China's coal emissions responsible for 'quarter of a million premature deaths per year.' The Guardian

China's coal emissions responsible for 'quarter of a million premature deaths'

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China Introduces Subsidy for Solar Plants With Nearby Consumers. Bloomberg

China Introduces Subsidy for Solar Plants With Nearby Consumers. Bloomberg

China halts construction of massive coal plant over environmental concerns

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From jail Chinese activist calls citizens to exercise rights

From jail Chinese activist calls citizens to exercise rights http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/08/3549832/jailed-china-activist-citizens.html&ei=smwDUqCVLc7twAGq3gE&sig2=AvRo-buwbTJf9wM_JrSEKg

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Ap: Obama's unlikely climate change partner, China

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China cancels planned uranium plant AFTER PROTESTS

China cancels planned uranium plant

China cancels plans to build a uranium plant the day after hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Jiangmen to oppose the 37-billion yuan project

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•     China Reaches 50 GW Of Connected Grid Wind Capacity; Expected To Top 140 GW By 2015
•     Wireless Power Transmission Developed For High-Capacity Transit, Begins Large-Scale Use On High-Speed Rail In September
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China Reaches 50 GW Of Connected Grid Wind Capacity; Expected To Top 140 GW By 2015 Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:19 PM PDT China Reaches 50 GW Of Connected Grid Wind Capacity; Expected To Top 140 GW By 2015

Wireless Power Transmission Developed For High-Capacity Transit, Begins Large-Scale Use On High-Speed Rail In September Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:18 PM PDT Wireless Power Transmission Developed For High-Capacity Transit, Begins Large-Scale Use On High-Speed Rail In September

2012 U.S. Coal Exports Reach Record High Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:14 PM PDT 2012 U.S. Coal Exports Reach Record High

Coal plants kill 120000 people a year: Greenpeace Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:58 AM PDT Coal plants kill 120000 people a year: Greenpeace Electric Light & Power - ‎27 minutes ago‎ India's breakneck pace of industrialisation is causing a public health crisis with 80-120,000 premature deaths and 20 million new asthma cases a year due to air pollution from coal power plants, a Greenpeace report warns. The first study of the health impact ... The Atlantic

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• ***** Arctic Death Spiral Bombshell: CryoSat-2 Confirms Sea Ice Volume Has Collapsed

• Spring fire season in Minnesota 'potentially explosive.'

• ***** Climate change could burn a hole in the government's finances. WashPo

•  Chinese Companies Projected To Make Solar Panels for 42 Cents Per Watt In 2015 

• ***** Infusing moral urgency to the climate debate

• Brown bears starved in northern wilderness of Shiretoko.

• The $188 Billion Price Tag From U.S. Extreme Weather From 2011 To 2012

• YOUR Will, all our kids lack: MIT startup makes transparent solar panel that will allow your smartphone to ... ExtremeTech 

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• Halve meat consumption, scientists urge rich world.

• Big Solar Looks To Grow With Precise Cloud Forecasts EarthTechling

• Battery Storage Technology Advances. All our kids lack is Your will.

• All-time Texas snowfall record could be set in blizzard. USA TODAY

• All our kids lack is Your Body in the Way: Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Battery Designed, Should Hit Market Within 2-3 Years

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• ***** Cool! Your Carbon kills, but Other folks CHILDREN! Climate change forcing thousands in Bangladesh into slums of Dhaka. 

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• Global Wind Capacity Increased Almost 20% In 2012 to 282 Gigawatts
•     Melting ‘Permafrost’ Releases Climate-Warming CO2 Even Faster Than We Thought
•     Gleick’s Significant Figures: Is The Keystone XL Pipeline A Symbol Or A Piece Of A Puzzle?
•     Way too little and late: The 17% Cut In Carbon Pollution By 2020: Yes We Can Get There From Here
•     NASA to launch new earth-observing satellite.
•     Texas Wind Power Transmission Set To Skyrocket As Energy Exec Hints At End Of Nukes
•     Bangladesh faces mass migration, loss of land from climate change.
•     National Journal Warns The Economic Price Of Climate Change Is Already Here, And Growing
•     Cities to avoid as sea levels rise.
•     Record snow in a warming world: The science is clear.
•     ***** Energy Efficiency Could Save US Billions, Create 1.3 Million Jobs By 2030
•     The scary truth about how much climate change is costing you.
•     Nine US states announce deal to cut greenhouse gases.
•     First-time reports from industry reveal massive methane emissions.
•     China Accounted For 35% Of Global Onshore Wind Capacity
•     282 GW Wind World Wide. If that were US only it'd be something.
•     Nanoimprinting triples efficiency of solar panels. The Daily Princetonian

