theenergycollective.com - 7/30/2009
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Worldwatch Institute has released a freely downloadable document, Low-Carbon Energy .
From the summary on the report’s web page :
Technologies available today, and those expected to become competitive over the next decade, will permit a rapid decarbonization of the global energy ...
Document alert: Annual Energy Review 2009
theenergycollective.com 3/31/2009 — The US Department of Energy has released the latest edition of their Annual Energy Review (from the Executive Summary):
The projections in AEO2009 look beyond current economic and financial woes and focus on factors that drive U.S. energy markets in the longer term. Key issues highlighted ...
Document alert: Water, Energy and Climate Change
theenergycollective.com 3/19/2009 — The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has issued a report at this week’s 5th World Water Forum, in Istanbul.
Water, Energy and Climate Change: A contribution from the business community (1.8MB PDF) :
1. Water and energy are inextricably linked
2. Global energy and ...
China losing out in low-carbon economy bonanza
reuters.com 8/20/2009 — Reuters: China might be the world's biggest generator of carbon credits, but its sclerotic financial sector is still holding the market back, the head of the country's pioneering CO2 exchange said. Carbon offsets are a brand-new commodity and China's ...
Building the Low-Emissions Future
energyoutlook.blogspot.com 3/16/2009 — Last week The Economist published a detailed assessment of the state play for capturing and storing the carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and factories. Although it skirted the assertion of many environmentalists that "clean coal" is inherently ...
UK funds Low-Carbon Buses with £30 million
autobloggreen.com 7/3/2009 — The British Department of Transport has announced a new £30 million fund to help bus operators purchase low-carbon vehicles, like the new GM-Allison Two-mode hybrid system (pictured). A Low Carbon Emission Bus (LCEB) is defined as one that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent ...
India and China agree to united front on climate change
csmonitor.com 10/23/2009 — Christian Science Monitor: China's new climate change deal with India, signed Wednesday in New Delhi, serves two purposes, experts say. First, it binds the two largest CO2 emitters in the developing world to a common stance at upcoming international ...
How China is Spreading the Word about Going Low-Carbon
solveclimate.com 6/3/2009 — In an effort to enlist more citizens and businesses in the fight against climate change, China has established its first Urban Low Carbon Institute in the city of Baoding. A recent survey shows why it's necessary.
Plimer’s homework assignment
realclimate.org 8/28/2009 — Some of you may be aware of George Monbiot’s so-far-unsuccessful attempt to pin down Ian Plimer on his ridiculous compendium of non-science . In response to Monbiot’s request for explanation and sources for some of Plimer’s more ...
Plimer resorts to attack as the best form of defence
guardian.co.uk 8/12/2009 — The champion of climate change denial has responded to me, but creates more questions than he answers Well, well, this becomes ever more interesting. A few weeks ago, after I attacked the crazy claims about climate change in his book Heaven and ...
Climate chaos, indeed
theenergycollective.com 6/23/2009 — We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
– John W. Gardner
The quote above came to mind when I read ‘Worst Case’ Scenario: New Report Says World Is Warming Faster than Thought :
Two degrees — that value has long been ...
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