Coal
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What types of renewable and alternative energy technologies will promote economic growth?
www.homewindpowerkits.net via @altenergyjobs &bull 2 Hours AgoWith such a sharp run-up in the price of both crude oil and natural gas, as well as in the prices of the stock of companies involved in oil and gas production and servicing, do the potential opportunities in the… Full Story »
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- Alternative Energy
- Coal
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Coal seam gas is no solution to climate change
www.sixdegrees.org.au via @sixde6rees &bull 2 Hours AgoThe coal seam gas industry is fond of positioning itself as a solution to climate change. They have managed to convince the Queensland Government of this - Queensland has set a target of 18% of domestic energy to be provided by gas by 2020. But much like the earlier claims of the fossil fuel industry that so-called 'clean coal' would solve the climate crisis, the arguments about the climate… Full Story »
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Facebook To Become Greener? | Living Green and Saving Energy
livinggreenandsavingenergy.com via @greenwise1 &bull 3 Hours AgoFacebook is coming under pressure to switch to renewable energy. Greenpeace International says at least 500,000 people have protested against the Facebook's intention to run its giant new data center mainly on electricity produced by burning coal. They are calling… Full Story »
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Investing in Tropical Trees
co2tropicaltrees.blogspot.com via @dexterdombro &bull YesterdayThis blog is about why tropical tree investing is low risk high return. It includes co2 sequestration, the science of tropical trees, endangered wildlife and afforestation and reforestation activities in Vichada, Colombia. The author is Dexter Dombro. Some people worry about making an investment in tropical trees, because they can't predict what economic conditions might be like in 10 year's time. Fear of another recession or economic slow-down with a consequent possible decline in lumber, building material, pulp or furniture sales has them worried.… Full Story »
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EPA Ignores Tennessee and Alabama Coal Ash Victims, Nearest Hearing Is 260 Miles From TVA Disaster Site
Desmog Blog &bull Yesterday
September is back to school month, but the next big test for the White House and EPA has already begun. How the Obama administration handles the proposed regulation of coal ash - the toxic waste left over from coal-burning power plants loaded with mercury, lead, and arsenic - will serve as a… Full Story »
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Australia Country Analysis Brief
EAI Statistics &bull Yesterday
Australia has considerable petroleum, natural gas and coal reserves and is one of the few countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that is a significant net hydrocarbon exporter, exporting about two-thirds of its total energy… Full Story »
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Global Solar Stick-On Solar Panels offer More Bang for the Buck
buildaroo.com &bull YesterdayIn response to the laborious installation of standard solar panel arrays, which require sturdy rack systems to hold the heavy panels-rack systems that require drilling holes and attaching heavy bolts or guy wires-Global Solar has introduced a line of thin-film,… Full Story »
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- Coal
- Solar Power
- Solar Panels
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Facebook Under Pressure to Go Renewable
www.matternetwork.com via @BlissfulSeed &bull YesterdaySocial networking website Facebook is coming under unprecedented pressure from its users to switch to renewable energy. In one of the web's fastest-growing environmental campaigns, Greenpeace international says at least 500,000 people have now protested at the organisation's intention to run its giant new… Full Story »
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Americans Skeptical about Climate Change? | Civitas Bright Future Blog
blog.civitasenergy.com via @SolarFred &bull YesterdayOk, so in spite of the oppressive heat that has kept many of us in doors this summer, some do not believe in global warming; that's fine. Go green for the sake of our [out-of-]work force. Go green for the… Full Story »
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Tax versus Trade -- ( Regarding the Rationale for the Global Warming Hoax and CO2 as cause )
www.freerepublic.com via @conservatweet &bull YesterdayI feel like I keep stating the obvious. A carbon tax is bad because its unnecessary and nobody wastes money better than big government, but a carbon trading scheme is worse. The latter is a fake market that feeds corruption and creates its own vested industry of financial brokers who profit no matter what the price and no matter who buys or sells (they just need a government mandated scheme that forces businesses to buy and sell), and no matter whether anything useful happens to… Full Story »
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Fighting Coal Ash, Bureaucracy and Confusion
Sierra Club Compass &bull Yesterday
This is the weekly blog post from Bruce Nilles, Director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign. As I have mentioned on this blog before, the Environmental Protection Agency is currently holding public hearings at sites around the country to hear your input on draft regulations for the disposal of toxic coal ash. This week's blog post comes from Sierra Student Coalition Apprentice Margaret Hoerath, who writes about an activist who travelled to the coal ash hearing in Virginia earlier this week. This is… Full Story »
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Are Electric Cars Really Environmentally Friendly?
