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4.17.2013

Tufts U: Nicholas Stern on the new economics of climate change

Guardian 01.26.13:

Nicholas Stern: 'I got it wrong on climate change – it's far, far worse'

Author of 2006 review speaks out on danger to economies as planet absorbs less carbon and is 'on track' for 4C rise

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Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_Review

The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change is a 700-page report released for the British government on 30 October 2006 by economist Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and also chair of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) at Leeds University and LSE. The report discusses the effect of global warming on the world economy. Although not the first economic report on climate change, it is significant as the largest and most widely known and discussed report of its kind.[1]

The Review states that climate change is the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen, presenting a unique challenge for economics.[2] The Review provides prescriptions including environmental taxes to minimise the economic and social disruptions. The Stern Review's main conclusion is that the benefits of strong, early action on climate change far outweigh the costs of not acting.[3] The Review points to the potential impacts of climate change on water resources, food production, health, and the environment[clarification needed]. According to the Review, without action, the overall costs of climate change will be equivalent to losing at least 5% of global gross domestic product (GDP) each year, now and forever. Including a wider range of risks and impacts could increase this to 20% of GDP or more, also indefinitely. Stern believes that 5-6 degrees of temperature increase is "a real possibility."[4]

The Review proposes that one percent of global GDP per annum is required to be invested in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change. In June 2008, Stern increased the estimate for the annual cost of achieving stabilisation between 500 and 550 ppm CO2e to 2% of GDP to account for faster than expected climate change.[5]...

3.17.2013

Did Obama Just Block Keystone? National Review

Did Obama Just Block Keystone?

National Review Online - ‎14 hours ago‎
The Bloomberg report makes it clear that Obama's order opens the way for further litigation and substantial delays on Keystone, whether the federal government officially blocks construction or not.

2.25.2013

***** 02.24.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - Tracking Plan B blog

2.13.2013

02.13.13AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog

  •   ***** Fracking seen by EPA as No. 2 emitter of greenhouse gases.
  •     Study: Climate change could devastate U.S. agriculture.
  •     Glacially Slow: Solar PV Installations Hit 32 GW In 2012, 35 GW Projected For 2013, According To IHS
  •     Too slow to matter - Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Fall in U.S. Power Plants on Coal Cuts. Bloomberg
  •     Sea urchin nickel 'trick' could be key to capturing carbon. BBC News
  •     Are mini-reactors the future of nuclear power?
  •     Billions Of Animals Die Because Of Cats
  •     Science establishment has been rocked by claims that trees may also be the heart of its climate.
  •     The future of energy: Batteries included? Produce the right battery at the right price, many engineers think, and you could make the internal-combustion engine redundant and usher in a world in which free fuel, in the form of wind and solar energy, was the norm. That really would be a revolution. Economist
  •     Outgoing energy secretary Chu's parting warning on warming. TIME
  •     US carbon emissions fall to lowest levels since 1994.
  •     Manmade Carbon Pollution Has Already Put Us On Track For 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise
  •     Tribal members sign treaty calling for an end to Alberta oil sands development and Keystone XL.
  •     Fisheries business threatened by ocean acidification.
  •     US backs off goal of one million electric cars by 2015.
  •     ***** US Missing Out On Its Share Of $1 Trillion In Total Global Solar Energy Revenue
  •     Biochar cookstoves boost health for people and crops.
  •     Report underscores vulnerabilities of U.S. coastlines.
  •     Wind Enegy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power
  •     What Would Make an All-Electric Car Appeal to the Masses? TIME
  •     China now burning as much coal as the rest of the world combined. Washington Post
  •     Smart Grid Spending Rost to $13.9 Billion Driven by China. Bloomberg
  •     Smart Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy Goals. Forbes
  •     Protesters in Maine rally against tar sands oil
  •     Air Travel - One Ton / 1000 miles: Your biggest carbon sin may be air travel

