Huge pool of Arctic water could cool Europe: study LONDON (Reuters) - A huge pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean is expanding and could lower the temperature of Europe by causing an ocean current to slow down, British scientists said Sunday.
Boehner: Republicans may link pipeline to tax bill WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday that Republicans may use an upcoming payroll tax cut bill to force President Barack Obama to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Italy risks worst environmental disaster in 20 years ROME (Reuters) - Italy risks its worst environmental disaster in more than two decades if the 2,400 tonnes of thick fuel in the capsized Costa Concordia pollutes one of the Mediterranean's most prized and pristine maritime reserves.
Republicans plot next step on Keystone oil pipeline BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Republicans in Congress are considering using upcoming payroll tax cut or highway construction bills in order to force quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline but have not yet settled on a strategy, lawmakers said on Friday.
U.S. appeals WTO ruling on dolphin-safe tuna label WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it was appealing a World Trade Organization ruling against U.S. dolphin-safe labeling measures for tuna in a longrunning spat with Mexico closely watched by environmentalists.
China says U.S. wind tower probe to hurt cooperation BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Commerce said a U.S. investigation into wind towers from China could hurt bilateral clean energy cooperation, an area the White House has been eager to develop.
Beijing begins measuring tiny air pollutants BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing began disclosing the amount of tiny pollution particles in the air on Saturday, in a move that could improve disclosure but alarm a public barely resigned to the capital's choking smog.
Putin's plan for former Moscow hotel site: a park MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a new plan for a huge central Moscow lot that has been vacant since a sprawling Soviet-era hotel was razed: a park.
Congress has legal clout on Keystone pipeline: study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress has the constitutional right to legislate permits for cross-border oil pipelines like TransCanada's Keystone XL, according to a new legal analysis released late on Friday.
2011 was ninth-warmest year since 1880: NASA WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global average temperature last year was the ninth-warmest in the modern meteorological record, continuing a trend linked to greenhouse gases that saw nine of the 10 hottest years occurring since the year 2000, NASA scientists said on Thursday.
Wired Pulls a Charlie Sheen on Clean Energy: Experts Easily Debunk Absurd Hit-Job on Solar and Wind Power In 2011, global investment in renewable energy surpassed fossil fuels for the first time. And the U.S. surged back into the lead in clean investment ahead of China by about $8 billion. So what, other than bad journalism, explains this nonsensical headline and image from the top tech magazine Wired? Actually, it is just bad journalism, pure [...]
Toles Cartoon Nails Keystone-Climate Contradiction See also James Hansen slams Keystone XL Canada-U.S. Pipeline: ?Exploitation of tar sands would make it implausible to stabilize climate and avoid disastrous global climate impacts?
Thermoelectric Materials Advance Could Drop the Cost of Waste-Heat Harvesting by Zachary Rybarczyk New research could lead to more cost-effective materials for using waste heat for electricity and cooling ? opening up innovation in a new class of waste heat conversion technologies. High-efficiency thermoelectric materials ? technologies that allow excess heat to be converted to electricity, and electricity to be converted into refrigeration ? have [...]
Breaking: Clean Energy Defunder Wins South Carolina Primary No single politician since Ronald Reagan has done more to set back America?s leadership in clean technology than Newt Gingrich. National Zoo plaque [click to enlarge, credit: J. Maskit] Emperor Newt is pro-poison, that’s for sure (see “Gingrich proposes abolishing EPA” and Report Details How Fox News Fueled Newt Inc. and Pushed His ?Drill Here, Drill [...]
McKibben on Keystone Victory and Tuesday?s ?Whistleblowing? Protest in DC Obama rejects Keystone XL ? but we can?t stop here. Bill McKibben sent this email to 350.org supporters on Friday Dear Friends We wanted to share with you the news: this afternoon the Obama Administration announced that they are denying the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. You did good work, against some of the longest [...]
Time for a Massive U.S. Investment in Energy Efficiency The Best “Austerity” is Cutting Energy Costs by Trevor Winnie, reposted from Clean Edge A rising attitude of austerity has been sweeping the nation for some time now, with the loudest voices putting near term deficit concerns in front of commitment to long term economic growth. But a temporary spike in government spending might be [...]
Humans Are by Far the Dominant Cause of Global Warming: A Comprehensive Review of the Science Skeptical Science reviews the scientific literature, which shows humans are the dominant cause of global warming. by Dana Nuccitelli At Skeptical Science, we have several recent studies which have used a number of diverse approaches to tease out the contributions of various natural and human effects to global warming. Here we will review the results of [...]
Keystone Surprise: Greens Stronger & GOP Dumber Than Predicted by David Roberts, reposted from Grist In October 2011, National Journal surveyed energy experts about whether Obama was likely to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry Canadian tar-sands oil through the U.S. to the Gulf of Mexico. Ninety-one percent of the ?energy and environment insiders? believed he would. On Wednesday, Obama proved them wrong. [...]