Global Wind Capacity Increased Almost 20% In 2012 to 282 Gigawatts Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:31 PM PST Global Wind Capacity Increased Almost 20% In 2012 to 282 Gigawatts

Melting ‘Permafrost’ Releases Climate-Warming CO2 Even Faster Than We Thought Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:30 PM PST Melting ‘Permafrost’ Releases Climate-Warming CO2 Even Faster Than We Thought

Gleick’s Significant Figures: Is The Keystone XL Pipeline A Symbol Or A Piece Of A Puzzle? Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:24 PM PST Gleick’s Significant Figures: Is The Keystone XL Pipeline A Symbol Or A Piece Of A Puzzle?

Way too little and late: The 17% Cut In Carbon Pollution By 2020: Yes We Can Get There From Here Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:23 PM PST The 17% Cut In Carbon Pollution By 2020: Yes We Can Get There From Here

NASA to launch new earth-observing satellite. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:19 PM PST NASA to launch new earth-observing satellite. If the weather holds, NASA will launch its newest Earth-observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern California late Monday morning. The satellite can monitor changes in the earth's surface, including those linked to climate change. Climate Central

Texas Wind Power Transmission Set To Skyrocket As Energy Exec Hints At End Of Nukes Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:08 PM PST Texas Wind Power Transmission Set To Skyrocket As Energy Exec Hints At End Of Nukes

Bangladesh faces mass migration, loss of land from climate change. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:00 PM PST Bangladesh faces mass migration, loss of land from climate change. Rising sea levels could flood 17 percent of Bangladesh – or erode the land – and create between 20 million and 30 million refugees, experts say. Toronto Star

National Journal Warns The Economic Price Of Climate Change Is Already Here, And Growing Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:56 PM PST National Journal Warns The Economic Price Of Climate Change Is Already Here, And Growing

Cities to avoid as sea levels rise. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:51 PM PST Cities to avoid as sea levels rise. Sydney, Tokyo and Buenos Aires watch out. These cities will experience some of the greatest sea level rises by 2100, according to one of the most comprehensive predictions to date. New ScientistC

Record snow in a warming world: The science is clear. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:49 PM PST Record snow in a warming world? The science is clear. As the Northeast digs out from under a mammoth blizzard, it might seem easy for climate change skeptics to point to such intense storms as evidence that global warming isn't real. They would be wrong. Daily Climate

***** Energy Efficiency Could Save US Billions, Create 1.3 Million Jobs By 2030 Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:47 PM PST Energy Efficiency Could Save US Billions, Create 1.3 Million Jobs By 2030

The scary truth about how much climate change is costing you. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:44 PM PST The scary truth about how much climate change is costing you. While policymakers fiddle, the threat of economic harm posed by rising sea levels, devastating storms, and drought is growing every day. National Journal

Nine US states announce deal to cut greenhouse gases. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:41 PM PST Nine US states announce deal to cut greenhouse gases. Nine northeastern and mid-Atlantic states agreed Thursday to strengthen existing limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that burn fossil fuels. Associated Press

First-time reports from industry reveal massive methane emissions. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:12 PM PST First-time reports from industry reveal massive methane emissions. U.S. EPA's addition of oil, gas and coal methane emissions to its online greenhouse gas tracking tool revealed an 82.6-million-metric-ton increase in carbon dioxide equivalents over numbers from the previous year, when those figures were not available.

China Accounted For 35% Of Global Onshore Wind Capacity Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:08 PM PST China Accounted For 35% Of Global Onshore Wind Capacity

282 GW Wind World Wide. If that were US only it'd be something. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 07:50 AM PST Surge in global wind power capacity DAWN.com - ‎12 hours ago‎ WIND power expanded by almost 20 per cent in 2012 around the world to reach a new peak of 282 gigawatts (GW) of total installed capacity.

