Green Energy

By Nicole Jewell | (Fix.com) | – – Renewable energy has come a long way in a relatively short time. But there are still many questions about the cost effectiveness and feasibility of investing in renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power, especially on an individual level. Solar power has led the renewable […]

Climate Change

Good Earth News: Are Tar Sands & Fracking Doomed by Long Oil Glut?

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By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com | – – The plunge of global oil prices began in June 2014, when benchmark Brent crude was selling at $114 per barrel. It hit bottom at $46 this January, a near-collapse widely viewed as a major but temporary calamity for the energy industry. Such low prices were expected to force […]

Climate Change

Offshore Wind in Europe Surges, Powers 7 mn. Households

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The Tree | – – Europe’s offshore wind industry is set for a record 12 months, as new analysis from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) reveals a bumper start to the year. As several projects reached completion and larger, more powerful turbines were deployed, 2.3GW of capacity was added to the European electricity grid. […]

Climate Change

If Germany can get 27% of its Energy from Wind/Solar, why can’t US?

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Germany Trade & Invest | (Short Video Documentary) | – – “Germany Trade & Invest presents its short film about Germany’s Renewable Energy Revolution, the so called Energiewende (energy transition). Voices from science, industry, and politics outline the achievements made so far, next steps, and the opportunities the energy transition offers. Germany Trade & Invest: […]

Barack Obama

Can Obama’s CO2 reductions set pace at Paris world Climate Congress?

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By Nora Happel | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – This week, U.S. President Barack Obama formally unveiled the details of his Clean Power Plan (CPP), a comprehensive carbon-cutting strategy he described as “the biggest and most important step…ever taken to combat climate change” in a prior video address posted on […]

Acidification of Oceans

Major Indirect Benefits of Obama’s Climate Plan that could save the World

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama spoke on Monday on his plan to use the Environmental Protection Agency to pressure states to close high-carbon power plants and reduce CO2 emissions by 32% below 2005 levels by 2030. The US Supreme Court has ruled that carbon dioxide is a form of […]

Acidification of Oceans

Are the Courts the next decisive Arena of Climate Activism?

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By Emily Schwartz Greco | (Foreign Policy in Focus/ Otherwords) People from Seattle to Fiji are filing lawsuits over global warming — and they just might have a case. Climate action is finally gaining ground in Washington. No, not that Washington. Following their victory in a Seattle court, eight children are pressing Washington State’s Department […]

Acidification of Oceans

While Americans obsess about ISIL, Rest of World Fears Global Warming

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By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The world at large is apparently divided over what constitutes the biggest single threat to human kind: the devastation caused by climate change or the unbridled terror unleashed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)? Severe flooding is one […]

Climate Change

Ten Easy Steps to save the World: 96% of needed CO2 Emissions Reduction Possible by 2030

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By Kitty Stapp | (Inter Press Service) | – – NEW YORK (IPS) – Up to 96 percent of the emissions reductions needed by 2030 to keep global warming below a critical threshold of two degrees C [3.6 degrees F.] could be achieved through a series of 10 steps, says a new report released by […]