***** PLEASE, PLEASE READ THIS, AND UNDERSTAND. Is Natural Gas 'Clean'? opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. PLEASE.

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Is Natural Gas Clean? Nope.

Mark Bittman of The New York Times explains.

Is Natural Gas 'Clean'?

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Embarking on a huge push to real zero-carbon-producing renewables is the only responsible path to take.

7,500 songbirds flew into a giant nat gas flaring flame and died www.treehugger.com

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BUT WIND TURBINES THOUGH!

7,500 songbirds flew into a giant flame and died

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So, last week approximately 7,500 songbirds flew into a giant flame and died. Maybe this is a good time to talk about the wastefulness and damage caused by natural gas flaring?

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nd Thanks natural gas! Massive fire, the tea houses evacuated. See link.

nd Thanks natural gas!  Massive fire, the tea houses evacuated.  See link.

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Holy cheeses!!! More fossil fool incompetence!

Gas leak sparks massive fire in Illinois corn field

Eighty homes were evacuated on Monday night after a gas pipeline exploded north of Erie, Ill., causing no injuries, according to Erie fire officials. Firefighters were called around 11:15 p.m. local time after a gas pipeline leak sparked a massive fire in a corn field, said Erie …

***** OMG, NYTimes OpEd: natural gas is a gang plank to global warming

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Los Angeles will become the biggest U.S. city to abandon coal-fueled electricity after the taxpayer- owned utility said it will support renewable sources, boost energy efficiency and build a new natural-gas fired plant. The city's Department of Water ...

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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

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•     US Moves Toward Near-Zero Emission Coal-Fired Power Plant. Yahoo
•     Minnesota Power to convert coal plant to gas. Duluth News Tribune
•     US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour. Sydney Morning Herald
•     NAACP Releases Coal Blooded Report and Toolkit. Clean Energy News
•     A Manmade Island to Store Wind Energy. MIT Technology Review
•     Wind Power Breaks Records In Spain — Produces More Electricity Than Any ... CleanTechnica
•     Every Two Megawatts of Wind Power in Your County Create One Job and Make ...Motherboard (blog)
•     Novel Designs Are Taking Wind Power to the Next Level Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review
•     How Climate Change Impacts America's Energy Infrastructure. World Resources Institute
•     IMF Chief: 'Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will ... ThinkProgress
•     New England climate change results 'dramatic'. Eagle-Tribune
•     Climate change means catastrophe in UK, not café culture says professor. Telegraph.co.uk
•     Report: Climate change could devastate agriculture. USA TODAY

US Moves Toward Near-Zero Emission Coal-Fired Power Plant. Yahoo Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:12 AM PST PennEnergy (press release) US Moves Toward Near-Zero Emission Coal-Fired Power Plant Yahoo! News (blog) - ‎19 hours ago‎ The U.S. Department of Energy announced this week that Phase II of an agreement with FutureGen Industrial Alliance has begun, taking the country one step closer to making commercial-scale carbon capture and storage technology -- and dramatically

Minnesota Power to convert coal plant to gas. Duluth News Tribune Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:09 AM PST Finance and Commerce Minnesota Power to convert coal plant to gas Duluth News Tribune - ‎Jan 30, 2013‎ Minnesota Power announced Wednesday it will convert its coal-fired power plant in Hoyt Lakes to natural gas and close one of three coal units at its Taconite Harbor plant on the North Shore as the utility continues a move away from carbon dioxode ... Minnesota

US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour. Sydney Morning Herald Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:08 AM PST San Francisco Chronicle US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour Sydney Morning Herald - ‎19 hours ago‎ In its second-annual accounting of greenhouse gases, the US Environmental Protection Agency today released details of emissions from about 8,000 factories, power plants and refineries. Two Southern Co. coal-fired power facilities topped the list ...

NAACP Releases Coal Blooded Report and Toolkit. Clean Energy News Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:07 AM PST Clean Energy News (blog) NAACP Releases Coal Blooded Report and Toolkit Clean Energy News (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎ Coal Blooded systematically studies 378 coal-fired power plants nationwide and evaluates each plant in terms of its environmental justice performance - how the plant affects low-income communities and communities of color. This same type of analysis is ...

A Manmade Island to Store Wind Energy. MIT Technology Review Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:24 AM PST MIT Technology Review A Manmade Island to Store Wind Energy MIT Technology Review - ‎20 hours ago‎ When the wind farm produces excess energy for the local electricity grid, such as off-peak times in the overnight hours, the island will store the energy and release it later during peak times. See realtime coverage »

Wind Power Breaks Records In Spain — Produces More Electricity Than Any ... CleanTechnica Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:23 AM PST Wind Power Breaks Records In Spain — Produces More Electricity Than Any ... CleanTechnica - ‎4 hours ago‎ Denmark, the US, and Germany aren't the only countries breaking wind power records these days. Spain is also a notable leader seeing strong wind power growth. In fact, it just saw its wind farms produce more electricity than any other source for a 3 ... Spanish Wind Farms'

Every Two Megawatts of Wind Power in Your County Create One Job and Make ...Motherboard (blog) Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:21 AM PST Every Two Megawatts of Wind Power in Your County Create One Job and Make ...Motherboard (blog)

Novel Designs Are Taking Wind Power to the Next Level Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:20 AM PST KOKH FOX25 Novel Designs Are Taking Wind Power to the Next Level Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review - ‎8 hours ago‎ The technology is part of a trend that's made wind power almost as cheap as fossil fuels. In 1991, wind power cost 15 cents per kilowatt hour. Wind War in OklahomaKOKH FOX25 Wind-farm efficiency examined at UWWyoming Business Report See realtime

