Renewable energy investment a hedge against market volatility
Focusing on a small subset of benefits of renewables certainly has its advantages but also leads to the neglect of other benefits perceived at one time to be less important. One such neglected benefit, though, now merits much greater significance than has been previously accorded it given the tremendous floods that ravaged eastern Australia earlier this year: a hedge against marketplace volatility.
A Lesson from the Great Australian Floods, Americans for Energy Leadership, Michael Craig 26 Jan 2011, Renewable energy has been put forth as the solution to a myriad of problems, some of which have received more attention than others. Continue reading
Nuclear power a most carbon emitting energy source
Nuclear energy is not zero-carbon – it’s a carbon hog!
Deep Green: What the Greens got right | Greenpeace International by Rex Weyler – January 14, 2011 “…….“Nuclear power is … a massive potential source of zero-carbon power.”Zero carbon? Dead wrong. Nuclear power is among the most carbon-intensive forms of energy. Continue reading
Extreme weather conditions consistent with climate change predictions
We know that any one single extreme weather event cannot be attributed just to climate change. But we can look at the climate models and predictions, which all say that in a climate-changed world extreme weather events will become more frequent and intense…..Insurance agency Munich Re showed climate change was linked to 21,000 deaths in the first nine months of 2010 – double the number of deaths caused by extreme weather in 2009.
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‘s time to talk of climate change, Sydney Morning Herald, Ellen Sandell, January 14, 2011 What kind of world are we going to leave for the next generation?I N APRIL 2009 the Los Angeles Times ran the headline: “What will global warming look like? Scientists point to Australia”. The article said events unfolding in Australia – record-breaking droughts, killer bushfires and devastating floods – gave a snapshot of our future in a globally warmed world. Nearly two years on, it seems very little has changed…….. Continue reading
Drastic climate change would result from ‘limited’ nuclear war between Pakistan and India
The implications of nuclear war between Pakistan and India…….They conclude that a nuclear exchange involving 50 nuclear weapons would, in addition to the immediate devastation, send millions of tonnes of soot into the stratosphere and cause global climate change unprecedented in human history.
Rolling the nuclear dice with Australian uranium The Punch, Jim Green 15 Dec 10, Secret US cables concerning nuclear politics in South Asia provide important context for debates over Australia’s uranium export industry.
US cables released by Wikileaks warn that a limited Indian invasion of Pakistan, in response to an incident such as the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, would be to “roll the nuclear dice’’ and risk triggering nuclear warfare. Continue reading
Indigenous peoples bypassed at Cancun Climate Change conference
….Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD). pays lip service to indigenous land tenure and practices, while often undermining and even prohibiting them.
Climate change shows in hugely destructive tundra fire
Unprecedented tundra fire likely linked to climate change Sustainable Ecosystems and Community News: , 30 Nov 10, A thousand square kilometers of the Alaskan tundra burned in September 2007, a single fire that doubled the area burned in the region since 1950. However, a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research finds that the fire was even more unprecedented than imagined: sediment cores found that it was the most destructive fire in the area for at least 5,000 years and maybe longer.
If such fires occur every 200 years or every 500 years, it’s a natural event,” University of Illinois plant biology professor Feng Sheng Hu explains in a press release. “But another possibility is that these are truly unprecedented events caused by, say, greenhouse warming.” Sustainable Ecosystems and Community News: Unprecedented tundra fire likely linked to climate change
Barack Obama less keen on climate change action, more keen on nuclear power
Leader cools on climate agenda * Brad Norington, The Australian * November 05, 2010 BARACK Obama has suddenly dumped his ambitious agenda to combat climate change with legislation imposing limits on greenhouse gases……. Continue reading
Sorry state of Americans’ knowledge of climate change
Americans’ scary scarcity of global warming knowledge, The Science Friday Blog, October 29, 2010 by Neil Wagner Study: 52% of Americans deserve an “F” for their climate change researchers from Yale University and the University of Wisconsin have published results of a study that show just how little the American public understands climate change. If the authors of the study were to give grades to those surveyed, 1% would get an A, 7% a B, 15% a C, 25 % a D and 52% an F! Yikes! That IS scary!
