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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Solar Costs Plummeting, North Carolina and Elsewhere
The cost of solar power in North Carolina is falling steeply, a state trade group reported, providing the first real evidence of a trend that is likely occurring in other states that are harnessing the power of the sun, reports … Continue reading
Japan Progresses Towards Replacing Nuclear with Clean Renewable Energy
The nuclear disasters created by earthquake and tsunami a year ago pushed Softbank corporate executive Masayoshi Son to finance a foundation to pursue replacing nuclear power with renewable clean energy, reported Sarah Berlow at the Wall Street Journal. “The successful … Continue reading
Need to Transfer to Clean Energy ASAP – Ex Microsoft Exec
Nathan Myrvold, former Microsoft exec, kajillionaire, and all-round polymath genius type, used to worry that environmental activists might actually inspire a dramatic transfer to clean energy. Now, having crunched the numbers himself, he promotes it vigorously, reports David Roberts at … Continue reading
First Climate Change Induced Relocation of Sinking Island Nation
The Pacific nation of Kiribati is negotiating to buy land in Fiji so it can move islanders under threat from rising sea levels, in what could be the first climate-induced relocation of a country, reports Paul Chapman at the Sydney … Continue reading
New Liquid Battery Will Boost Clean Energy
Massachussetts Institute of Technology Engineering professor Donald Sadoway recently gave a Technology, Entertainment and Design, or TED talk, about a liquid battery that could one day cut the need for new power plants, reports Agence France Presse. TED talks present … Continue reading
Climate Change Will Impact Hydropower in California, Northwest
In Washington, Oregon, and particularly California, far less snow and rain has fallen this winter than usual and it has many people worried about water supplies further into spring and summer, when river levels are forecast to be well below … Continue reading
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Tagged California, climate change, droughts, global warming, hydropower, Pacific northwest, power supplies, water supplies
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Fossil Fuels Causing Fastest Ocean Acidification in 300 Million Years
The world’s oceans are turning acidic much faster than any time in the past 300 million years, even more rapidly than during a monster emission of planet-warming carbon 56 million years ago. That emission caused a 5,000 year hot spell, … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, commercial fish, coral reefs, extinction, fossil fuels, global warming, ocean acidification, shellfish
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Obama Seeks End to Oil and Gas Subsidies
As Americans pay more at the gas pump, President Obama asked Congress recently to end the $4 billion subsidy to oil and gas companies, reports Helene Cooper and Jonathan Weisman at the New York Times. Obama vowed to tackle long-term … Continue reading
Representatives Urge UK Become Lead Exporter of Wave, Tidal Power
A recent report from Britain’s Parliamentary Energy and Climate Change Committee calls on government to increase its support for wave and tidal power, and establish long term goals for marine energy, reports the Guardian. Not to do so risks repeating … Continue reading
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Tagged Britain, clean renewable energy, climate change, climate change solutions, global warming, tidal power, UK, wave power
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