Nanoimprinting triples efficiency of solar panels. The Daily Princetonian Posted: 13 Feb 2013 07:46 AM PST Nanoimprinting triples efficiency of solar panels The Daily Princetonian - ‎13 hours ago‎ A new method for creating solar panels using nanotechnology can double or triple their efficiency in capturing and converting light to electricity.

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***** Fracking seen by EPA as No. 2 emitter of greenhouse gases.     Study: Climate change could devastate U.S. agriculture.     Glacially Slow: Solar PV Installations Hit 32 GW In 2012, 35 GW Projected For 2013, According To IHS     Too slow to matter - Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Fall in U.S. Power Plants on Coal Cuts. Bloomberg     Sea urchin nickel 'trick' could be key to capturing carbon. BBC News     Are mini-reactors the future of nuclear power?     Billions Of Animals Die Because Of Cats     Science establishment has been rocked by claims that trees may also be the heart of its climate.     The future of energy: Batteries included? Produce the right battery at the right price, many engineers think, and you could make the internal-combustion engine redundant and usher in a world in which free fuel, in the form of wind and solar energy, was the norm. That really would be a revolution. Economist     Outgoing energy secretary Chu's parting warning on warming. TIME     US carbon emissions fall to lowest levels since 1994.     Manmade Carbon Pollution Has Already Put Us On Track For 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise     Tribal members sign treaty calling for an end to Alberta oil sands development and Keystone XL.     Fisheries business threatened by ocean acidification.     US backs off goal of one million electric cars by 2015.     ***** US Missing Out On Its Share Of $1 Trillion In Total Global Solar Energy Revenue     Biochar cookstoves boost health for people and crops.     Report underscores vulnerabilities of U.S. coastlines.     Wind Enegy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power     What Would Make an All-Electric Car Appeal to the Masses? TIME     China now burning as much coal as the rest of the world combined. Washington Post     Smart Grid Spending Rost to $13.9 Billion Driven by China. Bloomberg     Smart Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy Goals. Forbes     Protesters in Maine rally against tar sands oil     Air Travel - One Ton / 1000 miles: Your biggest carbon sin may be air travel ***** Fracking seen by EPA as No. 2 emitter of greenhouse gases. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:52 PM PST Fracking seen by EPA as No. 2 emitter of greenhouse gases. Natural gas and oil production is the second-biggest source of U.S. greenhouse gases, the government said, emboldening environmentalists who say tighter measures are needed to curb the emissions from hydraulic fracturing. Bloomberg News

Study: Climate change could devastate U.S. agriculture. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:51 PM PST Study: Climate change could devastate U.S. agriculture. Climate change could have a drastic and harmful effect on U.S. agriculture, forcing farmers and ranchers to alter where they grow crops and costing them millions of additional dollars, a government report said on Tuesday. Gannett News Service

Glacially Slow: Solar PV Installations Hit 32 GW In 2012, 35 GW Projected For 2013, According To IHS Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:43 PM PST Solar PV Installations Hit 32 GW In 2012, 35 GW Projected For 2013, According To IHS

Too slow to matter - Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Fall in U.S. Power Plants on Coal Cuts. Bloomberg Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:36 PM PST Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Fall in U.S. Power Plants on Coal CutsBloombergGreenhouse-gas emissions from U.S. power plants fell 4.5 percent in 2011 from the previous year as those facilities burned less coal, the most-intense source of carbon-dioxide pollution. In its second-annual accounting of greenhouse-gases, the U.S. ...See all stories on this topic » German Electricity for 2014 Advances

Sea urchin nickel 'trick' could be key to capturing carbon. BBC News Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:25 PM PST Sea urchin nickel 'trick' could be key to capturing carbonBBC NewsResearchers say that the natural ability of sea urchins to absorb CO2 could be a model for an effective carbon capture and storage system. Newcastle University scientists discovered by chance that urchins use the metal nickel to turn carbon dioxide ...See all stories on this topic »