On the bright side, 75% said they would like to know more about the issue and that schools should teach our children about climate change.
New York Times story about the study … Americans’ scary scarcity of global warming knowledge
How the fossil fuel lobby sheds doubt on climate science
The professional skeptics tend to use inconsistent arguments. Sometimes they say that there is no global warming. At other times, they point out that while global warming does exist, it is not the result of human activity. Some climate change deniers even concede that man could do something about the problem, but that it isn’t really much of a problem. There is only one common theme to all of their prognoses: Do nothing. Wait. We need more research.
Science as the Enemy’ The Traveling Salesmen of Climate Skepticism, SPIEGEL ONLINE -13 Oct 10, By Cordula Meyer The Usual Suspects Multinational oil companies also soon adopted the tried-and-true strategies of disinformation. Once again, lobbying groups were formed that were designed to look as scientific as possible. Continue reading
Fossil fuel lobby’s tactics to discredit Climate Change
As scientists uncovered more and more environmental problems, the skeptics “began to see science as the enemy.” ……… only a handful of scientists and lobbyists, and yet they have managed to convince many ordinary people — and even some US presidents — that science is deeply divided over the causes of climate change.
‘Science as the Enemy’The Traveling Salesmen of Climate Skepticism, SPIEGEL ONLINE -13 Oct 10, By Cordula Meyer A handful of US scientists have made names for themselves by casting doubt on global warming research. In the past, the same people have also downplayed the dangers of passive smoking, acid rain and the ozone hole. In all cases, the tactics are the same: Spread doubt and claim it’s too soon to take action. Continue reading
Renewable energy can halt the extinction of species
One important outcome of introducing renewable energy is that it mitigates deforestation caused by the felling of trees for firewood….The main reason for climate change and deforestation is the increasing consumption of fossil fuels and high energy demand…
Renewable energy sources may save precious humanity from extinction Green drive mitigates the devastating effects of deforestation. gulfnews : By Binsal Abdul Kader and Rayeesa Absal, October 3, 2010 Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi: Scientists estimate that between 150 and 200 species of life become extinct every 24 hours — a phenomenon threatening the very survival of human beings on Earth.However, renewable energy can save biodiversity and mitigate the threat to humanity, according to a presentation delivered at the 11th World Renewable Energy Congress held in Abu Dhabi recently. Continue reading
Former Climate Sceptic now urging action to stop global warming
His new book “Smart Solutions to Climate Change,” published by Cambridge University Press, studies the costs and benefits of various options dealing with climate change……..
Lomborg Sees No U-Turn in Renewable Energy, Carbon Tax Support, Bloomberg, By Gelu Sulugiuc – Sep 20, 2010 Danish Social Scientist Bjoern Lomborg “We should be focusing on investing dramatically more in research and development in green-energy technology,” Continue reading
World Bank taking up challenge of global warming
The position was created amid unprecedented demand from developing countries for support to address development and climate change as interlinked challenges,
World Bank Appoints Clean Energy “Czar” – Planet Ark, : 10-Sep-10, USA, Timothy Gardner The World Bank on Thursday said it has appointed a California professor to lead its efforts to foster growth of alternative energy programs in developing countries. Continue reading
Facebook under fire for using coal-powered electricity
Facebook faces campaign to switch to renewable energy Social networking site under fire over intention to run giant new data centre mainly on coal-powered electricity John Vidal, guardian.co.uk, 1 September 2010 Social networking website Facebook is coming under unprecedented pressure from its users to switch to renewable energy. Continue reading
Hot summer causing costly cutbacks of nuclear power
Last week, TVA violated its permit with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management when the river temperature topped 90 degrees……..
Hot river forces costly cutback for TVA | Chattanooga Times Free Press, By: Dave Flessner 23 Aug 2010, The Tennessee Valley Authority has lost nearly $50 million in power generation from its biggest nuclear plant because the Tennessee River in Alabama is too hot. Unless the summer cools down, TVA could lose millions of dollars more, pushing up fuel costs and consumer electric bills even after seven consecutive monthly increases. Continue reading
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