8.12.2012
nd 'Creative Tension. Dissipating it? Not the Source? No hope.' Loving
nd 'Creative Tension. Dissipating it? Not the Source Every Second? No hope.' Loving
Links Corrected - Aug 11: Tracking Plan B - Lester Brown's. SUBSCRIBE. NOW.
Tracking Plan B - Lester Brown's
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:32 PM PDT
Rep. Joe Walsh Applauds Ending Oil ...
ThinkProgress - 4 hours ago
“Get rid of subsidies for the big oil companies if you want. Do it,”
Walsh declared to loud applause, calling the move “important”: WALSH:
You can do anything you want to.
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:28 PM PDT
New battery technology means more power for electric cars
Herald Sun - 8 hours ago
A SMALL battery company backed by General Motors is working on
breakthrough technology that could power an electric car more than 300km
on a single charge in the next two-to-four years, GM's CEO says.
GM may have breakthrough in electric battery technologyBend Bulletin
GM's Akerson promises 200
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:18 PM PDT
US should change biofuel policy to avoid food crisis: UN
Reuters - 6 hours ago
ROME (Reuters) - The U.N.'s food agency stepped up the pressure on the
United States on Friday to change its biofuel policies because of the
danger of a world food crisis, arguing the importance of growing crops
for food over their use for fuel.
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:13 PM PDT
Greentech Media (blog)
Report: German Utilities Don't Want to Spend on Smart Grid
Greentech Media (blog) - 9 hours ago
Consulting firm Steria Mummert polled 100 German utility executives and
found that only half of them wanted to spend money on smart grid between
now and 2014. That's compared to three-quarters who planned to spend on
renewable energy, and 30 ...
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:10 PM PDT
USDA Backs Smart Grid Efforts In Rural America
Renew Grid - 6 hours ago
To further improvements to electric lines and transmission and reduce
peak electric loads by deploying smart gridtechnologies, the U.S.
USDA provides funds for electric projects in Iowa, 17 other
statesDesMoinesRegister.com (blog)
US Agriculture Department to fund rural smart grid projectsEcoSeed
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:06 PM PDT
Environment News Service
Largest UK Firms Must Disclose CO2 Emissions
Environment News Service - 2 hours ago
LONDON, UK, August 10, 2012 (ENS) - More than 1100 public companies
listed on the London Stock Exchange will have to report their greenhouse
gas emissions from next April under plans announced at the Rio+20
Summit that are now moving forward.
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:04 PM PDT
Toronto Star
Way more pros than cons to energy efficiency
Toronto Star - 6 hours ago
But there are some who question whether energy efficiency is everything
it's touted to be. Specifically, they point to the idea that there is a
large rebound effect to increased energy efficiency. The concept here is
that when we use products that ...
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:46 PM PDT
Extinction of U.S. fish species examined
UPI.com - 39 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- North American freshwater fishes are going
extinct at an alarming rate compared with other species, a U.S.
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:46 PM PDT
Pipeline protests spur companies to consider shipping oilsands crude by
rail
Montreal Gazette - 3 hours ago
OTTAWA - As battles rage over the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL
pipelines, governments and energy companies are eyeing other options for
transporting oilsands crude to foreign markets, including by rail, a
pipeline through the Northwest Territories ...
Alberta premier
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:38 PM PDT
http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/scottish-headlines/100-renewable-energy-attainable-1-2461485
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:31 PM PDT
if you have a natural-gas engine, methane is going to be a major part of that tailpipe
http://eponline.com/articles/2012/08/10/cheaper-and-cleaner-catalyst-for-burning-methane.aspx
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:17 PM PDT
http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2012/08/10/natural-gas-a-briefing-paper-for-candidates/
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:08 PM PDT
Ice sheets took 'thousands of years to grow'
Independent Online - 14 hours ago
The report, examining the Earth's orbit around the sun in a 100000-year
cycle of cold and warmth, showed that ice sheets took thousands of years
to grow at the start of Ice Ages and surprisingly lagged a quicker
cooling of the oceans. That delay, and ...
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 12:26 PM PDT
Drought Cited as US Predicts Corn Yield at 17-Year Low
New York Times - 2 minutes ago
WASHINGTON
- With the worst drought in a half century decimating crops in the
United States, the government on Friday slashed its estimate of the
annual corn yield by about 17 percent in the last month to the lowest
level since 1995.
US drought threatens food price surgeFinancial Times
Corn
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 12:19 PM PDT
World's Largest Butterfly Threatened by Shrinking Habitat and
Deforestation
Scientific American (blog) - 6 hours ago
But the Queen Alexandra's butterfly, named after the wife of King Edward
VII of England, faces an ever-shrinking habitat due to deforestation in
its only home, the rainforests of PNG, and conservationists fear that
the species may soon run out of room ...
