficient appliances, whilst criticising Britons' lack of consideration for energy

The Western Port of the City of Malmo in Sweden has won the Grand Prize at the First Community Awards for Renewable Energy Sources.The awards ceremony took place at the Conference on the Campaign for

Despite the risk of setting off more political feuding, Taiwan's new premier announced Friday that the government would scrap plans for a partially completed nuclear power plant.Premier Chang

At the end of the Fergana VAlley (Kyrgyzstan) stands a Soviet-era uranium processing plant whose estimated 2 million cubic meters of radioactive waste represent a potential environmental disaster. It

A cosortium of environmental organisations officially presented 2.5m signatures to the Russian authorities in an effort to force a referendum on plans to import, process and store nuclear