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Environmental Leader: U.S. Wind Power Installations Add nearly 1,700 MW of Capacity in Q3
Yale Environment 360: Fossil Fuel Burning in U.S. Estimated to Cause 20,000 Early Deaths
Grist - the Latest from Grist: Report finds massive hidden energy costs, mostly from coal
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RT @SolarFred @sustainablehero @JohnKerry $120B/yr in hidden costs frm fossil fuel, most healthcare. climate costs http://bit.ly/SEnCQ 14 days ago |
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RT @Sustainablehero RT @JohnKerry COMPELLING $120bil/yr in hidden costs frm fossil fuel use mostly health care+climate $ http://bit.ly/SEnCQ 14 days ago |
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RT @Sustainablehero: RT @JohnKerry COMPELLING: $120 billion/yr in hidden costs from fossil fuel use, mostly health care. http://bit.ly/SEnCQ 14 days ago |
U.S. Wind Power Installations Add nearly 1,700 MW of Capacity in Q3
Environmental Leader —
... third quarter include Arizona with its first large-scale project, Pennsylvania (29 percent), Illinois (22 percent), Wyoming (21 percent) and New Mexico (20 percent). The top five states with additions for new capacity in the third quarter are Texas (436 MW), Oregon (251 MW), Illinois (201 MW), Colorado (174 MW) and Wyoming (170 MW). At the same time, the National Academy of Sciences released its report, “Hidden Cost of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use” that evaluates the hidden health and environmental costs of energy production and consumption in ...
Fossil Fuel Burning in U.S. Estimated to Cause 20,000 Early Deaths
Yale Environment 360 —
... with burning coal and oil. The report, commissioned by Congress and entitled “Hidden Costs of Energy,” also said that electric cars that run on energy produced by coal-fired power plants are no cleaner than gasoline-burning cars and may cause even more environmental damage when factoring in the cost of producing the batteries in electric vehicles. The report also estimated that the environmental cost of biofuels made from corn is slightly higher than burning gasoline alone. The study, which put a $120 billion annual price tag on the health damage caused by ...
Report finds massive hidden energy costs, mostly from coal
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... costs, they’re sometimes called.) But costs are costs. Someone pays them, with real money. They dampen economic productivity, like driving with one foot pressing the brake. In 2005, Congress set about finding out just what these external costs of energy production and use amount to. It requested that the National Research Council (part of the National Academy of Science) attempt to place a number on them. On Monday, the NRC released its report: “ ...
Fossil Fuels Are Too Expensive and Have Too Many Health Risks
FUTURISM NOW —
... vehicles. Keep in mind this does not mean that electric cars that run on electricity generated by solar or wind power are not less clean than regular cars, because they would be. The problem is coal, not the cars. This report does not include climate change damage, which would be in the hundreds of billions of dollars beyond the NAS estimates. The report also estimated that the environmental cost of biofuels made from corn is slightly higher than burning gasoline alone. The study, which put a $120 billion annual price tag on the health damage caused by fossil fuel burning , ...
U.S. Adds Nearly 1,700 MW of Wind Capacity in Q3
Environmental Leader —
... third quarter include Arizona with its first large-scale project, Pennsylvania (29 percent), Illinois (22 percent), Wyoming (21 percent) and New Mexico (20 percent). The top five states with additions for new capacity in the third quarter are Texas (436 MW), Oregon (251 MW), Illinois (201 MW), Colorado (174 MW) and Wyoming (170 MW). At the same time, the National Academy of Sciences released its report, “Hidden Cost of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use” that evaluates the hidden health and environmental costs of energy production and consumption in ...
The ‘hidden’ costs of fossil fuels? $120 billion in US alone
Greenbang —
... Never mind what your electric bill or receipt at the pump says … using fossil fuels is even more expensive than you think, thanks to “hidden” costs like air pollution’s impact on human health. ...
The Hidden Cost of Electric Vehicles
Environmental Leader —
October 21, 2009 The Hidden Cost of Electric Vehicles HondaInsight Although electric vehicles show higher non-climate damages than many other technologies, they will not be significantly cleaner than cars powered by fossil fuels until they rely less on electricity produced from coal-fired power plants, according to new research from the National Research Council, reports ...