Are mini-reactors the future of nuclear power? Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:08 PM PST Are mini-reactors the future of nuclear power? The U.S. government is investing millions of dollars in what it considers a promising new industry for American manufacturing: nuclear reactors. Morning Edition

Billions Of Animals Die Because Of Cats Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:54 PM PST Billions Of Animals Die Because Of Cats

Science establishment has been rocked by claims that trees may also be the heart of its climate. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:44 AM PST Branching out on climate. The world's great forests have long been recognised as the lungs of the earth, but the science establishment has been rocked by claims that trees may also be the heart of its climate. The Australian

The future of energy: Batteries included? Produce the right battery at the right price, many engineers think, and you could make the internal-combustion engine redundant and usher in a world in which free fuel, in the form of wind and solar energy, was the norm. That really would be a revolution. Economist Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:38 AM PST The future of energy: Batteries included? Produce the right battery at the right price, many engineers think, and you could make the internal-combustion engine redundant and usher in a world in which free fuel, in the form of wind and solar energy, was the norm. That really would be a revolution. Economist

Outgoing energy secretary Chu's parting warning on warming. TIME Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:27 AM PST Outgoing energy secretary’s parting warning on warming.  Steven Chu was the embodiment of an ideal: that the truly best and the brightest could come to Washington to serve the public at our moment of need. He ended his characteristically detailed final memo with a reminder of the ethical need to fight climate change. Time Magazine

US carbon emissions fall to lowest levels since 1994. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:24 AM PST US carbon emissions fall to lowest levels since 1994. America's carbon dioxide emissions last year fell to their lowest levels since 1994, according to a new report. Carbon dioxide emissions fell by 13% in the past five years, because of new energy-saving technologies and a doubling in the take-up of renewable energy.

Manmade Carbon Pollution Has Already Put Us On Track For 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:03 AM PST Manmade Carbon Pollution Has Already Put Us On Track For 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise

Tribal members sign treaty calling for an end to Alberta oil sands development and Keystone XL. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:01 AM PST Tribal members sign treaty calling for an end to Alberta oil sands development and Keystone XL. Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s approval of that state’s section of the disputed Keystone XL pipeline has united not only indigenous from the U.S. and Canada but also non-Native ranchers, farmers and concerned citizens who oppose the pipeline.

Fisheries business threatened by ocean acidification. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:01 AM PST Fisheries business threatened by ocean acidification. Between 2005 and 2009, billions of oyster larvae began dying at hatcheries around Washington state before anyone knew what was going on or could do anything about it. The reason, scientists learned, was ocean acidification. Everett Herald

US backs off goal of one million electric cars by 2015. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:59 AM PST US backs off goal of one million electric cars by 2015. The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday eased off President Barack Obama's stated goal of putting 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015, and laid out what experts called a more realistic strategy of promoting advanced-drive vehicles and lowering their cost over the next nine years.

***** US Missing Out On Its Share Of $1 Trillion In Total Global Solar Energy Revenue Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:47 AM PST US Missing Out On Its Share Of $1 Trillion In Total Global Solar Energy Revenue

Biochar cookstoves boost health for people and crops. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:38 AM PST Biochar cookstoves boost health for people and crops. Three billion people worldwide rely on open-fire cookstoves. A recent study found that the fumes from those stoves are the largest environmental health threat in the world. Cookstoves that burn cleaner can help fight this epidemic, and when configured to produce biochar, can become a prized asset for rural

Report underscores vulnerabilities of U.S. coastlines. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:37 AM PST Report underscores vulnerabilities of U.S. coastlines. No part of the U.S. will escape the harsh consequences of climate change, which has already begun to cause trouble, and which will worsen as the century goes on. But according to a new report, the nation’s coastlines — Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific and Great Lakes — are likely to get the worst of it.

