Houston Chronicle: The House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would speed construction of the Keystone XL pipeline – a largely symbolic measure with probably no chance of clearing the Democratic Senate and overcoming a presidential veto. The bill approved 241-175 on Wednesday is the latest attempt by the [...]
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Reuters: China may impose higher quality standards for imported and locally traded coal to cut air pollution, two sources said, in a move that could slash imports while boosting the fortunes of a faltering domestic industry.
The National Energy Administration (NEA) held a meeting with major state-owned coal producers earlier this [...]
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Grist: The cleanest electricity is no electricity at all – a fact that is not lost on new Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.
During his first speech after being sworn into his new post, Moniz said energy efficiency would be one of his top priorities.
From Greentech Media:
Secretary Moniz spoke to a crowd [...]
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New York Times: Jeff Opperman, a senior freshwater scientist with the Nature Conservancy, is taking a once-in-a-lifetime trip down the Mekong River in Southeast Asia with his wife and two children, ages 8 and 10. Previous posts can be found here. As we traveled down the Mekong River, I [...]
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BusinessGreen: The UK has come out fighting against European Union plans to impose punitive tariffs on solar technology imports from China, just a day after EU leaders met in Brussels to back plans for a new package of 2030 climate reduction targets.
Climate Change Minister Greg Barker has today travelled to [...]
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RedOrbit: While the weather can affect a person’s mood, life scientists at UCLA have offered new evidence that climate change could affect interaction between species.
The study, titled “Temperature dependence of trophic interactions are driven by asymmetry of species responses and foraging strategy” and published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, [...]
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EcoWatch: Before environmental lobbyists and legislators push a hydraulic fracking bill through the Illinois legislature, they need to sit down with farmers in Clinton County and learn how well regulations defended their water, farms and cankered lives from the contamination of coal slurry in the Pearl Aquifer.
Then they would fight [...]
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Grist: Those rambunctious fossil-fuel flunkies in the U.S. House of Representatives were at it again Wednesday. They passed a bill that would allow Keystone XL to bypass environmental laws and be built without approval from President Obama.
The House voted 241-175 to do away with an ongoing environmental review for the [...]
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Guardian: Runners tread more heavily on the earth than they may have ever imagined, especially it seems if they are wearing a pair of Chinese-made men’s size nine Asics gel Kayanos, according to a team of MIT scientists.
A new pair of synthetic running shoes typically generates 30lbs of carbon dioxide [...]
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Grist: I was optimistic when I began reading the Washington Post op-ed on climate change by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), current chairman of the House Science Committee. He began with a plea for a thoughtful and objective discussion of climate science. But like Lucy snatching the football away from Charlie [...]
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