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Coal Casts Cloud Over Germany’s Energy Revolution
Coal Casts Cloud Over Germany’s Energy Revolution The energy market in Germany saw a spectacular change last year as renewable energy became the major source of its electricity supply—leaving lignite, coal and nuclear behind. But researchers calculate that, allowing for the mild winter of 2014, the cut in fossil fuel use in energy production meant CO2 […]
Social Cost Of Carbon Drastically Underestimated: Report
Social Cost Of Carbon Drastically Underestimated: Report The U.S. government could be drastically underestimating how much climate change is going to cost us, according to astudy published by Stanford researchers in the journal Nature Climate Change. The researchers concluded that the Obama Administration is using a Social Cost of Carbon estimate that may be just one-sixth of the true […]
Could Global Tide Be Starting To Turn Against Fossil Fuels?
Could Global Tide Be Starting To Turn Against Fossil Fuels? From an oil chill in the financial world to the recent U.S.-China agreement on climate change, recent developments are raising a question that might once have been considered unthinkable: Could this be the beginning of a long, steady decline for the oil and coal industries? by […]
Ontario To Put A Price On Carbon Emissions: Environment Minister
Ontario To Put A Price On Carbon Emissions: Environment Minister The Ontario government plans to put a price on carbon emissions to cut down on greenhouse gases, making good on a seven-year-old promise to fight climate change. The province’s environment minister said Tuesday his new climate strategy will set Canada’s most populous region on a […]
Scotland’s Wind Dream May Turn Into A Nightmare
Scotland’s Wind Dream May Turn Into A Nightmare I last looked into the details and consequences of Scottish energy policy in the pre-referendum post Scotch on the ROCs. The expansion of Scottish renewables is progressing at breakneck speed and the purpose of this post is to update on where we are and where we are heading […]
Vast reserves of fossil fuels should be left untapped
Vast reserves of fossil fuels should be left untapped Researchers have identified the major producers of coal, gas and oil that stand to lose most financially if agreement is reached on radical cuts needed to avoid dangerous climate change. LONDON, 8 January, 2015 − The sheer scale of the fossil fuel reserves that will need to […]
Here’s Why Keystone XL Is the Wrong Choice for Our Nation
Here’s Why Keystone XL Is the Wrong Choice for Our Nation The new Republican majority in Congress wants to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline for dirty tar sands oil. President Obama announced he will veto bills that bypass the official review of Keystone XL. There are plenty of reasons to block these bills […]
What if the world can’t cut its carbon emissions? | Energy Matters
What if the world can’t cut its carbon emissions? | Energy Matters. What if the world can’t cut its carbon emissions? Posted on December 29, 2014 by Roger Andrews Many people, including more than a few prominent politicians, accept that global warming must be limited to no more than two degrees C above the pre-industrial mean, or a […]
Australian emissions set to soar: new report shows carbontax was working | Climate Citizen
Australian emissions set to soar: new report shows carbontax was working | Climate Citizen. Just two days before Christmas Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt released the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory June quarter update report which shows that Labor’s Carbon pricing, abolished in July 2014, was being highly effective at reducing emissions, especially from the electricity generating sector. […]
Climate: The Crisis and the Movement
Climate: The Crisis and the Movement. Wherein lie the roots of the climate crisis? Allen White, Senior Fellow at the Tellus Institute, talks with writer and activist Naomi Klein, author of the new book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate, about how our economic system has driven us to the point of crisis and how we can […]
Stephen Harper’s climate-change comments only half the story, critics say – Politics – CBC News
Stephen Harper’s climate-change comments only half the story, critics say – Politics – CBC News. Stephen Harper is often accused of being absent on environmental issues, but in a year-end interview with CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge, the prime minister said his government is doing its bit to combat climate change and that greenhouse gas […]
Polluting Is Getting Expensive in Europe Again: Carbon & Climate – Bloomberg
Polluting Is Getting Expensive in Europe Again: Carbon & Climate – Bloomberg. The surge in European carbon permit prices may just be beginning. The price of emission rights will rise 62 percent by June 30, according to the median of 16 trader and analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. UBS Group AG says costs may more […]
Even climate change experts and activists might be in denial
Even climate change experts and activists might be in denial. Another month, another important UN climate change conference. The latest is in Lima, the capital of Peru. Thousands of experts from the world of politics, business, academia and civil society – and Leonardo DiCaprio – have flown around the world to urge us all to curb our carbon emissions. Recent […]
BBC – Travel – Living in: The world’s most eco-friendly cities : Eco-tourism
BBC – Travel – Living in: The world’s most eco-friendly cities : Eco-tourism. From offering plentiful bike paths and thriving farmers’ markets to ensuring cleaner air, a city’s environmental efforts don’t just help the planet – they benefit residents too. Related article: Living in – the world’s friendliest cities According to the Siemens Green City Index, […]
Weakened deal reached in Peru climate talks – Americas – Al Jazeera English
Weakened deal reached in Peru climate talks – Americas – Al Jazeera English. About 190 nations have agreed upon the building blocks of a deal to combat climate change in 2015 amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to cut rising world greenhouse-gas emissions. The Lima deal, reached early on Sunday, lays out […]
