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
Saturday, November 19, 2011
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
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Vertical Farming at The Plant: How a Former Meat-Packing Facility Became a Successful Farm
Vertical Farming at The Plant: How a Former Meat-Packing Facility Became a Successful Farm: pby Cole Mellino There’s a heated debate among proponents of urban agriculture about whether vertical farming is truly feasible. Most people agree that it would solve many of our current agricultural problems, such as land and water use, heavy reliance on chemical inputs, fertilizer runoff and soil erosion, and carbon emissions from transportation. However, real [...]/p
Friday, October 28, 2011
House Airline Bill is Bad for Business, Jobs and the Climate
House Airline Bill is Bad for Business, Jobs and the Climate: pHarsh GOP Response to EU Emissions Trading System Risks Disaster for U.S. Industry by Andrew Light and Rebecca Lefton On Monday the U.S. House of Representatives took the unusual step of passing a bill, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011, which would forbid U.S. airlines from participating in an EU law [...]/p
Monday, October 24, 2011
If Republicans Try To Manufacture A Clean Energy Scandal With Fisker, These Letters May Haunt Them
If Republicans Try To Manufacture A Clean Energy Scandal With Fisker, These Letters May Haunt Them: pAs news outlets hype the ABC News piece about Fisker Automotive, a company that received an Obama administration loan program while creating jobs both in Finland and Delaware, Republicans are likely to pounce as well. Already, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) appeared on Fox News to tout the Fisker story as part of a larger narrative [...]/p
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Massachusetts Is The Most Energy Efficient State
Massachusetts Is The Most Energy Efficient State: pAccording to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Massachusetts has edged out California as the most energy efficient state, with scores of 45.5 and 44 out of 50 on ACEEE’s rankings. The council used six criteria to score each state: utility and public benefits programs and policies, transportation policies, building energy codes, combined heat [...]/p
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Hot Dog Bites Skeptical Man: Koch-Funded Berkeley Temperature Study Does “Confirm the Reality of Global Warming”
Hot Dog Bites Skeptical Man: Koch-Funded Berkeley Temperature Study Does “Confirm the Reality of Global Warming”: pFour new papers confirm that “the world is warming fast,” as the Economist summed it up. One paper finds that “the effect of urban heating on the global trends is nearly negligible.” Another finds that the work of the scientist-smearing denier Anthony Watts is pure BS. Okay, that’s all “dog bites man” stuff, which is [...]/p
Evidence Builds That Scientists Underplay Climate Impacts
Evidence Builds That Scientists Underplay Climate Impacts: pFar from being “alarmist,” predictions from climate scientists in many cases are proving to be more conservative than observed climate-induced impacts. The observed rate of Arctic ice loss exceeds the projections of all IPCC climate models — by NSIDC scientist Julienne Stroeve updated through 2011 (via Climate Crocks, click to enlarge). By Douglas Fischer, Daily [...]/p
Climate Ethicist: Why Should People in the Future Pay to Clean Up Our Mess?
Climate Ethicist: Why Should People in the Future Pay to Clean Up Our Mess?: pThe global challenge of climate change poses a perfect moral storm — by failing to take action to rein in carbon emissions, the current generation is spreading the costs of its behavior far into the future. Why should people in the future pay to clean up our mess? by Stephen Gardiner, in a Yale Environment [...]/p
A Big Source of Climate Confusion: The Factor of 3.67 Difference Between Carbon vs. Carbon Dioxide
A Big Source of Climate Confusion: The Factor of 3.67 Difference Between Carbon vs. Carbon Dioxide: pOne of the biggest source of confusion and errors in climate discussions concerns “carbon” versus “carbon dioxide.” I was reminded of this last week because of my post Economics Stunner: “Oil and Coal-Fired Power Plants Have Air Pollution Damages Larger Than Their Value Added.” I noticed that Skeptical Science innocently confused C and CO2. The [...]/p
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Senator Whitehouse’s Must-See Climate Speech: “We Ignore the Laws of Nature—of God’s Earth—at Our Very Grave Peril”
Senator Whitehouse’s Must-See Climate Speech: “We Ignore the Laws of Nature—of God’s Earth—at Our Very Grave Peril”: p“We are earning the scorn and condemnation of history…. It is magical thinking to imagine that somehow we will be spared the plain and foreseeable consequences of our failure of duty.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) delivered a 23-minute stemwinder last week on the failure of the U.S. Senate to act on global warming pollution. Here’s [...]/p
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
The U.S. Could Get 20% of Power From Solar Sited Beneath Transmission Lines
The U.S. Could Get 20% of Power From Solar Sited Beneath Transmission Lines: pby John Farrell What if the U.S. could get 20 percent of its power from solar near transmission lines without covering virgin desert? It could. Transmission right-of-way corridors, vast swaths of vegetation-free landscape to protect high-voltage power lines, could provide enough space for over 600,000 megawatts of solar PV. These arrays could provide enough electricity [...]/p
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
The New York Times Asks “Where Did Global Warming Go?” While Ignoring Its Own Failed Coverage
The New York Times Asks “Where Did Global Warming Go?” While Ignoring Its Own Failed Coverage: p The New York Times is one of many major news outlets blowing the story of the century (see “Silence of the Lambs: Media herd’s coverage of climate change “fell off the map” in 2010“). The one-time “paper of record” cut coverage sharply since its peak in 2006 and 2007 and failed to connect the [...]/p
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
‘Guns & Patriots’ Editor Creates Fake Solar Scandal About SunPower, Murdoch’s Fox News Misinformers Run With It
‘Guns & Patriots’ Editor Creates Fake Solar Scandal About SunPower, Murdoch’s Fox News Misinformers Run With It: pMisinformed editor claims SunPower is getting a $1.2 billion loan guarantee, equating it to Solyndra. Note to real reporters: SunPower isn’t even getting the loan guarantee — it is simply building a 250-MW solar PV project for the global energy company NRG. When Total, the 14th largest oil and gas company in the world, bought [...]/p
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