June 20, 2013
"Our National Laboratories are a national treasure that help America’s entrepreneurs and innovators to accelerate the development of new technologies,” said Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. “This new facility will allow for an even stronger partnership with manufacturers, utilities and researchers to help integrate more clean, renewable energy into a smarter, more reliable and more resilient power grid."
Read more at: http://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-nrel-announce-new-research-center-boost-clean-energy-technologies-smarter
June 25, 2013
U.S. plan to reduce carbon polution, prepare the U.S. for the impacts of climate change, and lead international efforts to address global climate change.
Read more at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/climate-action-plan
Updated eGallon Prices as Electric Vehicle Sales Double
June 26, 2013
WASHINGTON – The United States has the potential to store a mean of 3,000 metric gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in geologic basins throughout the country, according to the first-ever detailed national geologic carbon sequestration assessment released today by the U.S. Geological Survey.
"This USGS research is ground-breaking because it is the first realistic view of technically accessible carbon storage capacity in these basins," said Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell. "If enough of this capacity also proves to be environmentally and economically viable, then geologic carbon sequestration could help us reduce carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change."
Read more at: http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3628
July 10, 2013
The United States and China have agreed to five new action initiatives with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution by tackling the largest sources of emissions in both countries. These initiatives were developed by the U.S.-China Working Group on Climate Change and presented in a Report agreed to by Leaders’ Special Representatives at the Strategic and Economic Dialogue.
Read more at: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/07/211768.htm
Getting the U.S.-China Climate Partnership Right
July 19, 2013
"Here’s what the science is telling us: if we fail to connect the dots — if we fail to take action — the impacts of climate change will become unmanageable at catastrophic levels." -Secretary of State, John Kerry
Read more at: http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/07/212219.htm
Hahahaha. Anyway, this sounds like politics to me. Forum rules states that no politics are allowed.
Aug 2, 2013
Low-cost solar power could supply more than a third of all energy needs in the Western U.S., if the nation can hit its targets for reducing the cost of solar energy, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-08-solar-energy-one-third-power-west.html#jCp
Aug 16, 2013
Marine ecologists call them seagrass meadows. They once wrapped Australia's coastline providing sanctuary and food for dugongs and turtles, habitats for fish to breed and myriad other ecosystem services such as nutrient recycling and sediment stabilisation.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-08-humble-planet.html#jCp
Aug 22, 2013
A consortium led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new technology that captures the carbon dioxide emissions of power plants more economically and ecologically.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-08-efficient-economical-capture-power-carbon.html#jCp
Sept 14, 2013
(AP)—California Gov. Jerry Brown and China's top climate negotiator on Friday signed the first agreement between a U.S. state and China that seeks greater cooperation on clean energy technologies and research meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Read more at: http://m.phys.org/news/2013-09-state-chinese-climate.html#jCp
With new and better electronic communication technologies, scientists and engineers from around the country have begun to discuss its replacement: a more adaptable, efficient, reliable, and responsive national electrical network called the "smart grid."
Read more at: http://m.phys.org/news/2013-09-grid-future.html#jCp
The Government of Madagascar and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that 705,588 carbon credits are certified for sale from the Makira Forest REDD+ Project. WCS estimates that it will prevent the release of more than 32 million tons of CO2 over the next thirty years.
Read more at: http://m.phys.org/news/2013-09-massive-carbon-credit-sale-madagascar.html#jCp
The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to limit carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants in a bid to implement President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change. The move marks the "first milestone" of a major part of the Climate Action Plan announced in June by the US leader, the agency said in a statement.
Read more at: http://m.phys.org/news/2013-09-limit-emissions-power.html#jCp
The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to limit carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants in a bid to implement President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change. The move marks the "first milestone" of a major part of the Climate Action Plan announced in June by the US leader, the agency said in a statement.
Read more at: http://m.phys.org/news/2013-09-limit-emissions-power.html#jCp
Deal reached on curbing airlines' CO2 emissions
October 4, 2013
The UN aviation body has reached a deal on curbing the airline industry's rising carbon emissions, sources close to the negotiations said Friday.
"The good news is having concluded a general agreement that includes China and India," a diplomat involved in the negotiations told AFP.
Read more at:
http://m.phys.org/news/2013-10-curbing-airlines-co2-emissions.html#jCp
EU on track for climate targets
October 9, 2013
The European Union is on track to meet its 2020 targets for reducing carbon emissions and switching to cleaner energy sources, its environmental watchdog said on Wednesday.
Read more at: http://m.phys.org/news/2013-10-eu-track-climate.html#jCp