NRC: Burning fossil fuels costs the United States about $120 billion a year — not counting mercury impacts or climate impacts!
Climate Progress —
... A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates “hidden” costs of energy production and use — such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health — that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. The report estimates dollar values for several major components of these costs. The damages the committee was able to quantify were an estimated $120 billion in the U.S. in 2005, a number that reflects primarily health damages from ...
NRC: Burning fossil fuels costs the U.S. $120 billion a year — not counting mercury or climate impacts!
Climate Progress —
... A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates “hidden” costs of energy production and use — such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health — that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. The report estimates dollar values for several major components of these costs. The damages the committee was able to quantify were an estimated $120 billion in the U.S. in 2005, a number that reflects primarily health damages from ...
National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005
Green Car Congress —
... A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. The report estimates dollar values for several major components of these costs. ...
NRC: Burning Fossil Fuels Costs the US $120 Billion a Year - Not Counting Mercury or Climate Impacts
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
Coal-wall.jpg A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates “hidden” costs of energy production and use — such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health — that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. The report estimates dollar values for several major components of these costs. The damages the committee was able to quantify were an estimated $120 billion in the U.S. in 2005, a number that reflects primarily health damages from air pollution ...
Americans are Dying to Support our Fossil Fuel Habit
Switchboard, from NRDC —
... A new report from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reveals that our energy bills are $120bln higher than they appear due to the "hidden costs" associated with the air pollution created by burning fossil fuels. The NAS report, which was commissioned by the US Treasury on behalf of Congress, estimates that over 90% of these hidden costs are due to premature death, implying that at least 18,000 Americans die each year to support our fossil fuel ...
Americans are Dying to Support our Fossil Fuel Habit
Switchboard, from NRDC —
... A new report from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reveals that our energy bills are $120bln higher than they appear due to the "hidden costs" associated with the air pollution created by burning fossil fuels. The NAS report, which was commissioned by the US Treasury on behalf of Congress, estimates that over 90% of these hidden costs are due to premature death, implying that at least 18,000 Americans die each year to support our fossil fuel ...
Report Finds Massive Hidden Costs of Fossil Fuel Energy, Mostly From Coal
Conservation Value Notes —
... In 2005, Congress set about finding out just what these external costs of energy production and use amount to. It requested that the National Research Council (part of the National Academy of Science) attempt to place a number on them. On Monday, the NRC released its report: “ ...
Coal & Oil - Biggest Health Culprits, Says National Academies
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network —
... study committee. Coal burning was the biggest single source of such external costs . The damages averaged 3.2 cents per kilowatt-hour, compared with 0.16 cents for (natural) gas. But the variation among coal plants was enormous. The worst plants, generally the oldest and burning coal with the highest sulfur content, were 3.6 times worse than the average, with a cost of nearly 12 cents per kilowatt-hour (which is more than the average retail price of that amount of electricity)." From National Academies press release : "The report assesses what economists call external effects ...
The hidden cost of coal
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... damning indictment of the nation’s energy system. The report looks at a variety of “external” costs of energy—that is, the costs that energy consumers themselves don’t pay, but pass on to the public at large. The costs they could pin down were largely related to air pollution, including the impacts on human health, crop and timber yields, and visibility. And the researchers find a big culprit: coal-fired power. From the NRC press release: ...
Mercury: EPA Puts Health First
Greenlight | OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC —
... According to the EPA, American power plants emit close to 50 tons of mercury a year. But mercury is not the only health-damaging pollutant they spew into the air. In fact, a study released this month by the National Academy of Sciences revealed that burning fossil fuels, coal and oil primarily, costs the United States about $120 billion a year, mostly because of thousands of premature deaths from air pollutants, such as small soot particles, which cause lung damage; nitrogen oxides, which contribute to smog; and sulfur dioxide, which causes acid rain. ...
University of Kentucky dorm renamed Wildcat Coal Lodge despite student protests
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... in infrastructure and research costs—this doesn’t even include the billions of dollars in massive external costs to the health care industry and the environment. ...