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:52 PM PST
Fracking seen by EPA as No. 2 emitter of greenhouse gases. Natural gas and oil production is the second-biggest source of U.S. greenhouse gases, the government said, emboldening environmentalists who say tighter measures are needed to curb the emissions from hydraulic fracturing. Bloomberg News
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:51 PM PST
Study: Climate change could devastate U.S. agriculture. Climate change could have a drastic and harmful effect on U.S. agriculture, forcing farmers and ranchers to alter where they grow crops and costing them millions of additional dollars, a government report said on Tuesday. Gannett News Service
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:43 PM PST
Solar PV Installations Hit 32 GW In 2012, 35 GW Projected For 2013, According To IHS
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:36 PM PST
Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Fall in U.S. Power Plants on Coal CutsBloombergGreenhouse-gas emissions from U.S. power plants fell 4.5 percent in 2011 from the previous year as those facilities burned less coal, the most-intense source of carbon-dioxide pollution. In its second-annual accounting of greenhouse-gases, the U.S. ...See all stories on this topic » German Electricity for 2014 Advances
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:25 PM PST
Sea urchin nickel 'trick' could be key to capturing carbonBBC NewsResearchers say that the natural ability of sea urchins to absorb CO2 could be a model for an effective carbon capture and storage system. Newcastle University scientists discovered by chance that urchins use the metal nickel to turn carbon dioxide ...See all stories on this topic »
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:08 PM PST
Are mini-reactors the future of nuclear power? The U.S. government is investing millions of dollars in what it considers a promising new industry for American manufacturing: nuclear reactors. Morning Edition
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:54 PM PST
Billions Of Animals Die Because Of Cats
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:44 AM PST
Branching out on climate. The world's great forests have long been recognised as the lungs of the earth, but the science establishment has been rocked by claims that trees may also be the heart of its climate. The Australian
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:38 AM PST
The future of energy: Batteries included? Produce the right battery at the right price, many engineers think, and you could make the internal-combustion engine redundant and usher in a world in which free fuel, in the form of wind and solar energy, was the norm. That really would be a revolution. Economist
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:27 AM PST
Outgoing energy secretary’s parting warning on warming.  Steven Chu was the embodiment of an ideal: that the truly best and the brightest could come to Washington to serve the public at our moment of need. He ended his characteristically detailed final memo with a reminder of the ethical need to fight climate change. Time Magazine
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:24 AM PST
US carbon emissions fall to lowest levels since 1994. America's carbon dioxide emissions last year fell to their lowest levels since 1994, according to a new report. Carbon dioxide emissions fell by 13% in the past five years, because of new energy-saving technologies and a doubling in the take-up of renewable energy.
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:03 AM PST
Manmade Carbon Pollution Has Already Put Us On Track For 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:01 AM PST
Tribal members sign treaty calling for an end to Alberta oil sands development and Keystone XL. Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s approval of that state’s section of the disputed Keystone XL pipeline has united not only indigenous from the U.S. and Canada but also non-Native ranchers, farmers and concerned citizens who oppose the pipeline.
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:01 AM PST
Fisheries business threatened by ocean acidification. Between 2005 and 2009, billions of oyster larvae began dying at hatcheries around Washington state before anyone knew what was going on or could do anything about it. The reason, scientists learned, was ocean acidification. Everett Herald
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:59 AM PST
US backs off goal of one million electric cars by 2015. The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday eased off President Barack Obama's stated goal of putting 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015, and laid out what experts called a more realistic strategy of promoting advanced-drive vehicles and lowering their cost over the next nine years.
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:47 AM PST
US Missing Out On Its Share Of $1 Trillion In Total Global Solar Energy Revenue
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:38 AM PST
Biochar cookstoves boost health for people and crops. Three billion people worldwide rely on open-fire cookstoves. A recent study found that the fumes from those stoves are the largest environmental health threat in the world. Cookstoves that burn cleaner can help fight this epidemic, and when configured to produce biochar, can become a prized asset for rural
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:37 AM PST
Report underscores vulnerabilities of U.S. coastlines. No part of the U.S. will escape the harsh consequences of climate change, which has already begun to cause trouble, and which will worsen as the century goes on. But according to a new report, the nation’s coastlines — Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific and Great Lakes — are likely to get the worst of it.
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:35 AM PST
Wind Enegy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:26 AM PST
  What Would Make an All-Electric Car Appeal to the Masses?TIMEIt's widely assumed that the car of the future will be powered by gasoline. At least partly powered by gas, that is, and at least for the near future. When, if ever, will the pure electric car—one powered solely by battery, without a drop of gas—go ...See all stories on this topic »
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:23 AM PST
China now burning as much coal as the rest of the world combinedWashington Post (blog)Coal, of course, is the world's premier fossil fuel, a low-cost source of electricity that kicks a lot of carbon-dioxide up into the atmosphere. And China's growing appetite is a big reason why global greenhouse-gas emissions have soared in recent ...See all stories on this topic »
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:05 AM PST
Smart Grid Spending Rost to $13.9 Billion Driven by ChinaBloombergInvestments in smart-grid technologies that boost efficiency and curb energy waste rose 7 percent last year to $13.9 billion, driven by spending in China, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. China raised investments by 14 percent to $3.2 billion ...See all stories on this topic »
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:03 AM PST
Smart Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy GoalsForbesA smart grid could have profound implications on electric power markets, affecting the whole utility supply chain — from the way power is generated to the way it is delivered to customers, and ultimately how much energy is consumed. At the moment ...See all stories on this topic »
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 08:55 AM PST
Protesters in Maine rally against tar sands oil. More than 1,000 people rallied in Portland on Saturday in what was billed as the largest protest yet against the possibility of so-called tar sands oil being piped in from Montreal. Associated Press
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 08:54 AM PST
Your biggest carbon sin may be air travel. One round-trip flight from New York to Europe or to San Francisco creates about 2 or 3 tons of carbon dioxide per person. The average American generates about 19 tons of carbon dioxide a year; the average European, 10. New York Times