doyourpart.com via @DoYourPart &bull YesterdayElectric cars are seen as an eco-friendly alternative to gas-fueled cars since they produce no exhaust gases. But scientists now say electric cars may not be as environmentally friendly as we once thought. Swiss Researchers have made a detailed life… Full Story »
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Death by Growth: What the Climate-Bill Autopsies Missed - STWR - Share The World's Resources
www.stwr.org via @steadystater &bull YesterdayAs long as economic growth remains the number one priority of governments, any effort to seriously address climate change will fail. Policymakers in the US and around the world should instead aim to create a steady-state economy that prioritises sustainability and well-being, argues Keith Harrington. By now the corpse of the climate bill has been so thoroughly autopsied, that examining it any further seems almost inhumane. A whole army of coroners have weighed in, suggesting an array of possible causes of death: Republican obstructionism, failed presidential leadership, a weak climate movement, the wrong policy approach, the recession. Each one of… Full Story »
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The Survival Station - Hedge Fund Manager Earns Millions on Carbon, Spends it Financing Global Warming Initiative Campaign
blog.survivalstation.org via @me_wood &bull YesterdayThe state that is home to Hollywood often leads the nation when it comes to creating illusion. Sometimes, the illusion becomes a law like AB32, the so-called "Global Warming Solutions Act". Two Democratic presidents and one Republican agreed in deciding that the Kyoto Protocol was a fundamentally flawed… Full Story »
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eScienceCommons: Insiders' guide to Georgia barrier islands
esciencecommons.blogspot.com via @EmoryUniversity &bull YesterdayEspecially in view of global sea level change, barrier islands are almost like the canaries in the coal mine," says Anthony Martin, a paleontologist in Emory's department of environmental studies. Martin researches trace fossils and ecology in the maritime forests,… Full Story »
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Patriot Coal slammed on selenium from MTR operations
NRDC: Switchboard &bull Yesterday
There's been a significant legal victory for opponents of mountaintop removal mining and the water pollution that comes with it. A federal judge ordered Patriot Coal to clean up selenium pollution from two mines in West Virginia and made it… Full Story »
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Banks Turning Away from Mountaintop Removal
Planet Green (Discovery Channel) &bull Yesterday
Large banks, Chase chief among them, have been funding, and profiting from, mountaintop removal mining for years. After years of legal entanglements arising from environmental messes and increased scrutiny of banks that finance the dirtiest industries, several large commercial lenders… Full Story »
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Hedge Fund Manager Earns Millions on Carbon, Spends it Financing Global Warming Initiative Campaign - Big Government
biggovernment.com via @912Cyounger &bull YesterdayThe state that is home to Hollywood often leads the nation when it comes to creating illusion. Sometimes, the illusion becomes a law like AB32, the so-called "Global Warming Solutions Act". Two Democratic presidents and one Republican agreed in deciding that the Kyoto Protocol was a fundamentally flawed… Full Story »
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Facebook faces campaign to switch to renewable energy
ecopolitology.org via @7y5 &bull YesterdaySocial networking website Facebook is coming under unprecedented pressure from its users to switch to renewable energy. In one of the web's fastest-growing environmental campaigns, Greenpeace international says at least 500,000 people have now protested at the organisation's intention to run its giant new data centre mainly on electricity produced… Full Story »
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Russia 1, Icebergs 0 as supertanker takes short cut to China
Peak Energy &bull Yesterday
The SMH has an article on another crossing of the arctic by a commercial vessel, this time one carrying a shipment of gas - Russia 1, Icebergs 0 as supertanker takes short cut to China. FOR 500 years, commodity traders have been trying to… Full Story »
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