The US Energy Department announced on Thursday seventeen new projects, for $16 million total investment, to capture energy from waves, tides and currents. The goal is to increase America's renewable energy portfolio, increase the power... ...
http://www.examiner.com/article/energy-department-investing-16-million
Light-duty vehicles (LDVs) in the US may be able to reduce petroleum use by 50% by 2030, and by 80% by 2050; and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% by 2050, according to the newly published results of a two-year study by a committee convened by the National Research Council.
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2013/03/nrc-20130318.html?utm_content=
The National Weather Service has issued red-flag warnings for most of the inland Bay Area in advance of thunderstorms that could be rolling through the area beginning late Sunday through Tuesday morning. Residents are unlikely to see any actual rain from the system, but the possibility of dry lightni
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-warned-about-dry-lightn
Damages to major coastal cities may reach $1 trillion by 2050
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/19/the_worlds_most_drownable_cities
Key climate change report "guaranteed" to change
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23755901#sa-ns_mchannel=
With the rise of computer and social networks, crowdsourcing is changing the way we fund ideas, raise awareness of important issues and motivate community action. 'Citizen Science Projects' is also a growing trend that lends itself to the crowdsourcing concept.
http://theenergycollective.com/globalwarmingisreal/261221/citizen-scie
Southern Nevada Water Authority Manager, Patricia Mulroy admits that climate change keeps her up at night. The post Sin City Runs Dry: Drought in The Land of Fountains appeared first on ThinkProgress.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/16/2474451/sin-city-water
Though Environmental Protection Agency critics in Congress continue to criticize former agency Administrator Lisa Jackson this week amid speculation that she may have used private e-mail addresses to evade public records laws, they ignored that the same practices were common under George W. Bush. T
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/16/2481191/epa-e-mail-address
The group formed from President Obama's re-election campaign finds a creative way to call out climate deniers in Congress. The post In Homage To Their Fictional Beliefs, Group Presents Silver Unicorn Awards To Climate Deniers appeared first on ThinkProgress.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/13/2254341/climate-deniers-si
Climate-fueled drought conditions in the Southwest are draining Lake Powell and Lake Mead, which supply water to 40 million people. The post How Two Reservoirs Have Become Billboards For What Climate Change Is Doing To The American West appeared first on ThinkProgress.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/12/2439931/reservoir-billboar
Super Typhoon Utor just ripped across the Philippines, heading into the South China Sea on Monday afternoon. The post The Planet Strongest Storm So Far This Year Just Tore Through The Philippines, And Isn’t Done Yet appeared first on ThinkProgress.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/12/2449671/super-typhoon-utor
A major new study in Geophysical Research Letters by 19 researchers — primarily from NOAA and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) — suggests natural gas may be more of gangplank than a bridge.
http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/258771/bridge-or-gangplank-s
TEPCO reported on Sunday that highly toxic levels of radioactive tritium and cesium are leaking into the Pacific Ocean from the crippled Fukushima no. 1 power plant. Amid rising concerns about radiation leaks at the site, and a declaration...
http://www.examiner.com/article/tepco-detects-toxic-water-leaking-into
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Highlands, New Jersey is considering dropping hundreds of millions to lift itself ten or more feet out of the path of future storms. The post An Entire New Jersey Town Considers Elevating Itself To Escape Future Storms appeared first on ThinkProgress.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/10/2447691/new-jersey-town-el
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced on Thursday that operators of unconventional gas wells will no longer be unconditionally exempt from seeking an air quality plan approval for well sites. Instead, guidance issued by...
http://www.examiner.com/article/pennsylvia-tightens-air-quality-regula
The potential new oil production boom from hydraulic fracturing in California's Monterey Shale region will require a little-known technique using powerful acids to dissolve underground rock. The first of a series of articles by Next Generation...
