Offshore wind powers ahead in Europe #wind #solar
Falling costs mean that power generated by offshore wind farms is becoming increasingly competitive with other fuels – and that’s[…]
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Solar farms offer bonus for tropical crops #solar #ClimateChange
Research in England shows that solar farms reduce local temperature and provide shade, enabling crops in hot and desert climates[…]
Read moreHumans play high-risk ecological roulette #ClimateChange #ClimateCosts
Analysis of millions of records by thousands of scientists across the world shows that human impacts have helped push the[…]
Read moreClimate Change’s Costs Are Still Escalating #ClimateChange #ClimateCosts
Scientific reports released for a conference on disaster risk reduction warn that people are already dying and economies being hit by[…]
Read moreSierra Club Urges Senate to Pass Renewable Electricity Standard
On September 21st, The Sierra Club applauded the news of a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) bill being introduced in[…]
Read moreEDF Climate Corps Finds $350 Million in Energy Savings
This summer, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) placed specially-trained MBA students at 47 leading companies — including Bloomberg, eBay, McDonald’s, Pepsi, Target,[…]
Read moreSierra Club Presents Obama with Vision for Managing America’s Great Outdoors
Last Friday, the Sierra Club presented the Obama administration with its vision for how America’s public lands should be managed[…]
Read moreSierra Magazine Names America’s Top 20 “Coolest” Schools
Sierra magazine has named the nation’s top 20 “coolest” schools for their efforts to stop climate change and educate students[…]
Read moreGreenpeace Response to Sinar Mas “Verification Exercise”
August 10th 2010 — Greenpeace today responded to notorious rainforest destroyer Sinar Mas’ self-styled ‘verification exercise’: “The Sinar Mas audit[…]
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