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11/16/2009 12:27 PM |
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Republication (with permission) of pertinent blogs dealing with the science, politics, and social-economic impacts of climate change, green energy, green living, and other sustainability issues |
By EthanolPlug Team on
2/3/2010 10:07 PM
(Originally published by Climate Progress, A Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund)
 The U.S. government, desperate to add jobs to a feeble economy, is looking skyward for help: to the wind and the sun.
“We should put more Americans to work building clean energy facilities,” Obama said to applause during his State of the Union address Wednesday. Solar and wind power projects tend to appeal to politicians on both sides of the aisle. They are clean and domestic sources of power, and thanks to this government largesse, they are growing fast.
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By EthanolPlug Team on
1/25/2010 8:33 PM
(Originally published by Climate Progress, A Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund)
 In 2006, President Bush famously said in his State of the Union:
Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. The best way to break this addiction is through technology….
By applying the talent and technology of America, this country can dramatically improve our environment, move beyond a petroleum-based...
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By EthanolPlug Team on
1/25/2010 8:19 PM
 (Originally published by Climate Progress, A Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund)
“There’s a contradiction between the results shown here and popular perceptions about climate trends,” [NASA's James] Hansen said. “In the last decade, global warming has not stopped.” NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) released its final report on 2009 surface temperatures Thursday, concluding:
2009 was tied for the second warmest year in the modern record, a new NASA analysis of global surface temperature shows. The analysis, conducted by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, also shows that in the Southern Hemisphere, 2009 was the warmest year since ......
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By EthanolPlug Team on
12/13/2009 8:18 PM
(Originally published by Climate Progress, A Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund)
This is a guest post by Dr. Benjamin Hale. I’m filing this under humor because I don’t have a category for unintentional humor and/or intentional tragedy.
 Explosive, Breaking News!
One of the stranger features about this Copenhagen conference is that so many people involved in the climate debate, from many sides, are all in the same town, all at the same time. Among the people inside and outside of the COP, the skeptic community has come to town.
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By EthanolPlug Team on
12/7/2009 5:34 PM
(Originally published by Climate Progress, A Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund)
In October, Brazil’s President announced, “I foresee that by 2020 we will be able to reduce deforestation by 80 percent; in other words, we will emit some 4.8 billion fewer tons of carbon dioxide gas.”
Now, a new article in the December 4 issue of Science, “The End of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon,” (subs. req’d, abstract below), explains just how modest is the funding needed to beat that goal — “$7 to $18 billion...
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By EthanolPlug Team on
12/7/2009 5:29 PM
(Originally published by Climate Progress, A Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund)
The AP and Politico are reporting “President Obama will meet with former Vice President Al Gore in the Oval Office late this afternoon, the White House announced.” Perhaps they’ll talk about the former VP’s must-read solutions book — “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis” by Al Gore.
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By EthanolPlug Team on
12/1/2009 7:46 PM
(Originally published by Climate Progress, A Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund)
 Senator Lindsey Graham, (R) South Carolina: “We believe the Savannah River Site, Georgia, South Carolina can lead the country in this effort to become energy independent.“
… The U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu was on hand to break down the specifics on one of the largest biomass plants in the nation….
Sen. Graham: “I want it to be said about SC when it comes to energy independence in the green economy that we led the nation. That the innovation...
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By EthanolPlug Team on
11/29/2009 10:56 AM
(Originally published by Climate Progress, A Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund)
We’ve seen that the “New U.S.-India Green Partnership improves prospects for global climate deal.” But Treehugger has more on the world’s most populous democracy (and the photo is B Balaji via flickr). First,”It’s Finally Official – India’s National Solar Mission Aims for 20 Gigawatts Solar Power by 2022“:
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By EthanolPlug Team on
11/24/2009 11:49 PM
(Originally published by Climate Progress, A Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund)
 The East Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass for the last three years, according to an analysis of data from a gravity-measuring satellite mission.
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