Wind Enegy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:35 AM PST Wind Enegy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power

What Would Make an All-Electric Car Appeal to the Masses? TIME Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:26 AM PST   What Would Make an All-Electric Car Appeal to the Masses?TIMEIt's widely assumed that the car of the future will be powered by gasoline. At least partly powered by gas, that is, and at least for the near future. When, if ever, will the pure electric car—one powered solely by battery, without a drop of gas—go ...See all stories on this topic »

China now burning as much coal as the rest of the world combined. Washington Post Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:23 AM PST China now burning as much coal as the rest of the world combinedWashington Post (blog)Coal, of course, is the world's premier fossil fuel, a low-cost source of electricity that kicks a lot of carbon-dioxide up into the atmosphere. And China's growing appetite is a big reason why global greenhouse-gas emissions have soared in recent ...See all stories on this topic »

Smart Grid Spending Rost to $13.9 Billion Driven by China. Bloomberg Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:05 AM PST Smart Grid Spending Rost to $13.9 Billion Driven by ChinaBloombergInvestments in smart-grid technologies that boost efficiency and curb energy waste rose 7 percent last year to $13.9 billion, driven by spending in China, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. China raised investments by 14 percent to $3.2 billion ...See all stories on this topic »

Smart Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy Goals. Forbes Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:03 AM PST Smart Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy GoalsForbesA smart grid could have profound implications on electric power markets, affecting the whole utility supply chain — from the way power is generated to the way it is delivered to customers, and ultimately how much energy is consumed. At the moment ...See all stories on this topic »

Protesters in Maine rally against tar sands oil Posted: 12 Feb 2013 08:55 AM PST Protesters in Maine rally against tar sands oil. More than 1,000 people rallied in Portland on Saturday in what was billed as the largest protest yet against the possibility of so-called tar sands oil being piped in from Montreal. Associated Press

Air Travel - One Ton / 1000 miles: Your biggest carbon sin may be air travel Posted: 12 Feb 2013 08:54 AM PST Your biggest carbon sin may be air travel. One round-trip flight from New York to Europe or to San Francisco creates about 2 or 3 tons of carbon dioxide per person. The average American generates about 19 tons of carbon dioxide a year; the average European, 10. New York Times

China jails 1, detains 70 to quell Tibet protests USA TODAY

India Today

China jails 1, detains 70 to quell Tibet protests

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BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan man to 13 years in prison Friday for goading a monk to self-immolate, as Beijing steps up a crackdown on self-immolations aimed at protesting communist rule.

Battling Self-Immolations, China Makes More ArrestsNew York Times

12 Tibetans arrested officially over self-immolation casesThe Hindu

From China:China Jails Tibetan Man for Inciting SecessionCRIENGLISH.com

Opinion:Tibet article a rare treatToronto Star

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Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies. U.S. News & World     Climate Activist Failure to Convince Americans of Carbon Fee     ***** Northeast snowstorm could be among the worst of all time NBCNews.com     ***** Climate change threatens food security ABC Online     ***** Head of IMF: climate change is 'the greatest economic challenge of the 21st ... Mongabay.com     A Cleaner Way to Use Coal Kevin Bullis. MIT Technology Review     Areva Studies Asia Offshore Wind Projects as Turbines Get Bigger Bloomberg     Solar farm eyed for closed landfill The Daily News     Nanoantenna Solar Cell Efficiency Can Blow Silicon Out Of The Water. CleanTechnica     ***** Bloomberg: Whiny, Cowardly, Responsibility-denying Enviros Dooming Action - AGAIN     ***** Legislators' Climate Change Panel Catches Ag Industry's Attention Farm Futures     Media Let Climate Change Off The Hook In Fishing Debate Media Matters for America     Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared. - study Reuters     ***** Report outlines climate change options for Obama administration. MiamiHerald.com  Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies. U.S. News & World Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:02 PM PST Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies U.S. News & World Report - ‎Feb 6, 2013‎ WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women exposed to particulate air pollution -- commonly known as smog -- have a significantly greater risk of having a baby with a low birth weight, according to a large new international study. Pollution has shrunk Indian newbornsTimes of

Climate Activist Failure to Convince Americans of Carbon Fee Posted: 07 Feb 2013 01:14 PM PST Climate Action Programme Poll: Americans back climate change regulation, not taxes EurekAlert (press release) - ‎3 hours ago‎ DURHAM, N.C. -- Now that President Obama has put climate change back on the table in his second inaugural address, a new national poll finds growing public support for regulating greenhouse gas emissions and requiring utilities to switch to

