Environment

Middle East Eye: “MEE report shows the effect of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza’s power plant, which has severe impact on hospitals, bakers and other vital facilities for Palestinians in the besieged Strip.” Middle East Eye: Video: impact of Israeli bombing of Gaza power plant

Climate Change

With Warming Lake Water, Toledo’s Algae Problem will Get Worse

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PBS News Hour: “Conversation with Richard Stumpf of NOAA on the science behind the algal bloom.” Stumpf points out that the algae like war water and so this problem will get worse with global warming. Also if climate change leads to more rain in the Erie region, that precipitation could wash phosphates from the soil […]

Climate Change

Climate Change, Dirty Natural Gas, and the Gaza War

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole Calls by Israeli politicians in mainstream positions for the Palestinians to be ethnically cleansed from Gaza in part reflect frustration over the security issue many Israelis maintain the people of Gaza pose to Israel. (If the concern were justified, you’d think the death toll for the Israeli side would be much greater […]

Apartheid

Gaza: Israel has Left 1.7 mn. with no Clean Water, Little Electricity

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By Luisa Gandolfo, University of Aberdeen When Operation Protective Edge commenced on July 8, Israel pledged to draw on lessons learned from previous conflicts to ensure that this operation would not near the duration of the 2008-2009 Gaza War. But it’s been three weeks and one day since the conflict began, bringing it in line […]

Climate Change

Natural Gas isn’t the Global Warming Solution: It Endangers the Earth

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By Naomi Oreskes via Tomdispatch.com Albert Einstein is rumored to have said that one cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that led to it. Yet this is precisely what we are now trying to do with climate change policy. The Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, many environmental groups, and the oil and […]

Climate Change

Can Norway’s Dams serve as a Huge Battery storing Europe’s Green Energy?

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DW: “Norway derives almost 100 percent of its energy from hydropower. For Germany’s planned transition to renewable energy, a close partnership is crucially important, because Norwegian pumped storage power stations could balance out variations in renewable energy sources. But do Norwegians actually want to their country to become Europe’s storage battery?” DW: ” Norway: Energy […]

Climate Change

The U.S Has More Solar Workers Than Coal Miners

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By Christopher DeMorro via CleanTechnica Though solar power is still far from surpassing coal as America’s primary energy source, the number of people employed by the solar industry has surpassed the number of coal miners. The non-profit Solar Foundation estimates that there are about 142,000 people in the U.S. workforce who spend “at least 50% […]

Climate Change

Hottest June On Record Since 1880

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By Ann Werner US government scientists have released their findings that this past June is the hottest on record since record keeping began in 1880. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) monthly report revealed that the combined average temperature over land and sea was 61.20 Fahrenheit (16.22 Celsius), a record high for the month. […]

Climate Change

Green Energy Robin Hood: India Doubles Tax on Coal to Fund Solar and Wind

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By Smiti Mittal 22,000 MW solar power capacity by 2022, a dedicated national-level program for promoting wind energy generation, implementation of the world’s largest solar power projects (with capacity of up to 4,000 MW), covering canals with solar panels, implementing dedicated transmission corridors for distributing electricity from renewable energy projects, and cleaning one of the […]