5.19.2011
Koalas at risk with climate change
www.heraldsun.com.au
AUSTRALIA'S koala population is at serious risk, a Senate inquiry into populations has heard.
Wadebridge moves closer to becoming UK's first solar town - Solar Power Portal
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Leading renewable energy source for all UK solar power and feed-in tariff information
Sustainable Food: How gas drilling contaminates your food
www.salon.com
We know the controversial fracking process hurts our water supply -- but it's also affecting the things we eat
Japan to Consider Using Energy-Saving, Smart Grid Technologies, Edano Says
www.bloomberg.com
Japan will consider the use of smart grid technologies as it forms a new energy policy following the nuclear crisis in Fukushima prefecture, the government's top spokesman said.
VPR News: "Smart Meter" Brings New Technology To Vermont Homes
www.vpr.net
Over the next two years, utility companies in the state will be rolling out 'smart grid' technology, which will include bringing smart meters to every home and business in the state.
5.18.2011
WSJ Jewish Donors Warning Obama Staff
online.wsj.com
Jewish donors and fund-raisers are warning the Obama reelection campaign that the president is at risk of losing financial support because of concerns about his handling of Israel.
How much CO2 does one solar panel create?
www.mnn.com
Yes, it's true that making solar panels creates carbon dioxide, but over the life of a solar installation it produces on average of 30x less CO2 than coal power.
5.17.2011
Global Warming
www10.nytimes.com
A reader responds to a recent Week in Review article about the flooding of the Mississippi River.
Meat is murder? More like suicide, argues Planeat film
Meat is murder? More like suicide, argues Planeat film | Damian Carrington | Environment | guardian.
www.guardian.co.ukDamian Carrington: Eating animals and their products is bad for our health and our planet, according to a subtle new polemic
Climate Skeptic's Debunked Report Exposes How the Denial Industry Works
www.treehugger.com
This post is an installment in a series about the state of American climate skepticism. I'll be expanding upon the ideas put forward in my recent Slate piece, Do Climate Skeptics Change Their Minds?, so read that first. Photo:
Israeli Troops Shoot U.S. Student in Head with High-Velocity Tear Gas Canister
www.democracynow.org
"I was shot at close range with a high-velocity metal tear gas canister... When it hit me, it tore off a part of my scalp," says Christopher Whitman, a 25-year-old American student and activist who was seriously injured when he was shot by Israeli forces while attending a West Bank protest on Friday
Violent Arctic storm a climate-change ‘harbinger'
www.theglobeandmail.com
Salt water that swept inland in 1999, killing Mackenzie Delta vegetation, was 'ecologically unprecedented'
First (somewhat) Large-Scale Concentrated Photovoltaic Plant in U.S to be Constructed
cleantechnica.com
The U.S Department of Energy is backing the construction of one of the largest planned concentrated photovoltaic solar power plants. Concentrated solar power plants have only been constructed on small scales thus far. Even this one, which is 30 MW (i.e. 30,000 kW or 30 million watts) is not very
Coverted Climate Skeptics Speak Out (Video + Audio)
www.treehugger.com
This post is an installment in a series about the current state of American climate skepticism. I'll be expanding upon the ideas put forward in my recent Slate piece, Do Climate Skeptics Change Their Minds?, so read that first.
Biofuels can be dirtier than fossil fuels
www.ibtimes.com
Biofuels may pollute the environment much more heavily if the process used to make them isn't done in the right way, researchers say. Conventional fossil fuels may sometimes be much "greener" than their biofuel counterparts, according to a new study.
Siemens U.S. Chief Concerned By Inattention to Climate Change
www.bloomberg.com
The head of Munich-based Siemens AG's U.S. unit said he is unhappy that federal energy policymakers in Washington are no longer focusing on climate change.
Civil disobedience in the offing to protect BC's environment | The Boundary Sentinel
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Pro & Con: Should U.S. lift ban on reprocessing nuclear fuel? | ajc.com
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YES: Nuclear recycling will reduce risk of stockpiled fuel. By Nolan E. Hertel By now there should be no doubt that something ought to be done to remove the ever-increasing amount of spent fuel at nuclear power plants across the United States.
Japan to ‘start from scratch’ on energy policy - Boston.com
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TOKYO — Prime Minister Naoto Kan said yesterday that Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear reactors, saying his country needed to "start from scratch'' in creating a new energy
Tidal turbines: New sparks of hope for green energy from beneath the waves
www.csmonitor.com
After decades of abandoned plans and crushed prototypes, tidal powers finds new footing off the shores of Eastport, Maine.
5.16.2011
March on Blair Mountain » Register and join the march!
marchonblairmountain.org
We are so glad you are joining us for the Appalachia Rising: March on Blair Mountain! Here you will find all the information you need to participate in the event!PLEASE NOTE: We are organizing logistics for hundreds of participants in the March and hundreds more of the Rally and Day of Action in a
NPR Top U.S. Scientists To Nation: Global Warming. Really. We Are Not Kidding.
Top U.S. Scientists To Nation: Global Warming. Really. We Are Not Kidding. : 13.7: Cosmos And Cultur
www.npr.orgClimate Change is happening and its happening now.
Bill Drayton sees a world where 'everyone is a changemaker'
www.csmonitor.com
Bill Drayton founded Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, which now has put about 3,000 social entrepreneurs into the field all over the world, three decades ago. A college professor once described him as having "the determination of Job and the brains of a Nobel laureate." Says Drayton: &qu
WP John McCain to Bush apologists: Stop lying about Bin Laden and torture
John McCain to Bush apologists: Stop lying about Bin Laden and torture - The Plum Line - The Washing
www.washingtonpost.comSenator calls on torture proponents to stop making it up about Bin Laden
WP Climate change denial becomes harder to justify
www.washingtonpost.com
An authoritative report leaves little doubt about human impact on Earth's climate.
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