‘UNIONTOWN, Ala. — Almost every day, a train pulls into a rail yard in rural Alabama, hauling 8,500 tons of a disaster that occurred 350 miles away to a final resting place, the Arrowhead Landfill here in Perry County, which is very poor and almost 70 percent black.’
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Clash in Alabama Over Tennessee Coal Ash – NYTimes.com
August 30th, 2009Analysis Shows America’s Heartland Hardest Hit by Climate Change with States Heating up 10+ Degrees
August 28th, 2009‘ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA — August 27, 2009 — A new tool that for the first time allows people to easily see how climate change will directly impact their states shows America’s heartland will suffer the greatest jump in temperatures over the next century – with some states potentially heating up more than 10 degrees F, according to an analysis by The Nature Conservancy.’
History can no longer guide farmers, investors: U.N. | Reuters
August 26th, 2009‘GENEVA Reuters – Climate change has made history an inaccurate guide for farmers as well as energy investors who must rely on probabilities and scenarios to make decisions, the head of a United Nations agency said on Wednesday.’
via History can no longer guide farmers, investors: U.N. | Green Business | Reuters.
AFP: Top UN climate scientist backs ambitious CO2 cuts
August 25th, 2009“As chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) I cannot take a position because we do not make recommendations,” said Rajendra Pachauri when asked if he supported calls to keep atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations below 350 parts per million (ppm).
“But as a human being I am fully supportive of that goal. What is happening, and what is likely to happen, convinces me that the world must be really ambitious and very determined at moving toward a 350 target,” he told AFP in an interview.
Baoding, China, Becomes the World's First 'Carbon Positive' city – ABC News
August 25th, 2009‘In three years, Yu has transformed Baoding from an automobile and textile town into the fastest-growing hub of solar, wind, and biomass energy-equipmentmakers in China. Baoding now has the highest growth rate of any city in Hebei Province. Its “Electricity Valley” industrial cluster – consciously modeled on Silicon Valley – has quadrupled its business.’
via Baoding, China, Becomes the World’s First ‘Carbon Positive’ city – ABC News.
China says climate talks stymied by political interests | Reuters
August 24th, 2009‘BEIJING Reuters – Little progress has been made so far on a new pact to combat global warming, with “commercial and political interests” continuing to prevail, China’s senior climate change official said on Monday.’
via China says climate talks stymied by political interests | Green Business | Reuters.
Climate Geo Engineering – Pros and Cons of Geoengineering the Climate – thedailygreen.com
August 23rd, 2009‘A climate engineering analysis published this month by a University of Texas engineering professor and an American Enterprise Institute researcher concludes that all of the 21st century’s projected global warming … that’s right, all of it … could be offset by spending a mere $9 billion on ships that spray seawater mist into the atmosphere in order to thicken clouds that would redirect sunlight back to space.’
via Climate Geo Engineering – Pros and Cons of Geoengineering the Climate – thedailygreen.com.
ReneSola wins $706 million China solar power plant deal |Reuters
August 20th, 2009‘LONDON/BEIJING Reuters – Chinese solar wafer manufacturer ReneSola won exclusive rights to develop a $706 million, 150-megawatt solar power plant in northern China, sending its share price sharply higher.’
via ReneSola wins $706 million China solar power plant deal | Green Business | Reuters.
DuPont to invest $120 million in solar projects | Green Business | Reuters
August 20th, 2009‘NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chemical maker DuPont said on Thursday that it would invest $120 million to boost production of a popular solar cell product.’
DuPont to invest $120 million in solar projects | Green Business | Reuters.
Study: Global warming sparked by ancient farming methods – CNN.com
August 19th, 2009‘(CNN) — Ancient man may have started global warming through massive deforestation and burning that could have permanently altered the Earth’s climate, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.’
via Study: Global warming sparked by ancient farming methods – CNN.com.