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Global mining companies are forceful about exporting coal through Northwest ports to China.
While Oregon works to shut its only coal-fired electricity plant and reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions, global mining companies are increasingly bullish about exporting that very same coal through Northwest ports to China. Portland Oregonian, Oregon. 9 September 2010.
China takes lead in clean energy, with aggressive state aid.
Until very recently, Hunan Province was known mainly for lip-searing spicy food, smoggy cities and destitute pig farmers. Now, Changsha and two adjacent cities are emerging as a center of clean energy manufacturing. New York Times. 9 September 2010.
Oil-sands protest greets Nancy Pelosi on Parliament Hill.
Environmental groups are demanding that Alberta’s Premier apologize for misleading Canadians over his province’s environmental record on the oil sands. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. 9 September 2010.
How innovation killed the lights.
The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s. Washington Post. 8 September 2010.
Global warming bill a lose-lose issue for GOP candidates.
A November ballot measure that would rescind California's landmark global warming bill until unemployment drops significantly has become an albatross for the Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate. Los Angeles Times, California. 8 September 2010.
Australia's Greens: 'We don't want to be just a coal mine for China.'
Australia's new minority government must balance the economic benefits of a booming coal industry with an electorate calling for climate action. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 8 September 2010.
Military girds for climate change battles; expect conflict as supplies run short.
A navy planner says the Canadian Forces must be ready to be called to the front lines in the battle against the effects of climate change. Canadian Press. 8 September 2010.
Chinese offshore wind energy development blows past U.S.
As proposed American offshore wind-farm projects creep forward -- slowed by state legislative debates, due diligence and environmental impact assessments -- China has leapt past the United States, installing its first offshore wind farm. ClimateWire. 8 September 2010.
WVU leads international coal research consortium.
West Virginia University is leading a new international effort to cut down carbon emissions in both the United States and China. Charleston State Journal, West Virginia. 8 September 2010.
Oil sands to dominate agenda on Nancy Pelosi's visit to Canada.
A top U.S. official, Nancy Pelosi, will get a crash course this week on Canada’s oil sands in private meetings quietly orchestrated by President Barack Obama’s point man in Ottawa. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. 8 September 2010.
Public sector polluters buck trend of lower CO2 emissions.
Public sector bodies in Scotland increased their greenhouse gas emissions by 7 per cent in 2008, new figures have revealed, despite an overall 3 per cent reduction in output north of the Border. Edinburgh Scotsman, United Kingdom. 8 September 2010.
High time to stop school idling.
Every year, exhausts from idling cars, trucks and buses generate millions of pounds of air pollution, including particulate matter that lodges deep inside the lungs, plus toxic gases such as nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, Vermont. Opinion, 8 September 2010.
Cape Wind power deal brings fight to utility panel.
The fight over whether the country's first offshore wind farm should be built off Cape Cod moves this week to a Boston hearing room, where the project's future turns on one question: Is the price of the electricity produced by the spinning turbines a good deal? Associated Press. 7 September 2010.
Prince Charles embarks on lavish train trip to spread green message.
Charles has begun a week-long tour of Britain to persuade his "subjects" to go green, and the train from which he has chosen to assert his voice in the climate debate has been converted to run on cooking fat which creates just one-eighth of the carbon dioxide of oil-based diesel. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 7 September 2010.
Forget going green - Earth doesn't care.
Cover story: "The Earth Doesn't Care If You Drive a Hybrid!" Or recycle. Or live in a green house powered by solar energy. Or squander commodities. The Earth just doesn't care how much you waste. Was that a cover story in Mother Earth News? Or The Onion? No folks, it was the cover story in the elite American Scholar Journal. MarketWatch. Opinion, 7 September 2010.
Professor campaigns for energy-saving white roofs.
Professor Hashem Akbari of Concordia University in Montreal is on a mission to get the world's largest cities to turn at least some of their municipal building roofs white. Morning Edition, NPR. 6 September 2010.
Greens stoke backlash against Merkel's nuclear power extension.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet met to agree plans to extend the life of Germany's atomic power plants yesterday amid angry protests from anti-nuclear activists and the country's two main opposition parties. London Independent, United Kingdom. 6 September 2010.
Locavores defend their turf.
A new food fight has stirred up the locavore movement, which promotes eating of local products, after fresh challenges to the assumption that the practice promotes environmental sustainability. Agence France-Presse. 6 September 2010.
Greens warn World Bank over palm oil funding.
Environmental groups Greenpeace and Sawit Watch have called on the World Bank to extend its international suspension of financing for the palm oil sector unless producers meet environmental criteria. Jakarta Globe, Indonesia. 6 September 2010.
U.S. banks on clean energy to restore our industrial leadership.
By making strategic choices now, we will restore our country's role as a global leader in the clean energy industry. San Jose Mercury News, California. Opinion, 6 September 2010.
Making climate data free for all.
Meteorologists are meeting this week to hammer out a solution to one of the thorniest problems in climate science: how to make raw climate data freely available to all. Nature. 5 September 2010.
Mafia cash in on lucrative EU wind farm handouts - especially in Sicily.
For all their promises of a clean, green future, Italy's windfarms have now acquired a somewhat dirtier whiff - as the latest industry to be infiltrated by the country's mobsters. London Daily Telegraph, United Kingdom. 5 September 2010.
Temperature records to be made public.
Climate scientists are to publish the largest ever collection of temperature records, dating back more than a hundred years, in an attempt to provide a more accurate picture of climate change. London Daily Telegraph, United Kingdom. 5 September 2010.
Australia's 'Greenslide' may not help ease pollution.
Australia's environmental lobby is celebrating an unprecedented "Greenslide" in national elections, but it remains unclear whether new political power will translate into action on climate change. Agence France-Presse. 5 September 2010.
Young Jamaican among Caribbean's climate champs.
Shasion Thomas, a young Jamaican, has been selected as one of the region's 10 Climate Change Champions. Kingston Jamaica Observer, Jamaica. 5 September 2010.
Mozambique's food riots the true face of global warming.
The violence in Maputo is just the latest manifestation of the crippling shortcomings of the global economy. London Observer, United Kingdom. Opinion, 5 September 2010.
Calif.'s Prop. 23, backed by oil giants, needs to go down in flames.
The goal of Prop. 23 is to derail the Global Warming Solutions Act, signed in 2006 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Scheduled to begin rolling out next year, it would require a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Los Angeles Times, California. Opinion, 5 September 2010.
Wind power's health debate rages.
Two University of Western Ontario academics are clashing over wind farms and their link to health, each accusing the other's followers of demonizing their cause and bastardizing science. Toronto Sun, Ontario. 4 September 2010.
No need to be afraid of a tax on carbon.
The most significant policy issue in the deal struck between the Australian Greens and the Australian Labor Party was that of climate policy. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. Opinion, 4 September 2010.
Time to get tough, environmentalists say.
Has the environmental movement lost its mojo? The election of President Obama two years ago was supposed to be a turning point, when Congress and the White House would finally act on climate change legislation. But that didn't happen. Why is that? National Public Radio. Opinion, 4 September 2010.
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