Monthly Archives: June 2010
Jones Act is no Laughing Matter
It is hard to find humor in the Gulf oil spill. But they’re trying at the White House.
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Top Ten 1969 Muscle Cars
The Top Ten 1969 Muscle Cars…Take a look at our muscle car list. The era of absurd power was dimming. In 1969, 400 horsepower flew in the face of EPA emission regulations and budget-conscious buyers. For the few, however, muscle cars, devoid of interior superfluities, just a flashy paint job and gargantuan engine, were [...]
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Solar power may get chance to shine in Illinois
Chicago Tribune: At a former industrial site on Chicago’s South Side, more than 32,000 solar panels slowly tilt every few minutes, following the sun as it moves across the sky. Operated by Exelon Corp., the 40 acres of panels in West Pullman is the nation’s largest urban solar plant, generating 10 megawatts of clean [...]
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NZ carbon price system hikes household costs
Associated Press: New carbon-trading laws intended to reduce climate-changing pollution emissions took effect Thursday in New Zealand, immediately sending gas prices higher. Under the scheme, companies are given a pollution allowance, an amount of greenhouse gases they can emit without penalty. If they emit more than allowed, they must buy credits from a company [...]
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Free show by Jimmy Buffett along Alabama coast
Associated Press: Oil weary residents on Alabama’s coast got a boost from Jimmy Buffett, who put on an impromptu free show at his sister’s restaurant Wednesday evening, bringing in hundreds of fans. He sang crowd favorites including "Fins," "Pascagoula Run" and "Volcano" during a more than two-hour show that had hundreds of fans swaying [...]
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Fiorina Slams California’s Climate Law
CBS5: GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina appeared on a national cable news show Wednesday asserting that California’s law to fight global warming is killing jobs, but a review shows its economic effects remain uncertain. In an interview on CNBC’s "Closing Bell," Fiorina said she is trying to unseat Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer in part [...]
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Minister backs low carbon car clubs
Edie: Minister backs low carbon car clubs Clubs giving divers short term rentals of low carbon vehicles have been backed by the new transport minister. Norman Baker said today (July 1) that an extra £40,000 of Government funding would help to increase the popularity of the clubs. According to Mr Baker clubs [...]
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SEPA outlines priorities for Scottish environment
Edie: SEPA outlines priorities for Scottish environment Scotland’s environmental watchdog has unveiled its plan of action for the coming year as well as a brief analysis of how it thinks it is performing. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has published its Annual Operating Plan for the current financial year which outlines its [...]
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Interested in a Growing Solar Environment? Call India…
© Yodel AnecdotalYou're probably aware that China and India have something of a economic competition going on. On the one hand, China-India trade could someday power the Asian economy. On the other hand, both nations want to be the region's leader – economically and politically.
China is winning the competition in the energy sector. The Chinese [...]
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The Climate Change Gestapo
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I have taken grief from some readers at times for my position on the issue of Climate Change. I have always maintained that I am not an expert, and therefore I accept the scientific consensus on climate change. This is no different than my standard in many other [...]
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The Climate Change Thought Police
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I have taken grief from some readers at times for my position on the issue of Climate Change. I have always maintained that I am not an expert, and therefore I accept the scientific consensus on climate change. This is no different than my standard in many other [...]
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Emerging nations ’should work with donors on hunger’
SciDev.Net: Brazil, China and India should participate more in the international donor system if the problem of global hunger is to be adequately addressed, according to the head of the US-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The number of hungry people continues to increase, said Shenggen Fan, speaking to SciDev.Net on the eve [...]
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Greenpeace to build new Rainbow Warrior in Poland
Agence France-Presse: Global environment group Greenpeace will on July 10 mark the keel-laying of the latest incarnation of its flagship the Rainbow Warrior at Poland’s Gdansk shipyard, it said Thursday. "The ceremony will be held 25 years to the day of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand by secret agents [...]
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UN throws out UK claim to Ascension oil exploration rights
Guardian: The United Kingdom’s attempt to claim 200,000 square kilometres of the south Atlantic seabed around Ascension Island for mineral and oil exploration has been unexpectedly dismissed by a United Nations panel of experts. The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) concludes that the volcanic pinnacle on which Ascension rests is [...]
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The Economic Impact of an Offshore Drilling Ban