2.09.2013

02.09.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog

  • Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy. Council on Foreign Relations
  •     Fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks are still rising The Guardian
  •     Will Solar Eclipse Wind Power In 2013? KCET
  •     Despite uncertainties in solar sector, 31 GW solar installations made in 2012 Times of India
  •     Solar set for a comeback? MSN Money
  •     4.4 GW Of New Solar Power Infrastructure Expected To Be Announced In India ... CleanTechnica
  •     The Scary Truth About How Much Climate Change is Costing You, Your Kids... National Journal
  •     ***** nd 'To Save Earth, Pr. Obama should APPROVE Keystone - Massive Political Capital gained - Mid term un-Economics will Kill Keystone. OBVIOUSLY. And the Furry of the Lip-service Libs will Unify the Does-Stuff Committed Ctr w/ Pr. Obama, and disarm the Raving Right.' Loving
  •     ***** Climate change is National Security 'threat multiplier' Politico
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:44 AM PST
Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy Council on Foreign Relations - ‎1 hour ago‎ Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy. Authors: Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, and Daniel P. Ahn, Adjunct Fellow for Energy ...
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:32 AM PST
Fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks are still rising The Guardian (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎ Last week the OECD published two new reports which shine a light on our complex and confused relationship with fossil fuels. The first looks at how we subsidise them, the second at how we tax them. The picture they paint can be summed up in two words: ...
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:29 AM PST
EcoChunk Will Solar Eclipse Wind Power In 2013? KCET - ‎18 hours ago‎ According to one energy executive, solar power will likely outstrip wind in the pace of new installations in 2013. This is as a result both of uncertainty late last year over the fate of the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the ever-decreasing ... Solar Energy MapsCrowdsourcing.org In
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:27 AM PST
Despite uncertainties in solar sector, 31 GW solar installations made in 2012 Times of India - ‎1 hour ago‎ The fall in prices has continued to be a boon for installers and downstream companies, particularly third-party finance providers, who have profited from the falling module prices, with many of them deploying solar leasing finance models, according to ...
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:27 AM PST
International Business Times Solar set for a comeback? MSN Money - ‎19 hours ago‎ This Arizona-based maker of solar modules and photovoltaic solar power systems has a market cap near $2.5 billion. Its forward earnings multiple is less than the industry average price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, but the long-term earnings per share (EPS) ... Solar: Citi Sets Buys On
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:26 AM PST
Financial Times (blog) 4.4 GW Of New Solar Power Infrastructure Expected To Be Announced In India ... CleanTechnica - ‎10 hours ago‎ 20130207-010126.jpg. The group is anticipating the “announcement of 1.6 GW of new solar capacity under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (NSM) along with an additional 2.8 GW of projects under five state solar programs,”
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:29 AM PST
The Scary Truth About How Much Climate Change is Costing You National Journal - ‎8 hours ago‎ The reason: rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change. Among the chief causes for that rise, according to the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, are carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels, which trap heat in the ...
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:03 AM PST
*****  nd 'To Save Earth, Pr. Obama should APPROVE Keystone -  Massive Political Capital gained - Mid term un-Economics will Kill Keystone.   OBVIOUSLY.  And the Furry of the Lip-service Libs will Unify the  Does-Stuff Committed Ctr w/ Pr. Obama, and disarm the Raving Right.'  Loving
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:01 AM PST
Climate change is 'threat multiplier' Politico-9 hours ago The CNA Military Advisory Board — a panel of our nation's highest-ranking retired military leaders — has identified climate change as a “threat ...