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 12:16 PM PDT
Telegraph.co.uk
Child hunger: the biggest obstacle to global development
Telegraph.co.uk - 2 hours ago
As a global
leader on the issue, Unicef has long since recognised the huge barrier
child undernutrition represents to international development.
Hunger: Irish and experts focus on children, research and small farmersWorld and Media
See realtime coverage »
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 12:14 PM PDT
Where the world's running out of water, in one map
Washington Post (blog) - 3 hours ago
And with the global population
soaring past 7 billion, this is one of the biggest questions the world
is now facing. Can better conservation practices and new technology
enable farmers to keep feeding the planet without depleting its most
important ...
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 12:12 PM PDT
Proposal For Floating Offshore Wind ...
North American Windpower - 4 hours ago
The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) has taken the next step in the assessment of a
proposed project to demonstrate floating offshore wind technology on the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off the coast of ...
Feds seek competitors to Statoil for Maine
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 12:10 PM PDT
Rotating Solar Thermal Collector Targets Cheap Renewable Energy
Revmodo - 1 hour ago
Rather
than a futuristic gun designed to destroy the moon, the structure is
actually a solar thermal collector–a 10 foot by 10 foot device designed
to follow the sun across the sky–and could put us on the fast track to
cheaper solar energy. Unbeknownst ...
New Solar Power Design Inspired by
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 11:49 AM PDT
A Handy Guide to Global Warming Diseases
The Atlantic Cities (blog) - 3 hours ago
Increased rainfall, warmer
temperatures, dying reefs and hotter oceans are handing diseases that
afflict humans - algal, fungal, mosquito-borne, tick-borne - a chance to
spread, meaning diseases previously unheard in the U.S.
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 11:47 AM PDT
Experts link climate change to animal products consumption
Inquirer.net - 5 hours ago
Better
believe it, environment experts claim the weather we have today is
partly the result of our appetites. Although the causes of climate
change is no doubt multifaceted, livestock propagation to meet the
world's incessant appetite for animal ...
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 11:45 AM PDT
On Floods, China Blames Climate Change
Forbes - 4 hours ago
A recent bout with rain induced flooding from two typhoons has the
Chinese government warning that climate change will undoubtedly bring
more natural disasters.
Climate change will bring more heavy rains in ChinaJakarta Post
As Severe Storms Overwhelm China's Infrastructure, Experts Warn That
Climate ...ThinkProgress
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 10:04 AM PDT
Day
2 and I feel like day 60. Wow. Day 2 has never felt like this.
Is it the blood tests that say anemia, the diagnosis, or is it the
diagnosis, the anemia hitting me. My backpack that was 35-45 libs now
feels 80. My 2lb each Secret Service boots now feel 8lb each.
There is likely hospital time ahead for the Death Fast and this month
was the month I had to renew my Medicade so today has
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Links Corrected - Aug 9: Tracking Plan B - Lester Brown's. SUBSCRIBE. NOW.
Tracking Plan B - Lester Brown's
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 05:52 PM PDT
Nearly one in four people food insecure
CattleNetwork.com - 13 hours ago
The
authors project a percentage decline from 24 to 21 percent food
insecure, but the actual number of food-insecure people will increase by
37 million, reflecting growth in the global population. For this report, the agency defines food insecurity as ...
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 05:46 PM PDT
Global warming linked to shellfish eating risks
Straight.com -
3 hours ago
By Matthew Burrows, August 8, 2012. A local expert in pathogens has
conceded that warming of regional ocean waters because of climate change
“potentially” means more waterborne illnesses due to the Vibrio
parahaemolyticus bacterium. “I will admit to ...
PolicyMic
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 05:44 PM PDT
Oregon teens take global warming to Oregon Supreme Court
KPIC - 6 hours ago
Oregon teens take global warming
to Oregon Supreme Court. By Crystal Price KVAL News Published: Aug 8,
2012 at 10:44 AM PDT Last Updated: Aug 8, 2012 at 10:44 AM PDT.
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 05:42 PM PDT
Global warming: Diseased trees may be major methane source
Summit County Citizens Voice - 18 hours ago
It also has a global warming
potential equivalent to 18 percent of the carbon being sequestered by
these forests, reducing their climate benefit of carbon sequestration by
nearly one-fifth.
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 05:32 PM PDT
Hydroelectricity Production Is Vulnerable to Climate Change
CleanTechnica - 8 hours ago
“Climate change
is expected to affect the quantity and timing of water flow in the
state,” Madani said. “Under dry climate warming, the state will receive
less precipitation, with most of it as rain instead of snow, impacting
hydropower supply and ...
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 05:29 PM PDT
July is hottest month on record – human-caused climate change cited
Reno Gazette Journal (blog) - 6 hours ago
The record came on the heels of a study by NASA's James Hansen, linking
increased extreme weather events with climate change. He found that the
odds of hitting record temperatures from the 1950s to 1980s was about 1
in 300 but has now dropped to 1 in ...
