02.14.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog

• Global Wind Capacity Increased Almost 20% In 2012 to 282 Gigawatts
•     Melting ‘Permafrost’ Releases Climate-Warming CO2 Even Faster Than We Thought
•     Gleick’s Significant Figures: Is The Keystone XL Pipeline A Symbol Or A Piece Of A Puzzle?
•     Way too little and late: The 17% Cut In Carbon Pollution By 2020: Yes We Can Get There From Here
•     NASA to launch new earth-observing satellite.
•     Texas Wind Power Transmission Set To Skyrocket As Energy Exec Hints At End Of Nukes
•     Bangladesh faces mass migration, loss of land from climate change.
•     National Journal Warns The Economic Price Of Climate Change Is Already Here, And Growing
•     Cities to avoid as sea levels rise.
•     Record snow in a warming world: The science is clear.
•     ***** Energy Efficiency Could Save US Billions, Create 1.3 Million Jobs By 2030
•     The scary truth about how much climate change is costing you.
•     Nine US states announce deal to cut greenhouse gases.
•     First-time reports from industry reveal massive methane emissions.
•     China Accounted For 35% Of Global Onshore Wind Capacity
•     282 GW Wind World Wide. If that were US only it'd be something.
•     Nanoimprinting triples efficiency of solar panels. The Daily Princetonian

Global Wind Capacity Increased Almost 20% In 2012 to 282 Gigawatts Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:31 PM PST Global Wind Capacity Increased Almost 20% In 2012 to 282 Gigawatts

Melting ‘Permafrost’ Releases Climate-Warming CO2 Even Faster Than We Thought Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:30 PM PST Melting ‘Permafrost’ Releases Climate-Warming CO2 Even Faster Than We Thought

Gleick’s Significant Figures: Is The Keystone XL Pipeline A Symbol Or A Piece Of A Puzzle? Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:24 PM PST Gleick’s Significant Figures: Is The Keystone XL Pipeline A Symbol Or A Piece Of A Puzzle?

Way too little and late: The 17% Cut In Carbon Pollution By 2020: Yes We Can Get There From Here Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:23 PM PST The 17% Cut In Carbon Pollution By 2020: Yes We Can Get There From Here

NASA to launch new earth-observing satellite. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:19 PM PST NASA to launch new earth-observing satellite. If the weather holds, NASA will launch its newest Earth-observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern California late Monday morning. The satellite can monitor changes in the earth's surface, including those linked to climate change. Climate Central

Texas Wind Power Transmission Set To Skyrocket As Energy Exec Hints At End Of Nukes Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:08 PM PST Texas Wind Power Transmission Set To Skyrocket As Energy Exec Hints At End Of Nukes

Bangladesh faces mass migration, loss of land from climate change. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:00 PM PST Bangladesh faces mass migration, loss of land from climate change. Rising sea levels could flood 17 percent of Bangladesh – or erode the land – and create between 20 million and 30 million refugees, experts say. Toronto Star

National Journal Warns The Economic Price Of Climate Change Is Already Here, And Growing Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:56 PM PST National Journal Warns The Economic Price Of Climate Change Is Already Here, And Growing

Cities to avoid as sea levels rise. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:51 PM PST Cities to avoid as sea levels rise. Sydney, Tokyo and Buenos Aires watch out. These cities will experience some of the greatest sea level rises by 2100, according to one of the most comprehensive predictions to date. New ScientistC

Record snow in a warming world: The science is clear. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:49 PM PST Record snow in a warming world? The science is clear. As the Northeast digs out from under a mammoth blizzard, it might seem easy for climate change skeptics to point to such intense storms as evidence that global warming isn't real. They would be wrong. Daily Climate

***** Energy Efficiency Could Save US Billions, Create 1.3 Million Jobs By 2030 Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:47 PM PST Energy Efficiency Could Save US Billions, Create 1.3 Million Jobs By 2030

The scary truth about how much climate change is costing you. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:44 PM PST The scary truth about how much climate change is costing you. While policymakers fiddle, the threat of economic harm posed by rising sea levels, devastating storms, and drought is growing every day. National Journal

Nine US states announce deal to cut greenhouse gases. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:41 PM PST Nine US states announce deal to cut greenhouse gases. Nine northeastern and mid-Atlantic states agreed Thursday to strengthen existing limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that burn fossil fuels. Associated Press

First-time reports from industry reveal massive methane emissions. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:12 PM PST First-time reports from industry reveal massive methane emissions. U.S. EPA's addition of oil, gas and coal methane emissions to its online greenhouse gas tracking tool revealed an 82.6-million-metric-ton increase in carbon dioxide equivalents over numbers from the previous year, when those figures were not available.

China Accounted For 35% Of Global Onshore Wind Capacity Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:08 PM PST China Accounted For 35% Of Global Onshore Wind Capacity

282 GW Wind World Wide. If that were US only it'd be something. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 07:50 AM PST Surge in global wind power capacity DAWN.com - ‎12 hours ago‎ WIND power expanded by almost 20 per cent in 2012 around the world to reach a new peak of 282 gigawatts (GW) of total installed capacity.

Nanoimprinting triples efficiency of solar panels. The Daily Princetonian Posted: 13 Feb 2013 07:46 AM PST Nanoimprinting triples efficiency of solar panels The Daily Princetonian - ‎13 hours ago‎ A new method for creating solar panels using nanotechnology can double or triple their efficiency in capturing and converting light to electricity.