"Los Angeles Will End Use of Coal-Fired Power"
"Los Angeles will eliminate the use of electricity made from coal by 2020, replacing it with power from cleaner renewable energy sources, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said."
Source: Reuters, 07/03/2009
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"Carbon Trading on the Cheap"
If the United States wants to build a market-based approach to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, it should learn from Europe's failures.
Source: IEEE Spectrum, 07/02/2009
"Germany's Green-Energy Gap"
The offshore wind farms that were to replace Germany's nuclear and coal-fired power plants aren’t coming online quickly enough.
Source: IEEE Spectrum, 07/02/2009
"Should Renewable Energy Include Nuclear?"
"The US, China, and dozens of other countries are meeting [this week] in Egypt to chart the course of a new international agency aimed at promoting renewable energy."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 07/01/2009
"Conservative Christians Sound 'Cap and Trade' Alarms"
Conservative Christians -- the Republican party's "base" -- are trying to galvanize opposition to the House-passed climate bill.
Source: Reuters, 06/30/2009
"New Lighting Standards Announced"
"The Energy Department issued new standards for lighting that would save large amounts of energy by boosting the efficiency of fluorescent tubes common in office buildings and reflector lamps used in recessed fixtures in homes and retail stores."
Source: Wash Post, 06/30/2009
"New Measures to Aid Solar on Public Lands"
"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced measures on Monday to hasten the development of solar energy on Western public lands."
Source: NYTimes, 06/30/2009
Palin's Pipeline Raises Questions
"Where the natural gas from the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline will end up is a murky question. ..."
Source: SolveClimate, 06/29/2009
"Obama Aide's Husband Lobbied for Oil Drilling"
White House climate czar Carol Browner's husband, former Rep. Thomas Downey, was a paid lobbyist for the group pushing for more oil drilling off Florida's coast.
Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 06/29/2009
"Calculating Coal's Toll"
"A new study argues the human costs of coal mining in Appalachia far outweighs its benefits."
Source: Living on Earth, 06/29/2009
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