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
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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
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Glacially Slow: Solar PV Installations Hit 32 GW In 2012, 35 GW Projected For 2013, According To IHS
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:43 PM PST
Solar PV Installations Hit 32 GW In 2012, 35 GW Projected For 2013, According To IHS
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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
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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
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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
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:54 PM PST
Billions Of Animals Die Because Of Cats
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:03 AM PST
Manmade Carbon Pollution Has Already Put Us On Track For 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise
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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.
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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
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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.
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:47 AM PST
US Missing Out On Its Share Of $1 Trillion In Total Global Solar Energy Revenue
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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
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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.
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:35 AM PST
Wind Enegy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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
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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
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Showing posts with label SOLAR - BST CHNCE 2 STOP ECOCIDE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SOLAR - BST CHNCE 2 STOP ECOCIDE. Show all posts
2.13.2013
02.13.13AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog
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
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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 ...
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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: ...
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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,”
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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2.08.2013
Fox: Solar doomed in US cuz unlike Germany - it is not sunny here
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Thanks to Fox News and its expert commentators, millions of Americans now understand the real, hidden reason why Germany's solar-energy industry is so much further along than ours. Turns out it has nothing to do with the fact that Germany's government ...
02.08.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog
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
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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
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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,
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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 »
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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
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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 (
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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.
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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 ...
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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).
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:40 AM PST
Changing the Conversation on Climate Change. Bloomberg
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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.
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1.27.2013
AVERTING ECOCIDE blog 01.27.13 Tracking Plan B - WAR ROOM
Tracking Plan B - WAR ROOM 01.27.13
- San Francisco on track to become zero-waste city. pbs
- HUGE: V3Solar Spin Cell = 8 Cents/kWh (CleanTechnica Exclusive)
- 33% Of All Global PV Shipments Ended Up In China In The 4th Quarter. CleanTechnica
- Due to Criminal US Apathy: China and Australia top list of 'carbon bomb' projects. Guardian
- Australian coal mining #2 Threat of Ecocide.
- How high could the tide go? NYT
- Ecocide: Former Met Office chief says 2°C climate target missed.
- vids - Clean Energy Revolution Is Critical, Do-Able, & Good For Jobs & The Economy
- Mountaintop Removal Mining Proves Hard to Stop. EP Magazine
- Smart Grid - $2 trillion or so in Efficiency Gains
- Obama advisers call for halt to Arctic oil exploration. Guardian
- China going Nuclear Power - Big. Economist
- Sandy, is the Future. SF Chronicle
- Soot, Carbon 1/3 of Warming's Cause [Diesel, Cooking Fuels]? Economist
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 03:28 PM PST
San Francisco on track to become zero-waste city.
San Francisco is trying to become the first
city with zero waste. By requiring residents and businesses to separate
compostable items such as food scraps, as well as recyclable items, the
city has already reduced a huge amount of garbage from ending up in
landfills, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports.
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 03:14 PM PST
HUGE: V3Solar Spin Cell = 8 Cents/kWh (CleanTechnica Exclusive)
Posted: 24 Jan 2013 02:04 PM PST
Quite
frankly, if the company’s numbers are correct, this could be the
biggest solar news of the decade, or even a greater timespan. (And CleanTechnica
got the inside scoop — due to our sincere passion for helping the
world, and probably also our status as the top cleantech or clean
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 02:52 PM PST
33% Of All Global PV Shipments Ended Up In China In The 4th Quarter
Posted: 23 Jan 2013 07:00 AM PST
According to new research
from the NPD Solarbuzz Quarterly report, the Chinese end-market received
33% of global solar photovoltaic (PV) shipments in the fourth quarter
of 2012.
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 02:23 PM PST
China and Australia top list of 'carbon bomb' projects.
China and Australia top a global list of
planned oil, gas and coal projects that will act as "carbon bombs" and
push the planet towards catastrophic climate change, a Greenpeace report
warned on Tuesday.
The Guardian
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 02:21 PM PST
Australian coal mining threatens CO2 target.
The forecast expansion of Australian coal
mining and exports would be the world's second-largest contributor of
new carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels if fully realised,
research by Greenpeace International has found.
Melbourne Age
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 02:19 PM PST
How high could the tide go?
The question of just how high the oceans
might rise in a warmer world has taken on new urgency in the aftermath
of Hurricane Sandy, which caused coastal flooding that scientists say
was almost certainly worsened by the modest rise of sea level over the
past century.
New York Times
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 01:56 PM PST
Former
Met Office chief says 2°C climate target missedResponding to Climate
ChangeA former head of the UK's Met Office has dismissed any possibility
of the world limiting global warming to 2°C. Speaking at the GLOBE
International summit ...
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 12:56 PM PST
Connie Hedegaard: Clean Energy Revolution Is Critical, Do-Able, &
Good For Jobs & The Economy (VIDEOS)
Posted: 20 Jan 2013 06:45 AM PST
Connie Hedegaard, the
European Commissioner for Climate Action in the European Commission
since February 2010, gave a great keynote speech at the World Future
Energy Summit (part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week) a few days ago.
Below are two videos
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 12:45 PM PST
Mountaintop Removal Mining Proves Hard to StopEP MagazineMountaintop removal
is a form of surface mining used extensively throughout Appalachia that
uses explosives to remove the summits of mountains to expose coal
seams. Excess rock and soil laden with toxic mining byproducts are often
dumped into nearby ...See all stories on this topic »
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 12:39 PM PST
Is smart grid worth it? How does a $2 trillion efficiency benefit sound?Smart Grid NewsEvenly spread across the various grids?
Or do the improvements help just ERCOT and PJM? $1 Trillion is a lot of
savings, $2 Trillion is enough to buy more than a few StarBuck coffees
-- it would really be interesting to here more and how the estimated ...See all stories on this topic »
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 07:07 AM PST
Obama advisers call for halt to oil exploration.
The entire future of Shell's drilling plans in
the Arctic was put in doubt on Friday after two of Barack Obama's most
trusted advisers called for a permanent halt to oil exploration.
The Guardian
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 07:03 AM PST
Nuclear power: Back on the front burner.
China wants more nuclear plants than anyone
else. Will it build them safely? There are now more nuclear projects
underway in China than in any other country. The sheer number raises
worries about safety.
Economist
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 07:01 AM PST
Is rebuilding in hurricane zones wise?
Sandy is the future. As carbon dioxide
emissions blast past worst-case scenarios, rising sea levels and storm
surges will reshape every U.S. coastline. But it is only beginning to
dawn on Americans, half of whom live on the coasts, that their future is
a battle against the sea.
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013 06:59 AM PST
The new black.
For years the institutions that focus on
climate policy have played down the role of pollutants such as black
carbon that stay in the atmosphere for a short time, and concentrated on
carbon dioxide, which, once generated, tends to remain there. That may
soon change.
Economist
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