How Climate Change Impacts America's Energy Infrastructure. World Resources Institute Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:16 AM PST World Resources Institute How Climate Change Impacts America's Energy Infrastructure World Resources Institute - ‎15 hours ago‎ As we've seen recently with Hurricane Sandy, epic drought, and wildfires, climate change visibly impacts lives and livelihoods throughout the United States. See realtime coverage »

IMF Chief: 'Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will ... ThinkProgress Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:11 AM PST ThinkProgress IMF Chief: 'Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will ... ThinkProgress - ‎13 hours ago‎ At the World Economic Forum in Davos, she said, “the real wild card in the pack” of economic pivot points is “Increasing vulnerability from resource scarcity and climate change, with the potential for major social and economic disruption.”

New England climate change results 'dramatic'. Eagle-Tribune Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:09 AM PST MPBN News New England climate change results 'dramatic' Eagle-Tribune - ‎7 hours ago‎ “No doubt we've seen some very important changes to the ecological system from climate change,” said Rick Wahle, a research associate professor from the University of Maine. Report: Climate change affects region's wildlifeSan Francisco Chronicle Report: Climate Change Causing Rapid

Climate change means catastrophe in UK, not café culture says professor. Telegraph.co.uk Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:08 AM PST Climate change means catastrophe in UK, not café culture says professor Telegraph.co.uk - ‎59 minutes ago‎ Professor Kevin Anderson, Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, said Government and local authorities are failing to grasp the risks to Britain for global warming.

Report: Climate change could devastate agriculture. USA TODAY Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:06 AM PST Report: Climate change could devastate agriculture USA TODAY - ‎15 hours ago‎ A comprehensive USDA study concludes rising temperatures could cost farmers millions as they battle new pests, faster weed growth and get smaller yields as climate change continues. farming. The country was battered by the worst drought to hit in more ...

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•     Coal exporters hit local opposition in the Northwest.
•     Drought points up critical role of waterways. NYT
•     Five US Coal Export Facilities to Asia Proposed.
•     Lest you stop it, Global Warming may wipe out your Pension. Guardian
•     2012 Grain Consumption Exceeded Production
•     China Targeting 10 GW of New Solar Capacity In 2013. CleanTechnica
•     Wind farm nimbyism means we just handed 13000 jobs to Ireland New Statesman
•     Climate change endangers elephants. Planet Earth
•     ***** World Bank President Kim On Climate Crisis: ‘If There Is No Action Soon, The Future Will Become Bleak’

Coal exporters hit local opposition in the Northwest. Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:30 PM PST Whether by river or rail, coal exporters hit local opposition in the Northwest. Rainier town is one of a score of communities that lie between the Powder River Basin, home to 40 percent of U.S. coal reserves, and five proposed export terminals in Oregon and Washington. Kinder Morgan's Port Westward project would send 12 coal-packed trains per day through here.

Drought points up critical role of waterways. NYT Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:28 PM PST Drought points up critical role of waterways. If drought does emerge as a more prominent facet of life on the Mississippi and navigation is impeded, the effect on national and even global commerce will undoubtedly be felt. If the river got so low that navigation had to stop, grain exports and the other commodities could get a lot more expensive very quickly.

Five US Coal Export Facilities to Asia Proposed. Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:22 PM PST Coal's 'lifeline to Asia' emerges as new front in global warming fight. Five proposed export terminals for U.S. coal offer a lifeline to an industry being squeezed by low natural gas prices and tougher environmental rules, a combination that has eaten into domestic demand. ClimateWire

Lest you stop it, Global Warming may wipe out your Pension. Guardian Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:20 PM PST http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/climate-change-resource-scarcity-pension-industry-actuaries

2012 Grain Consumption Exceeded Production Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:08 PM PST 2012 Grain Consumption Exceeded Production

China Targeting 10 GW of New Solar Capacity In 2013. CleanTechnica Posted: 25 Jan 2013 03:55 PM PST China Targeting 10 GW of New Solar Capacity In 2013 Posted: 16 Jan 2013 08:12 PM PST We are two weeks into the new year and China continues its march towards clean energy dominance. The Asian giant is aiming to have up to 10 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity this year. According to PV Magazine, if successful, will more than double its total capacity currently at 7GW.

Wind farm nimbyism means we just handed 13000 jobs to Ireland New Statesman Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:07 PM PST Wind farm nimbyism means we just handed 13000 jobs to Ireland New Statesman - ‎5 hours ago‎ Yesterday the UK and Irish governments signed an agreement that could see British businesses and consumers funding wind farm developments in Ireland that will export electricity to the UK. Ireland to build 'giant' wind turbines to power UK homesBBC News Ireland and UK sign wind farm

Climate change endangers elephants. Planet Earth Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:41 AM PST Planet Earth Climate change endangers elephants Planet Earth - ‎8 hours ago‎ Climate change endangers elephants. 25 January 2013, by Harriet Jarlett. By making new use of historical records, scientists have shown that climate change could have a greater impact on Myanmar's elephants' dwindling numbers than previously thought.

***** World Bank President Kim On Climate Crisis: ‘If There Is No Action Soon, The Future Will Become Bleak’ Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:32 AM PST World Bank President Kim On Climate Crisis: ‘If There Is No Action Soon, The Future Will Become Bleak’