July in US was
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 04:21 PM PDT
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:05 PM PDT
Nature | Seven Days
Nature.com - 3 hours ago
Deforestation down Deforestation
in the Brazilian Amazon fell by more than 20% between August 2011 and
July 2012, according to an early - and uncertain - analysis released on 2
August by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:02 PM PDT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sxc2-Do7BU&feature=youtu.be
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 08:46 AM PDT
Three UN Millennium Development Targets Reached and a Review of the ...
New Security Beat - 5 hours ago
They
conclude that huge changes must be made in technology and consumption
in order to combat the effects of climate change that are being caused
by a growing population and an increasingly affluent world. The United Nations' 2012 Millennium ...
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 08:27 AM PDT
Solar panels could conflict with urban trees, says expert at Portland ecology ...
OregonLive.com - Aug 6, 2012
View
full sizeBenjamin Brink/The OregonianSolar panel installations on homes
require careful placement of neighboring trees to avoid shading the
panels.
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 08:24 AM PDT
China hikes 2015 solar power target by 40 pct
Reuters - 6 hours ago
BEIJING, Aug 8 (Reuters) - China has hiked its 2015 target for solar power
capacity by 40 percent to 21 gigawatts (GW), a government agency said
on Wednesday, with falling costs and new regulations boosting growth in
the sector.
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 08:20 AM PDT
Romney's Ever-Changing Coal and Climate Policies
energybiz - 14 hours ago
Setting
aside the whole Romney-Care health package that he once ushered in with
great fanfare, there's also his apparent flip-flop on climate change
and on coal. Once an advocate of tighter controls, now he is not. “The
same policies that protect the ...
See realtime coverage »
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 08:19 AM PDT
Oyster industry struggles to adapt to climate change
Mother Nature Network - 39 minutes ago
Oysters
on the half shell may be a delicacy, but oysters need their shells to
grow and thrive in the first place. Unfortunately, increasing levels of
ocean acidification caused by carbon-dioxide emissions and climate change threaten the integrity of
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 08:15 AM PDT
Climate change: What will it take to wake up the world?
The Hill (blog) - 20 minutes ago
The
oceans are still rising, bizarre weather patterns continue to plague
us, the polar ice caps are disappearing and most of us just ignore the
dangers of climate change. As the world's leaders return from Rio de Janeiro and the United Nations ...
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Posted: 08 Aug 2012 06:42 AM PDT
Politico
Reid: Time to Stop Acting Like Climate Change Deniers Have a Valid Point
of ...
Equities.com - 5 hours ago
Yet a quarter century later, too many elected officials in Washington
are still calling climate change a liberal hoax. They falsely claim
scientists are still debating whether carbon pollution is warming the
planet.
Bill Clinton On Clean Energy Policy
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Day 4 - 1.5 DEGREES C, $240per ton (chk my math), Subsidies, Dying for it, what that means
http://youtu.be/KK0VOdkKM2E
NOTE: $311 is incorrect by a factor of 3.67 x 3.67, I'm quite sure.
HOWEVER, THE TRUE COST OF EACH TON TO THE NEXT 2OOO GENERATIONS IS AT LEAST THAT, AND MAYBE MANY TIMES HIGHER. MORE LATER, CREATOR WILLING.
NOTE: For the source on $311/ton damage go to 'Tracking Plan B' blog, in the far upper left search in the window on '311' http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/ http://trackingplanb.blogspot.com/
NOTE: $311 is incorrect by a factor of 3.67 x 3.67, I'm quite sure.
HOWEVER, THE TRUE COST OF EACH TON TO THE NEXT 2OOO GENERATIONS IS AT LEAST THAT, AND MAYBE MANY TIMES HIGHER. MORE LATER, CREATOR WILLING.
NOTE: For the source on $311/ton damage go to 'Tracking Plan B' blog, in the far upper left search in the window on '311' http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/ http://trackingplanb.blogspot.com/
CORRECTED LINKS - Aug 12 TRACKING PLAN B - SUBSCRIBE
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:24 PM PDT
Hydrogen Fuel News
Advances in Solar Battery Technology
GetSolar.com - 5 hours ago
Photovoltaic Recent advances in battery technology could dramatically
improve the performance of home solar technology.panels charge the
batteries, and then the batteries provide clean energy whenever it is
needed
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:14 PM PDT
The effects of ocean acidification on shellfish
Sail World - 1 hour ago
An international study to comprehend and predict the likely impact of
ocean acidification on shellfish and other marine organisms living in
seas, from the tropics to the poles, has been published this week in the
journal Global Change Biology.
