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Category Archives: Energy & Climate Change
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Term Climate Pollutants
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Term Climate Pollutants was launched in Washington DC on 17 February 2012. The Coalition is one of the most important developments to combat climate change in over a decade.
Tagged Clean Air, Climate change, Politics, Science
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Global Clean Energy Investment Sets Record
Global clean energy finance and investment grew to a record $263 billion in 2011. According to new research released by The Pew Charitable Trusts, this represents a 6.5 percent increase over 2010.
Tagged Energy, Investment, Politics, Renewable
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Americans On Climate Change: Changing Their Opinion?
The erratic weather of late may finally be making an impact on Americans’ perception of humanity’s impact on the Earth. This poll, titled Extreme Weather, Climate & Preparedness in the American Mind, presents data that shows Americans seem to now link the unusually warm winter, last year’s heat wave, and other recent costly disasters with climate change.
Finding Sustainable Alternatives to Large Hydropower in Central America
To reduce its dependence on fossil fuel imports, Central America has embraced alternative energy in recent decades. Non-fossil fuel resources now account for 64.9 percent of electricity capacity in the region. But the largest source of this renewable energy—hydropower—cannot only be considered clean energy.
Tagged Energy, Energy policy, Hydro, Renewable
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Offshore Wind Project on the Great Lakes
When you think of offshore wind, what comes to mind? Cape Cod, Massachusetts? Great Britain? How about a different “Great”? The Great Lakes to be exact. Governors of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at jump starting offshore wind development in the Great Lakes.
Tagged Energy, Politics, Renewable, wind energy
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Russia Lining Up Investors for Arctic Drilling
In April Russian President Vladimir Putin made public his plans to attract foreign investment to Russia’s Arctic. As reported in Oil Change International, Putin has set his sights on exploiting Russia’s Arctic oil fields while their is still a demand for oil.
Tagged Energy, Investment, Offshore Drilling, oil
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Temperature Data: 1880 – 2011 (Video)
Watch a graphic depiction of the earth as it warms over the last 131 years. A concise review of the temperature record from 1800 to 2011 clearly shows the earth is warming.
Tagged Climate change, Environment, Science
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The Biofuels Pipedream
First generation biofuels have been widely criticized, but even second, third and fourth generation biofuels have uncertain technical, economic and environmental viability. A full assessment of the environmental costs of biofuels reveals that the vast majority do not make sense.
Tagged Biofuel, Energy, Environment, Fuel
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