2.08.2013

02.08.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog


  •   Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies. U.S. News & World
  •     Climate Activist Failure to Convince Americans of Carbon Fee
  •     ***** Northeast snowstorm could be among the worst of all time NBCNews.com
  •     ***** Climate change threatens food security ABC Online
  •     ***** Head of IMF: climate change is 'the greatest economic challenge of the 21st ... Mongabay.com
  •     A Cleaner Way to Use Coal Kevin Bullis. MIT Technology Review
  •     Areva Studies Asia Offshore Wind Projects as Turbines Get Bigger Bloomberg
  •     Solar farm eyed for closed landfill The Daily News
  •     Nanoantenna Solar Cell Efficiency Can Blow Silicon Out Of The Water. CleanTechnica
  •     ***** Bloomberg: Whiny, Cowardly, Responsibility-denying Enviros Dooming Action - AGAIN
  •     ***** Legislators' Climate Change Panel Catches Ag Industry's Attention Farm Futures
  •     Media Let Climate Change Off The Hook In Fishing Debate Media Matters for America
  •     Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared. - study Reuters
  •     ***** Report outlines climate change options for Obama administration. MiamiHerald.com
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:02 PM PST
Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies U.S. News & World Report - ‎Feb 6, 2013‎ WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women exposed to particulate air pollution -- commonly known as smog -- have a significantly greater risk of having a baby with a low birth weight, according to a large new international study. Pollution has shrunk Indian newbornsTimes of
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 01:14 PM PST
Climate Action Programme Poll: Americans back climate change regulation, not taxes EurekAlert (press release) - ‎3 hours ago‎ DURHAM, N.C. -- Now that President Obama has put climate change back on the table in his second inaugural address, a new national poll finds growing public support for regulating greenhouse gas emissions and requiring utilities to switch to
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:53 AM PST
NPR Blizzard alert: Northeast snowstorm could be among the worst of all time NBCNews.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ Millions of Americans brace for a massive storm that threatens to pummel the Northeast and dump more than 2 feet of snow on parts of New England. Winter Storm Warning Issued for FridaySalamanca Press (blog) Northeast Braces For Powerful Winter Storm,
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:29 AM PST
Climate change threatens food security ABC Online - ‎5 hours ago‎ SARAH CLARKE: With climate scientists warning of a long term global warming trend, the forecast across the Asia Pacific region is one of greater variability. See realtime coverage »
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:23 AM PST
Environmental Leader Head of IMF: climate change is 'the greatest economic challenge of the 21st ... Mongabay.com - ‎Feb 6, 2013‎ Climate change not debt or austerity is "the greatest economic challenge of the 21st Century," according to Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "Future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:07 AM PST
Columbus Dispatch A Cleaner Way to Use Coal Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review - ‎9 hours ago‎ In ordinary coal plants, coal is pulverized to make a fine powder and then burned in air to produce steam to drive turbines. OSU process gets 'clean coal' energyColumbus Dispatch New Coal Technology Harnesses Energy Without Burning, Nears Pilot-Scale ...Science Daily (
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:44 AM PST