Ocean acidification could disrupt marine food chainsRegina
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:12 PM PDT
Rate of arctic summer sea ice loss is 50% higher than predicted
The Guardian - 1 hour ago
Sea ice in the Arctic is disappearing at a far greater rate than
previously expected, according to data from the first purpose-built
satellite launched to study the thickness of the Earth's polar caps.
Preliminary results from the European Space Agency ...
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:01 PM PDT
Western states bake under extended heat wave
The Associated Press - 37 minutes ago
By
By CHRISTINA HOAG - 1 minute ago LOS ANGELES (AP) - Temperatures are
soaring into triple digits across the western United States as a
continuing heat wave strained energy supplies and sent thousands to
beaches, lakes and shopping malls in search of ...
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 01:22 PM PDT
This Is Your Global Food Supply On Climate Change
Sustainablog (blog) - 1 hour ago
OK, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I think that this year's
climate extremes are linked to human-caused climate change. We might not
really have the definitive answer on whether that is true for 20 years,
but I would like nothing better ...
See realtime coverage »
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 12:52 PM PDT
Another Bad Week for Fracking
Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:45 PM PDT
It’s been another bad week for fracking. On top of previous studies, a
new report has linked this controversial natural gas drilling method
to earthquakes in Texas, and another new study has exposed water
pollution risks in New York. Nevertheless, a group of federal
legislators chose this week to release a letter lobbying for
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 12:34 PM PDT
LED Bulb Cost Will Drop by Half to $11 in 2020
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:48 AM PDT
$60M energy-saving project for Longview paper mill
The Seattle Times - 21 hours ago
$60M energy-saving project for Longview paper mill. Officials expect a
$60 million energy conservationproject at the Norpac paper mill in
Longview will make it more competitive and save electricity for the
region.
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:47 AM PDT
abc7.com
See realtime coverage
Smart meter program encourages energy conservation in California
abc7.com - 11 hours ago
(KABC) -- Continued hot temperatures triggered the first statewide Flex
Alert of the season that asks Californians to conserve energy. For the
first time, the state's three investor-owned utility companies,
PG&E, Southern California Edison and San ...
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:31 AM PDT
Florida passenger rail would make West Palm Beach-Orlando commute in
less ...
WPTV - 1 hour ago
Strictly speaking, the service is not pitched as “high-speed” rail but
will travel up to 110 mph and include WiFi service, food and beverages.
Railway company to build passenger service from Miami to
OrlandoExaminer.com
It's not Europe, but Miami-Orlando train is good first
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:29 AM PDT
Environmental cost of Keystone project too great
South Bend Tribune - 6 hours ago
There already are numerous examples of bitumen pipelines rupturing. The
Keystone XL pipeline is supposed to be built over the Ogallala Aquifer,
which extends from Montana to New Mexico.
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:17 AM PDT
al industry and workers buck Obama camp
Washington Examiner - 21 hours ago
Courtesy of President Obama, coal miners in swing states are getting
some pre-election pink slips. The job losses raise the possibility of an
alliance - or at least a non-aggression pact - between the unions that
Obama needs and the industry leaders ...
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:11 AM PDT
Tom Hudson: Expect gas prices to continue heating up
MiamiHerald.com - 51 minutes ago
By
Tom Hudson It has been a record-breaking summer but not at the gas
pump. While July was the hottest month on record and most of the United
States continues suffering near record drought conditions, drivers have
been spared sky high gasoline prices ...
Refinery problems blamed for hike in
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:06 AM PDT
Without Carbon Controls, We Face a Dust Bowl
New York Times
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:54 AM PDT
Thousands file claims after Chevron refinery fire
Boston.com - 8 hours ago
RICHMOND,
Calif. (AP) - Several thousand Richmond residents have filed legal
claims against Chevron Corp., seeking compensation for a refinery fire
that fouled the region's air for hours and sent more than 4000 people to
seek medical care for breathing ...
Slew of legal claims expected after refinery
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:38 AM PDT
U.S. drought may cause global increase in poverty
WWLP 22News - Aug 9, 2012
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) - An increase in the price of grains is putting a dent in the global
food reserve and consumers' pockets, and it largely has to do with the
drought that much of the nation is dealing with right now.
Concern over sharp rise in global food pricesDaily Star Online
Global food
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 07:31 AM PDT
Drought threatens global food price rises
The Australian Financial Review - 17 hours ago
The
UNFAO has forecast agricultural output will need to rise by 60 per cent
within 40 years to meet rising demand for food as the world's
population soars beyond 9 billion people. That equates to an extra 1
billion tonnes of grain and 200 million ...
Bangladesh least food secure in South
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012 07:29 AM PDT
Fla PL's parent NextEra Energy pollutes relatively little for its size,
new study ...
Sun-Sentinel - 3 hours ago
The third largest electricity maker in the country, Florida-based
NextEra ranks tops for producing wind and solar energy in the United
States, according to the report from non-profit group Ceres.
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