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‘The Desoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center will power a small fraction of Florida Power & Light’s 4-million plus customer base; nevertheless, at 25 megawatts, it will generate nearly twice as much energy as the second-largest photovoltaic facility in the U.S.’
via Largest solar panel plant in US rises in Fla. – Yahoo! News.
‘WASHINGTON Reuters – The Obama administration will press ahead with climate control legislation, despite difficult odds of passage before December’s international summit on global warming.’
‘WASHINGTON Reuters – The United States should get its own carbon-emitting house in order before looking to slap tariffs on energy-intensive goods from developing countries like China and India, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Tuesday.’
via U.S. must tackle emissions first: Chu | Green Business | Reuters.
‘WASHINGTON — With the clock running out and deep differences unresolved, it now appears there is little chance that the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in December will produce a comprehensive and binding new treaty on global warming.’
via Hopes Fade for Comprehensive Climate Treaty – NYTimes.com.
‘LONDON Reuters – Prospects for a new U.N. climate pact in December remained in the balance after talks among big emitters on Monday but with signs of action by Brazil, India and Australia’
via Climate talks in the balance | Green Business | Reuters.
‘WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior Republican in the United States Senate, conservative Senator Lisa Murkowski, said she would consider voting for a “cap and trade” climate change bill Democrats are pushing if it also contains a vigorous expansion of nuclear energy and domestic oil drilling.’
via Republican senator says open to U.S. climate bill | Green Business | Reuters.
That’s just what we need to curb carbon emissions – an expansion of domestic oil drilling.
‘Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) — Current policies to fight climate change in China, India, the U.S. and other major carbon-dioxide emitters aren’t enough to limit global temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), a U.S. envoy said.’
via Climate Policies Won’t Limit Warming to 2 Degrees, U.S. Says – Bloomberg.com.
‘LONDON — Representatives of the world’s 17 biggest and most polluting nations were holding talks Sunday to search for a breakthrough on financing efforts to contain climate change and reduce gas emissions causing global warming.’
via The Associated Press: Biggest economies try again to strike climate deal.
‘NEW YORK — This month, the mayor of Mesa, Arizona, a city of about 500,000 inhabitants in the American Southwest, became the 1,000th local leader to sign on to a climate change agreement under the United States Conference of Mayors.’
via Green Inc. Column – Local Assaults on the Global Climate Problem – NYTimes.com.
‘Producers of natural gas are battling their erstwhile allies, the oil companies. Electrical utilities are fighting among themselves over the use of coal versus wind power or other renewable energy. Coal companies are battling natural gas firms over which should be used to produce electricity. And the renewable power industry is elbowing for advantage against all of them.’
via Energy Companies Battle One Another on Climate Bill – NYTimes.com.