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Opinion:

¶ “President Obama Regrettably Approves Oil Drilling in the Arctic Ocean” – The Obama administration granted conditional approval to Shell Oil Company to begin exploratory drilling in the Arctic Ocean off the North Slope of Alaska on May 11, 2015. The decision represents a major compromise on global warming. [Energy Collective]

Shell Oil’s Polar Pioneer Arctic Drilling Rig. Photo by Chas Redmond from Seattle WA, USA. Wikimedia Commons.

World:

¶ A house in the hills above Stuttgart can theoretically generate enough energy to power itself and an electric car, with enough left over to feed back to into Germany’s national grid. The B10 house is designed to generate 200% energy, a target it hopes to hit within the next year. Almost the entire house is recyclable. [Wired.co.uk]

¶ Around 1.6 million premature deaths would be prevented annually if the world’s governments stopped subsidising fossil fuels, according…