Areva Studies Asia Offshore Wind Projects as Turbines Get Bigger Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎ Areva, Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Siemens AG aim to expand in Asia as China plans 5,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2015.
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:19 AM PST
Solar farm eyed for closed landfill The Daily News of Newburyport - ‎5 hours ago‎ Mayor Thatcher Kezer and city councilors this week confirmed there is interest in using the former landfill at the intersection of Route 150 and South Hunt Road for solar power, which could bring a considerable amount of revenue into Amesbury. But ...
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:17 AM PST
Nanoantenna Solar Cell Efficiency Can Blow Silicon Out Of The Water CleanTechnica - ‎5 hours ago‎ Today, conventional silicon solar cells are 10% to 20% efficient (this means that they generate 100 watts to 200 watts per square metre of cells, respectively).
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:40 AM PST
Changing the Conversation on Climate Change. Bloomberg
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:35 AM PST
Farm Futures Legislators' Climate Change Panel Catches Ag Industry's Attention Farm Futures - ‎6 hours ago‎ Though it's a controversial topic, U.S. Rep Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., stand firmly behind climate change as a risk to the country - and now National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson announced his ...
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:34 AM PST
Media Let Climate Change Off The Hook In Fishing Debate Media Matters for America (blog) - ‎17 hours ago‎ As government scientists and policymakers attempt to safeguard disappearing populations of Atlantic Cod off of the New England coast with stricter catch limits, state and national media continue to ignore the role of anthropogenic climate change in ... Climate change
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:32 AM PST
Straits Times Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared - study Reuters - ‎18 hours ago‎ The boost to growth from CO2, the main gas from burning fossil fuels blamed for causing climate change, was likely to exceed damaging effects of rising temperatures this century such as drought, it said. Climate science: Global warming and tropical
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:31 AM PST
MiamiHerald.com Report outlines climate change options for Obama administration MiamiHerald.com - ‎14 hours ago‎ ... Resources Institute, a think tank that focuses on the environment and socioeconomic development, looks at the technical and legal authority President Barack Obama could use to build on the pledge in his inaugural address to address climate change.

2.07.2013

02.07.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog

  •     US Moves Toward Near-Zero Emission Coal-Fired Power Plant. Yahoo
  •     Minnesota Power to convert coal plant to gas. Duluth News Tribune
  •     US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour. Sydney Morning Herald
  •     NAACP Releases Coal Blooded Report and Toolkit. Clean Energy News
  •     A Manmade Island to Store Wind Energy. MIT Technology Review
  •     Wind Power Breaks Records In Spain — Produces More Electricity Than Any ... CleanTechnica
  •     Every Two Megawatts of Wind Power in Your County Create One Job and Make ...Motherboard (blog)
  •     Novel Designs Are Taking Wind Power to the Next Level Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review
  •     How Climate Change Impacts America's Energy Infrastructure. World Resources Institute
  •     IMF Chief: 'Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will ... ThinkProgress
  •     New England climate change results 'dramatic'. Eagle-Tribune
  •     Climate change means catastrophe in UK, not café culture says professor. Telegraph.co.uk
  •     Report: Climate change could devastate agriculture. USA TODAY


Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:12 AM PST
PennEnergy (press release) US Moves Toward Near-Zero Emission Coal-Fired Power Plant Yahoo! News (blog) - ‎19 hours ago‎ The U.S. Department of Energy announced this week that Phase II of an agreement with FutureGen Industrial Alliance has begun, taking the country one step closer to making commercial-scale carbon capture and storage technology -- and dramatically
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:09 AM PST
Finance and Commerce Minnesota Power to convert coal plant to gas Duluth News Tribune - ‎Jan 30, 2013‎ Minnesota Power announced Wednesday it will convert its coal-fired power plant in Hoyt Lakes to natural gas and close one of three coal units at its Taconite Harbor plant on the North Shore as the utility continues a move away from carbon dioxode ... Minnesota
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:08 AM PST
San Francisco Chronicle US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour Sydney Morning Herald - ‎19 hours ago‎ In its second-annual accounting of greenhouse gases, the US Environmental Protection Agency today released details of emissions from about 8,000 factories, power plants and refineries. Two Southern Co. coal-fired power facilities topped the list ...
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:07 AM PST
Clean Energy News (blog) NAACP Releases Coal Blooded Report and Toolkit Clean Energy News (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎ Coal Blooded systematically studies 378 coal-fired power plants nationwide and evaluates each plant in terms of its environmental justice performance - how the plant affects low-income communities and communities of color. This same type of analysis is ...
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:24 AM PST
MIT Technology Review A Manmade Island to Store Wind Energy MIT Technology Review - ‎20 hours ago‎ When the wind farm produces excess energy for the local electricity grid, such as off-peak times in the overnight hours, the island will store the energy and release it later during peak times. See realtime coverage »
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:23 AM PST
Wind Power Breaks Records In Spain — Produces More Electricity Than Any ... CleanTechnica - ‎4 hours ago‎ Denmark, the US, and Germany aren't the only countries breaking wind power records these days. Spain is also a notable leader seeing strong wind power growth. In fact, it just saw its wind farms produce more electricity than any other source for a 3 ... Spanish Wind Farms'
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:21 AM PST
Every Two Megawatts of Wind Power in Your County Create One Job and Make ...Motherboard (blog)
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:20 AM PST
KOKH FOX25 Novel Designs Are Taking Wind Power to the Next Level Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review - ‎8 hours ago‎ The technology is part of a trend that's made wind power almost as cheap as fossil fuels. In 1991, wind power cost 15 cents per kilowatt hour. Wind War in OklahomaKOKH FOX25 Wind-farm efficiency examined at UWWyoming Business Report See realtime
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:16 AM PST
World Resources Institute How Climate Change Impacts America's Energy Infrastructure World Resources Institute - ‎15 hours ago‎ As we've seen recently with Hurricane Sandy, epic drought, and wildfires, climate change visibly impacts lives and livelihoods throughout the United States. See realtime coverage »
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:11 AM PST
ThinkProgress IMF Chief: 'Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will ... ThinkProgress - ‎13 hours ago‎ At the World Economic Forum in Davos, she said, “the real wild card in the pack” of economic pivot points is “Increasing vulnerability from resource scarcity and climate change, with the potential for major social and economic disruption.”
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:09 AM PST
MPBN News New England climate change results 'dramatic' Eagle-Tribune - ‎7 hours ago‎ “No doubt we've seen some very important changes to the ecological system from climate change,” said Rick Wahle, a research associate professor from the University of Maine. Report: Climate change affects region's wildlifeSan Francisco Chronicle Report: Climate Change Causing Rapid
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:08 AM PST
Climate change means catastrophe in UK, not café culture says professor Telegraph.co.uk - ‎59 minutes ago‎ Professor Kevin Anderson, Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, said Government and local authorities are failing to grasp the risks to Britain for global warming.
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:06 AM PST
Report: Climate change could devastate agriculture USA TODAY - ‎15 hours ago‎ A comprehensive USDA study concludes rising temperatures could cost farmers millions as they battle new pests, faster weed growth and get smaller yields as climate change continues. farming. The country was battered by the worst drought to hit in more ...