I'm not going to lie to you and say that I've followed these meetings with particular interest. There's nothing binding about what the G8 leaders decide. So, they've come up with a commitment, of sorts, to cut GHG by 50% by 2050. They don't tell you what the baseline is though. How seriously am I […]
As this blog and everybody else and her cousin have been saying for some time now, we can do so much, and faster and cheaper, by optimizing our energy use. The granddaddy of much of this eminently sensible, sober and smart thinking is Amory Lovins. I have directed you to his good works and the work […]
Sorry, folks, for not writing sooner, but we were away for a long July Fourth weekend. Here are some interesting bits now, though. I'll have more tomorrow. Denmark , My favorite journalist, Elizabeth Kolbert, has another minor masterpiece, at the "New Yorker" this week, The Island in the Wind. She's writing about a nearly zero-carbon enclave […]
China – You will have noted that the PRC surpassed the USA this past year in total carbon dioxide emissions. I referenced this here a couple of weeks ago and referred to the “NY Times” article that fleshed out the whys and the wherefores. Much of the Chinese inventory of emissions, not surprisingly, is a […]
India – The second-most populous country in the world is rapidly industrializing. That means its GHG output has been rising inexorably, as more heavy industry serves the country’s burgeoning economy, and roads fill with cars. India is intricately and inextricably involved with the ongoing UNFCCC negotiations leading to a post-Kyoto international agreement. It has also […]
We looked the other day at some key initiatives from some of the states of the USA. There's recent news of not-inconsiderable import from some of the bigger nations. UK , Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled a plan last week for renewables that would commit £100 billion over the next dozen years. It's a comprehensive […]
California , The Golden State has a population of 37 million folks or so. That's around Kenya's or Poland's population. According to which source you use, California, if it were an independent nation, would have the seventh, eighth, or tenth largest economy in the world. California is responsible for 13% of the United States' gross […]
What a great yarn! A smart, successful, committed energy entrepreneur comes along with a solid project to provide enough zero-emission, renewable energy to supply, on a good day, all the stationary power needs of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, and, if you had plug-in vehicles, a good bit of the surface transportation needs as […]
(photo courtesy of Kaveh Sardari) Dr. James Hansen is both an icon and a working scientist at the forefront of global warming research. He's a world-renowned physicist and an impassioned activist. He's soft spoken and hard hitting. Hansen is the director of an important US government lab, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and has […]
As I said on Friday, there is so much going on. Here are some more salient items for you. Jim Rogers , I quoted the Duke Energy CEO here a while back. In the Sunday "NY Times Magazine," there's a profile of the head of the nation's third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide. Why has he […]
Here are two videos I saw the other day at the estimable DeSmogBlog. Have fun with these. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/PLZ-hvVVGmY” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/snPdEl0Duoo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]
There really are a ton of stories out there. Here’s a sampling: Cars – I’ve written recently about electric cars and other exciting initiatives. There are more developments on the automotive front. Mitsubishi and Peugeot have entered into an alliance to supply key components for electric vehicles and may build their own as well. See […]
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