Scientists look at the big picture, not today’s weather, to see the impact of climate change February 25, 2009; Scientific American; Earth Talk Don’t all these huge snow and ice storms across the country mean that the globe isn’t really warming? I’ve never seen such a winter! — Mark Franklin, Helena, MT “Warmer temperatures in the winter of 2006 caused Lake Erie to not freeze for the first time in. . . CONTINUE
Climate Change Deniers Without Borders American oil money is pumping up climate change skeptics abroad. Could they kneecap a post-Copenhagen accord? By Josh Harkinson, Tue Dec. 22, 2009 3:59 AM PST Writing two weeks ago in Poland’s most popular tabloid, the Super Express, an economic analyst named Tomasz Teluk [funded by ExxonMobil] claimed that a potential climate agreement in Copenhagen might double Poles’ electricity bills, hobble his coal-dependent country, and. . . CONTINUE
Dec. 9th 2009 WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear, UK – Smith Electric Vehicles is celebrating, after leading a successful campaign to win UNITED KINGDOM tax breaks for electric vans. The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, in his Pre-Budget Report, today announced a 100% capital allowance for companies purchasing electric vans. Britain’s car industry welcomed the UK government’s decision to extend the tax breaks for electric vehicles, already promised for private consumers, to commercial. . . CONTINUE
Wednesday, Dec 09, 2009; Copenhagen: International Organisation for Migration (IOM) report Climate change and environmental degradation will force as many as one billion people to migrate over the next four decades to southeast Asia, central America and parts of west Africa, world’s leading migration agency has said. Small island states have already disappeared under water forcing international migration. Elsewhere, large numbers of displaced people have moved to already-crowded cities, putting. . . CONTINUE
Washington (CNN) Greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health and welfare, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said Monday. “The overwhelming amount of scientific studies show that the threat is real,” The announcement stems from a Supreme Court ruling which ordered the agency to determine the impact of carbon emissions not only on the environment, but on public health. CONTINUE
A multi-million eco-project stands to transform Florida into the Silicon Valley of solar energy By Jack Fairweather : Apr 21, 2009 Solar power has been, ironically, slow to catch on in the sunshine state. But developers of a new city aim to catapult Florida to the forefront of solar innovation. Babcock Ranch, a new housing and commercial development on a swath of rich swampland outside Fort Myers promises to be. . . CONTINUE
11/20/2009 6:30 PM the wind spires can save an average of $12,000 to $15,000 a year. They cost about $10,000 to install, and can last up to 25 years. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — If you’ve driven down Atlantic Boulevard in the past month, you may have noticed three spinning towers near the intersection of St. Johns Bluff Road. They’re a source of energy rarely seen in Florida. The three wind spires. . . CONTINUE
November 20, 2009 – By VIKAS BAJAJ The Indian cabinet approved a plan on Thursday that sets out to increase energy production from solar technology to 20 gigawatts by 2022, up from six megawatts today. The government will spend about 43 billion rupees ($922 million) in the first of three phases of the program. The total cost for all three phases could approach $20 billion. The government had signaled its. . . CONTINUE
Jay Leno’s 1964 Chrysler Turbine car * Jay’s Jet Mopar Action mag. Feb. 2010 (10-27-2009) by Steve Lehto, an award-winning author from Detroit After World War II, Chrysler launched whole hog into the field of automotive turbines. They hired as many technological experts as they could find – metallurgists, mechanics, engineers, turbine specialists and started refining the technology to put a jet engine into a car and make it practical. . . CONTINUE
Saturday, 10 October 2009 13:02 UK; By Richard Black; Environment correspondent, BBC News website A new historical record of carbon dioxide levels suggests current political targets on climate may be “playing with fire”, scientists say. Researchers used ocean sediments to plot CO2 levels back 20 million years. Levels similar to those now commonly regarded as adequate to tackle climate change were associated with sea levels 80 feet to 130 feet. . . CONTINUE
UK E.R.C.: cheap oil is at an end Warning over global oil decline 02:50 GMT, Thursday, 8 October 2009 03:50 UK, BBC News There is a “significant risk” that global production of conventional oil could “peak” and decline by 2020, a report has warned. The report’s authors also state that the 10 largest oil producing fields in the world are all in decline. The UK Energy Research Council study says. . . CONTINUE
The Driving Sustainability ’09 conference and an intimate conversation with Icelandic President Olafur Grimsson. September 17, 2009 at 10:25AM by Jim Motavalli The setting was traditionally Icelandic, but the President is quite up to date about the fast-moving efforts–showcased at the “Driving Sustainability ’09” conference, where he spoke–to turn Iceland into a showcase for electric cars. Its unique combination of political will, a concentrated population of just 310,000 people and. . . CONTINUE
“Negligent Homicide” : 15+ deaths reported British trading giant agrees to pay millions to victims maimed and scarred by dumping of polluted sludge By Cahal Milmo, Chief Reporter Thursday, 17 September 2009 Thousands of west Africans besieged local hospitals in 2006, and a number died, after the dumping of hundreds of tonnes of highly toxic oil waste around the country’s capital, Abidjan. Official local autopsy reports on 12 alleged victims. . . CONTINUE