***** Northeast snowstorm could be among the worst of all time NBCNews.com Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:53 AM PST NPR Blizzard alert: Northeast snowstorm could be among the worst of all time NBCNews.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ Millions of Americans brace for a massive storm that threatens to pummel the Northeast and dump more than 2 feet of snow on parts of New England. Winter Storm Warning Issued for FridaySalamanca Press (blog) Northeast Braces For Powerful Winter Storm,

***** Climate change threatens food security ABC Online Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:29 AM PST Climate change threatens food security ABC Online - ‎5 hours ago‎ SARAH CLARKE: With climate scientists warning of a long term global warming trend, the forecast across the Asia Pacific region is one of greater variability. See realtime coverage »

***** Head of IMF: climate change is 'the greatest economic challenge of the 21st ... Mongabay.com Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:23 AM PST Environmental Leader Head of IMF: climate change is 'the greatest economic challenge of the 21st ... Mongabay.com - ‎Feb 6, 2013‎ Climate change not debt or austerity is "the greatest economic challenge of the 21st Century," according to Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "Future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and

A Cleaner Way to Use Coal Kevin Bullis. MIT Technology Review Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:07 AM PST Columbus Dispatch A Cleaner Way to Use Coal Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review - ‎9 hours ago‎ In ordinary coal plants, coal is pulverized to make a fine powder and then burned in air to produce steam to drive turbines. OSU process gets 'clean coal' energyColumbus Dispatch New Coal Technology Harnesses Energy Without Burning, Nears Pilot-Scale ...Science Daily (

Areva Studies Asia Offshore Wind Projects as Turbines Get Bigger Bloomberg Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:44 AM PST Areva Studies Asia Offshore Wind Projects as Turbines Get Bigger Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎ Areva, Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Siemens AG aim to expand in Asia as China plans 5,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2015.

Solar farm eyed for closed landfill The Daily News Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:19 AM PST Solar farm eyed for closed landfill The Daily News of Newburyport - ‎5 hours ago‎ Mayor Thatcher Kezer and city councilors this week confirmed there is interest in using the former landfill at the intersection of Route 150 and South Hunt Road for solar power, which could bring a considerable amount of revenue into Amesbury. But ...

Nanoantenna Solar Cell Efficiency Can Blow Silicon Out Of The Water. CleanTechnica Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:17 AM PST Nanoantenna Solar Cell Efficiency Can Blow Silicon Out Of The Water CleanTechnica - ‎5 hours ago‎ Today, conventional silicon solar cells are 10% to 20% efficient (this means that they generate 100 watts to 200 watts per square metre of cells, respectively).

***** Bloomberg: Whiny, Cowardly, Responsibility-denying Enviros Dooming Action - AGAIN Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:40 AM PST Changing the Conversation on Climate Change. Bloomberg

***** Legislators' Climate Change Panel Catches Ag Industry's Attention Farm Futures Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:35 AM PST Farm Futures Legislators' Climate Change Panel Catches Ag Industry's Attention Farm Futures - ‎6 hours ago‎ Though it's a controversial topic, U.S. Rep Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., stand firmly behind climate change as a risk to the country - and now National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson announced his ...

Media Let Climate Change Off The Hook In Fishing Debate Media Matters for America Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:34 AM PST Media Let Climate Change Off The Hook In Fishing Debate Media Matters for America (blog) - ‎17 hours ago‎ As government scientists and policymakers attempt to safeguard disappearing populations of Atlantic Cod off of the New England coast with stricter catch limits, state and national media continue to ignore the role of anthropogenic climate change in ... Climate change

Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared. - study Reuters Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:32 AM PST Straits Times Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared - study Reuters - ‎18 hours ago‎ The boost to growth from CO2, the main gas from burning fossil fuels blamed for causing climate change, was likely to exceed damaging effects of rising temperatures this century such as drought, it said. Climate science: Global warming and tropical

***** Report outlines climate change options for Obama administration. MiamiHerald.com Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:31 AM PST MiamiHerald.com Report outlines climate change options for Obama administration MiamiHerald.com - ‎14 hours ago‎ ... Resources Institute, a think tank that focuses on the environment and socioeconomic development, looks at the technical and legal authority President Barack Obama could use to build on the pledge in his inaugural address to address climate change.