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‘Two of the lighting industry’s three biggest manufacturers, Osram Sylvania and Philips, plan to sell energy-efficient LED bulbs this year that can replace a 60-watt bulb, the most commonly used incandescent lamp.’
via LED Bulbs for the Home Near the Marketplace – NYTimes.com.
‘US President Barack Obama has vowed to end the “cosy relationship” between oil companies and US regulators in the light of the Gulf of Mexico disaster.’
via BBC News – Barack Obama: No more cosying up to oil industry.
‘Solar power could make up as much as a quarter of the world’s total electricity production by 2050 with the use of photovoltaic and concentrating solar power technologies, the International Energy Agency said.’
‘Yesterday the USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service issued its decision to approve the mass-release of over a quarter of a million GE eucalyptus trees across seven states in the U.S. South Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, despite overwhelming public opposition.’
via Global Justice Ecology Project: GlobalJusticeEcology.org , Hinesburg, VT.
‘Senators John F. Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, presented their long-delayed proposal to address global warming and energy Wednesday afternoon. They are calling it the American Power Act.’
via Senate Climate Bill Makes Its Debut – Green Blog – NYTimes.com.
‘(Reuters) – Solar power can provide up to a quarter of the world’s electricity by 2050, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday, but it needs government lifelines in the next decade until it can compete with conventional power.’
via Solar can provide 22 percent world’s power by 2050: IEA | Reuters.
’05-07 19:53 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — In an unusually strong attack on politically powerful deniers of global warming, 255 members of the National Academy of Sciences, including 32 from Northern California, have charged that opponents are using “McCarthy-like tactics” against legitimate climate scientists.’
‘(Reuters) – The Pentagon is working hard to promote development of biomass fuels that could power future fighter jets and other warplanes, but defense officials say it could take years to get a full-fledged industry on its feet.’
via Pentagon focused on developing alternative energy | Reuters.
‘(Reuters) – The White House on Friday said the massive oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico showed the need for climate change and energy legislation, dismissing calls from a Republican backer of the bill to hold off.’
‘Harold T. Shapiro, the former president of Princeton University and the University of Michigan, has agreed to become chairman of a new 12-member panel that will review the practices of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The group will look into the policies of the panel on climate change that contributed to errors in a recent report, including a faulty estimate of the rate of melting of the Himalayan glaciers. Many scientists say they stand behind the panel’s findings.’
via World Briefing – United Nations – Leader Named for Climate Review – NYTimes.com.