From Canada Free Press Solar photovoltaic energy is not as environmentally conscious a choice as many think it is Solar Panel Waste: A Disposal Problem By Jack Dini —— Bio…
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Carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power sector have declined 28% since 2005
From EIA From December 17 through December 31, Today in Energy will feature a selection of our favorite articles from 2018. Today’s article was originally published on October 29. EIA’s…
Biologists escalate conflict over Inuit management of polar bear populations
Reposted from Polar Bear Science Posted on December 20, 2018 | Comments Off on Biologists escalate conflict over Inuit management of polar bear populations Yesterday, two polar bear specialists and…
Cambridge academic caught on plane with £100,000 in a box of chocolates jailed over £2.8m green energy scam
From The Telegraph By Jamie Merrill 21 December 2018 • 8:28pm A Cambridge academic who stole £1m from a government green-energy project has been jailed for four years. Dr Ehsan Abdi-Jalebi,…
Droughts boost emissions as hydropower dries up
From Eurekalert Public Release: 21-Dec-2018 Droughts boost emissions as hydropower dries up Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences When hydropower runs low in a drought, western states tend…
Regulators Confirm Trump’s Concern: Coal And Nuclear Closures Could Lead To Power Outages
From The Daily Caller 6:34 PM 12/18/2018 | Energy Jason Hopkins | Energy Investigator A stress test conducted by the regulatory authority that oversees North America’s electric grid lends credibility…
Texas City Featured In Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Sequel’ Lost Millions In Its Green Energy Gamble, Plus reality denial from the BBC
From The Daily Caller Millions In Its Green Energy Gamble Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor 10:55 PM 12/18/2018 | Energy The city of Georgetown, Texas, lost nearly $7 million this…
Economists Love Carbon Taxes. Lots of Regular Folks Don’t.
From Reason.com Raising the price of gasoline, heat, and electricity is a steep political hill to climb. Ronald Bailey|Dec. 19, 2018 8:30 am Chuongy/DreamstimeOil company ConocoPhillips just pledged to spend…
Homeowners with solar panels are ‘giving their excess power to the grid for free’ after government closes energy payment scheme
From The Daily Mail The Business Department has announced the closure of the ‘export tariff’ It currently pays householders for excess power that is fed back into the grid Opponents…
Concord and discord among Northern Hemisphere paleotemperature reconstructions from tree rings
From Science Direct Scott St. George Jan Esper Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA Department of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany Received 3 September…
Solar Voyager forced to abandon mission
Weather stops plastic waste car reaching South Pole A car made from waste plastic has been forced to abort its mission to the South Pole because of bad weather. Solar…
Southwest forest trees will grow much slower in the 21st century
From Eurekalert Public Release: 18-Dec-2018 Even forest trees growing in average conditions may decline in productivity as much as 75 percent University of Arizona A treasure trove of data about…
Salmon may lose the ability to smell danger as carbon emissions rise University of Washington
From Eurkealert Public Release: 18-Dec-2018 The ability to smell is critical for salmon. They depend on scent to avoid predators, sniff out prey and find their way home at the…
Climate change leading to water shortage in Andes, Himalayas Rapidly melting glaciers causing similar problems on two continents
Heeeerrrreeee’ss Lonnie (Lonnie Thompson has a whole category at Climate Audit) From Eurekalert Public Release: 17-Dec-2018 Ohio State University Climate change could have devastating effects on vulnerable residents in the…
Changes in agriculture could cut sector non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50 percent
From Eurekalert Public Release: 17-Dec-2018 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis The agricultural sector is the world’s largest source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, and IIASA-led research has found that…
Report on Greenpeace and more
Dr. Willie Soon writes: Our friend, The Heartland Institute has agreed to host our new report and please refers to this master link for the full report: https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/analysis-of-greenpeace-business-model In addition,…
Shot and chaser in Whistler
Shot Whistler ski resort in British Columbia Canada tried to extort money from the oil industry because of climate change effects to their resort. https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/whistler-wants-albertan-oil-and-gas-company-to-pay-for-resorts-climate-change-costs Chaser The oil company fired…
Organic food worse for the climate
From Eurekalert Organically farmed food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food, due to the greater areas of land required. This is the finding of a new international…
IRS Will Stop Handing Out Subsidies To Tesla Buyers In 2020
From The Daily Caller 3:20 PM 12/14/2018 | Energy Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor The Treasury Department announced it would phase out electric vehicle subsidies for Tesla buyers at the…
A Christmas mercury miracle
From the IEA Clean Coal Centre – when the data fit the model, and mercury emissions come for free Mercury is a menace. It is an environmental liability and global…
Doctors cite climate change for rise in animal bites, U.S. health care costs
From NBC News (Researchers also note that poorer families are at higher risk of animal bites.) Dec. 12, 2018 / 3:37 PM EST By Shamard Charles, M.D. Stanford researchers warn…
Wasting days and wasting nights
I wonder what the actual energy and resource cost is to put this recycled plastic solar powered expedition together? Thank goodness they are saving the planet. The hobbies of rich…
There is hope amidst environmental anxiety, says a scholar of ecotheology
From Eurekalert University of Helsinki Eco-anxiety encompasses difficult emotions experienced to a significant degree due to environmental issues. Environmental researcher Panu Pihkala says that related symptoms can be positioned between…
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