Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Oxfam: Extreme Weather Has Helped Push Tens of Millions into “Hunger and Poverty” in “Grim Foretaste” of Warmed World
Oxfam: Extreme Weather Has Helped Push Tens of Millions into “Hunger and Poverty” in “Grim Foretaste” of Warmed World: pClimate Change Endangers Food Security Worldwide “Extreme weather like the droughts in Russia, China and Brazil and the flooding in Pakistan and Australia [in 2010] have contributed to a level of food price volatility we haven’t seen since the oil crisisof 40 years ago. Unfortunately, this could be just a taste of things to come [...]/p
Offshore Wind Could Meet 14% of Europe’s Energy Demand by 2030, Leveraging $193 Billion in Investments
Offshore Wind Could Meet 14% of Europe’s Energy Demand by 2030, Leveraging $193 Billion in Investments: pThe European Union, long the global leader in offshore wind, will likely stay that way for the next decade — even with the fast-growing wind market in China catching up. That’s according to new figures released by Europe’s wind trade group, the European Wind Energy Association. In a report issued earlier this month, EWEA projects [...]/p
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Global Warming’s War On Thanksgiving
Global Warming’s War On Thanksgiving: pClimate disasters and unregulated commodity speculation have combined to send food prices through the roof this year. Families across the United States will be struggling to put together a celebratory feast, and food pantries will be barer even as more people are in need. The American Farm Bureau Federation has calculated that a traditional Thanksgiving [...]/p
Monday, November 21, 2011
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Blockbuster IPCC Chart Hints at Dust-Bowlification, But Report Is Mostly Silent on Warming’s Gravest Threat to Humanity
Blockbuster IPCC Chart Hints at Dust-Bowlification, But Report Is Mostly Silent on Warming’s Gravest Threat to Humanity: pA USA Today (not IPCC) chart emphasizes the risk of drought in heavily populated areas. The IPCC Special Report “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)” is now online. I had seen the previous draft and the changes to it, so I knew that it was a big [...]/p
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Solar For the 99%? Two Thirds of California Solar Installs Are in Median-Income Zip Codes
Solar For the 99%? Two Thirds of California Solar Installs Are in Median-Income Zip Codes: pThink solar is only for the 1%? Not so fast. New data from California shows that two thirds of solar PV installations from 2009 to 2011 were in zip codes with median household incomes between $40,000 and $84,000, according to analysis from PV Solar Report and SunRun. Solar PV is often criticized as an “eco-chic” [...]/p
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Happy Birthday Clean Air Act: Thanks for Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation While Saving Millions of Lives
Happy Birthday Clean Air Act: Thanks for Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation While Saving Millions of Lives: pBy Jorge Madrid and Matt Kasper The modern version of the Clean Air Act turns 21 years old this week, and we have two trillion reasons to celebrate. The 1990 amendments to the original law were specifically designed to curb four major threats to the health of millions of Americans: acid rain, urban air pollution, [...]/p
Investment Continues to Flow into Marine Energy: Siemens and OpenHydro Ride the Tide
Investment Continues to Flow into Marine Energy: Siemens and OpenHydro Ride the Tide: pMarine resources — tidal, wave and ocean thermal — are ripe for providing massive amounts of energy to coastal communities. But the technologies are still budding, preventing companies from realizing that available potential. The International Energy Agency estimates that marine resources could feasibly provide 20,000 TWh of electricity each year. That’s more than today’s entire [...]/p
Monday, November 14, 2011
IEA’s Bombshell Warning: We’re Headed Toward 11°F Global Warming and “Delaying Action Is a False Economy”
IEA’s Bombshell Warning: We’re Headed Toward 11°F Global Warming and “Delaying Action Is a False Economy”: pInternational Energy Agency: “On planned policies, rising fossil energy use will lead to irreversible and potentially catastrophic climate change.” “… we are on an even more dangerous track to an increase of 6°C [11°F]…. Delaying action is a false economy: for every $1 of investment in cleaner technology that is avoided in the power sector [...]/p
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