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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 06:14 PM PDT
US electric vehicles market to grow at a CAGR of 43.39%
OfficialWire - 8 hours ago
The electric vehicles market has been forecast to witness phenomenal
growth in the upcoming years, having recorded a turnover close to US$54
billion in 2011.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 06:13 PM PDT
Mother Nature Network (blog)
Envia Brings Us One Step Closer to Game-Changing Electric Car Battery
EV World - 10 hours ago
In contrast, conventional electric vehicle batteries possess
substantially lower densities - the battery of the high-end Tesla
roadster, for example, has an energy density of 121 Wh/kg, while the
Nissan Leaf's is 79 Wh/kg.
GM's electric Spark: It's
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 06:10 PM PDT
Electric-car industry faces headwinds
MSN Money - 8 hours ago
Electric vehicles can be broadly divided into three categories based on
the mechanism of motor propulsion. These are HybridElectric
Vehicles (HEVs), Plug-in Hybrids (PHEVs) and Battery Electric
Vehicles (BEVs). Without getting into the specifics of...
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 06:05 PM PDT
Mongabay.com
United States ranks near bottom on first ever energy
efficiency scorecard
Mongabay.com - 9 hours ago
Last month, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
released its first ever international energy efficiency scorecard, which
gave the United Kingdom the top score. Using data points honed over
years of rating U.S. states, the organization ...
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 06:03 PM PDT
Responding to Climate Change
Analysis: Despite soaring emissions is China the world's new green
superpower?
Responding to Climate Change - 17 hours ago
While Europe and the US's growth figures continue to limp along, China's
economic expansion remains remarkably resilient in the face of
the global economic crisis. Chinese economic growth is reflected both in
its growing
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:51 PM PDT
US decreases energy-related carbon emmissions
U-T San Diego - 11 hours ago
Carbon-dioxide emissions from energy use in the United States fell by
2.4 percent in 2011 despite positive U.S. economic growth, the Energy
Department announced on Tuesday.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:50 PM PDT
Carbon reporting: Measure It, report it, reduce it
Economic Times - 16 minutes ago
Like most global companies, Logica always knew that air travel accounted for a large portion of its carbon dioxide emissions.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:41 PM PDT
Michigan Renewable Energy Ballot Initiative Would Double State's Green
Jobs ...
ThinkProgress - 9 hours ago
Increasing Michigan's renewable energy standard (RES) to 25 percent by
2025 would be a “job-creating machine” that doubles the number of green
jobs in the state, according to a new Michigan State University (MSU)
study.
Consumers Energy will have to raise renewable energy
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:39 PM PDT
Are Deep Sea Methane Hydrates Melting?
Green Building Elements - 22 hours ago
If record-setting temperatures, drought, and food shortages aren't
enough in troubling news, we hope this German research effort to find if
methane hydrates deep in the ocean is melting due to rising water
temperatures - potentially emitting massive ...
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:38 PM PDT
Humans Causing Tianshan Glacier to Melt
CRIENGLISH.com - 10 hours ago
China has 46377 glaciers with 18311 located in Xinjiang. Xinjiang's
glacier melt water takes about 25 to 30 percent of its surface run-off,
and the thawing of the glaciers can have a disastrous effect on the
region, according to Chinese Academy of ...
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:34 PM PDT
No more glaciers? Imagine that
The Seattle Times - 20 hours ago
No more glaciers? Imagine that. Eight years until "Glacier National
Park" is just "National Park." The ice had been the lure to get the
family to go see the great glaciers before they're gone. But I misjudged
how far gone they already are. As did the ...
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:29 PM PDT
Coal seam gas emissions estimate may be too low: report
Herald Sun - 11 hours ago
AUSTRALIA could have drastically underestimated the CO2 emissions from
the coal seam gas industry and could be missing out on more than $1.5
billion in carbon tax from the industry, according to a new paper.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:27 PM PDT
RailAmerica Shelves Plans to Export Coal From Washington
Bloomberg - 4 hours ago
“It's an indicator that these companies are questioning the wisdom of
exporting coal through the Pacific Northwest,” said Cesia Kearns, senior
campaign representative for the Sierra Club's Coal Exports Campaign.
“It's going to continue to be an uphill ...
Rail company shelving Washington coal export
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:25 PM PDT
Exports of coal and fuels on track to set record
Businessweek - 5 hours ago
Coal shipments are rising because U.S. demand for coal is falling as
electric utilities burn more natural gas, which has plummeted in price,
instead of coal. At the same time, demand for coal is rising in
developing countries such as China and India as ...
Appalachian Coal Exports: 9 Million Tons To Be
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:15 PM PDT
Dallas mayor declares emergency over West Nile virus
Chicago Tribune - 1 hour ago
(Updates
with more details, additional death in Texas, explanation of disease)
By Marice Richter DALLAS, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The mayor of Dallas
declared a state of emergency in the ninth largest US city on Wednesday
to combat the spread of West Nile ...
Conditions ripe for West NileCTV News
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:55 PM PDT
China Urged to Impose 'Green' Taxes
Environment News Service - 5 hours ago
“This would tax resource extraction and pollutant and carbon dioxide
emissions, and allow tax deductions to offset investments in pollution
control equipment,” the ADB said today in a statement. Bank analysts
suggest that China could raise resource ...
ADB urges China to impose "green" tax vs air, water
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:52 PM PDT
Oklahoma wind power ranks in top 10, federal report says
NewsOK.com - 18 hours ago
A federal report puts Oklahoma in 8th place for wind power capacity. New
development is expected to help the state meet a renewable-energy goal
three years ahead of schedule.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:49 PM PDT
US wind energy production, manufacturing grows
Electric Light & Power - 2 hours ago
Washington,
D.C., August 15, 2012 - According to the 2011 Wind Technologies Market
Report, the U.S. remained one of the world's largest and fastest growing
wind markets in 2011, with wind power representing a remarkable 32 percent of all new electric ...
Report: Iowa still second in wind energy
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:39 PM PDT
Methane from fracking triggers climate change
Syracuse.com (blog) - 10 hours ago
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recent United Nations Environment Program report shows that it is more
urgent to reduce methane than CO2, given that methane is so much more
powerful, has quicker climate impacts and will trigger runaway climate change sooner. According to the ...
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:36 PM PDT
TV Media Ignore Climate Change In Coverage Of Record July Heat
Media Matters for America
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:34 AM PDT
Widespread local extinctions in tropical forest 'remnants'
Phys.Org - 15 hours ago
Publishing today in the journal PLoS ONE, the researchers carried out a
comprehensive assessment to estimate the long-term impact of forest
fragmentation and hunting on tropical biodiversity in Brazil.
Brazil's Coastal Rainforest Suffers Widespread Species ExtinctionVoice
of America
Jaguars among
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:33 AM PDT
Study proves that one extinction leads to another
Phys.Org - 5 hours ago
When a carnivore becomes extinct, other predatory species could soon
follow, according to new research. Scientists have previously put
forward this theory, but a University of Exeter team has now carried out
the first experiment to prove it.
Scientists prove carnivore extinction theoryThe Independent
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