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| CO2 emissions from energy use dropped in U.S. last year Carbon dioxide emissions went the way of the U.S. economy last year--which, in this case, is good news. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that U.S. emissions of the greenhouse gas dropped the most last year since at least 1990, when it began keeping tabs. The EIA says the overall 2.8 percent dip in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is likely linked to a combo of the slumping economy and high fuel prices. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Climate Battle Underway in Senate Four top Obama administration officials urged the Senate today to pass sweeping climate and energy legislation that builds off momentum created last month by the Democrat-led House.Testifying before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the four emphasized the threats from climate change and how reducing greenhouse gas emissions would help the U.S. economy bounce back from a historic recession. [More] rss.sciam.com |
ExxonMobil guilty in deaths of migratory birds in five states ExxonMobil pled guilty to five violations of the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act stemming from the deaths of 85 protected birds at natural gas facilities in five states, including Texas and Colorado, the Justice Department said today. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Damming the Yangtze: Are a Few Big Hydropower Projects Better Than a Lot of Small Ones? The proposed Xiaonanhai Dam would stand athwart the mighty Yangtze River some 30 kilometers upstream of the industrial metropolis of Chongqing. The dam represents the single largest project in that municipality's 11th five-year plan, costing roughly $3.5 billion. The growing city hopes to harvest 1.7 gigawatts of electricity from the river current of the Chang Jiang , as the Chinese call the third longest river on Earth. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Accord Of Sorts In Copenhagen An accord, of sorts, in Copenhagen. UNESCO’s Christina Reed:“So it got really tense, [Danish prime minister Lars Loekke] Rasmussen had the gavel in the air and said, ‘It looks like we don’t have a consensus, I hate to do this but,’ and as he was about to pound, the UK’s Ed Miliband, negotiator, said, ‘I call for an adjournment,’ and so they adjourned, and everyone broke and they adjourned. This short adjournment lasted about two hours, they met off the floor to discuss this a little bit more in person. It was face-to-face arm wringing, it was ‘let’s get this done, let’s move this ahead.’ Ultimately it was Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations working very diligently.” [More] rss.sciam.com |