http://www.examiner.com/article/oil-companies-planning-acid-fracturing
Recent warnings that this greenhouse gas could cost us $60 trillion have received widespread publicity. But many scientists are skeptical. It was a stunning figure: $60 trillion. Such could be the cost, according to a recent commentary in the journal Nature, of “the release of methane from thawing pe
http://climatedesk.org/2013/08/how-much-should-you-worry-about-an-arct
A new global survey of investors reveals growing concern that national policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions are "inadequate, inconsistent and halting." The post Government Inaction Is Turning Off Investors Who Want To Back Green Energy appeared first on ThinkProgress.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/07/2424661/government-inactio
Four Republican leaders who ran the Environmental Protection Agency under four Republican presidents have declared their support for President Obama climate action plan by writing in a joint opinion piece in the New York Times.
http://theenergycollective.com/francesbeinecke/257201/respected-gop-le
This week, the Sierra Club was invited to an exciting briefing by the ethnic media consortium New America Media (NAM) presenting findings of the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)'s 13th annual survey "Californians and the Environment." The poll looked...
http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/2013/08/new-survey-shows-califor
General Atomics announced on Tuesday development of a small nuclear modular reactor that they claim is the most advanced high-performance reactor in the world. The company has submitted a proposal to the US Dept. of Energy to bring...
http://www.examiner.com/article/general-atomics-launches-ground-breaki
Semiconductor maker Cree announced on Monday a ground-breaking new LED replacement for streetlights. The newly unveiled XSPR LED Residential Street Light series brings the advantages of LED lighting to municipal street-lights, while being priced...
http://www.examiner.com/article/cree-introduces-low-cost-led-street-li
Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority has said, on Monday, there is a new emergency at the Fukushima nuclear plant, thanks to a build-up of radioactive ground-water. Highly radioactive water has leaked into the ocean after...
http://www.examiner.com/article/emergency-declared-as-fukushima-nuclea
Water temperatures reached 80 degrees in some parts of Alaska, prompting mass die-offs of salmon and trout. The post Extreme Heat Is Killing Off Thousands Of Fish In Alaska appeared first on ThinkProgress.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/05/2410921/extreme-heat-is-ki
American farms are struggling to attract workers, according to reports out last week. Farmers have jobs, but no applicants – and they concede that the problem is only getting worse as innovation in alternative fuels and renewable plastic pushes up demand for their products to the point that there ar
A Q&A with the former long-time Chicago mayor. Richard M. Daley, who served six terms as mayor of Chicago from 1989 to 2011, was one of the first big-city mayors to focus on sustainable development. Some of his projects, such as the development of Millennium Park, flourished. Others are more likely t
http://climatedesk.org/2013/08/richard-m-daley-wants-to-make-your-city
To help provide some clarity and context as to the relative importance of low carbon electricity, this post will test a simple idea, with balloons. What would global electricity generation emissions look like if the world used just one generation technology?
http://theenergycollective.com/lindsay-wilson/256111/why-world-needs-l
Some invasive species, such as the brain-eating Naegleria fowleri, benefit from climate change. So the next time someone says there will be winners and losers in global warming, remember that some winners could help make Homo sapiens one of the biggest losers.
http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/256291/food-thought-brain-ea
Disaster planning and preparation can help save lives when the next tragic natural disaster hits. We hope government officials across the world take what India has suffered as a wake-up call, and continue making disaster planning a key part of climate change action.
http://theenergycollective.com/nrdcswitchboard/256361/preparing-climat
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6d25kj/research_and) has announced the addition of the "Research and Forecast of China Electric Vehicle Industry, 2013-2017" report to their offering. In overall electric vehicle market, the output in China is s
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130802005600/en/Research-Marke
The 25 most damaging events took a combined 1,100 lives and caused $188 billion in damages. The post Halfway Through 2013, The 5 Worst Extreme Weather Events Show The Damage Is As Bad As Ever appeared first on ThinkProgress.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/01/2388931/record-start-to-ex
"There are times where companies like Google must display moral leadership and carefully evaluate their political bedfellows." The post Google Own Scientists Ask Google To Stop Funding Climate Deniers appeared first on ThinkProgress.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/01/2395221/googles-scientists
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