News: ‘Climate & Energy’ Archive
‘GOLDEN — A day before Colorado Republicans voice presidential preferences at the caucuses, Rick Santorum dismissed climate change as “a hoax” and advocated an energy plan heavy on fossil fuels.’
via Santorum and Gingrich dismiss climate change, vow to dismantle the EPA | The Colorado Independent.
‘WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors at a site in eastern Georgia.’
via NRC approves first new nuclear plant in 3 decades – Yahoo! News.
‘NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Southern Co. SO -0.02% won approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to begin full construction of two new reactors, each with 1,100 megawatts of capacity, at its Plant Vogle site in Georgia, the power company said Thursday. It’s the first new nuclear power facility to be built in the U.S. in 30 years.’
via Southern Co. gets license to build nuclear plants – MarketWatch.
‘What’s most striking about Japan’s nuclear exclusion zone, is what you don’t see. There are no people, few cars, no sign of life, aside from the occasional livestock wandering empty roads.’
via Japan’s Nuclear Exclusion Zone Shows Few Signs of Life – Yahoo!.
‘Insurance commissioners in California, New York and Washington State will require that companies disclose how they intend to respond to the risks their businesses and customers face from increasingly severe storms and wildfires, rising sea levels and other consequences of climate change, California’s commissioner said Wednesday.’
via Three States Tell Insurers to Disclose Responses to Climate Change – NYTimes.com.
‘In New York City, where “unseasonably mild” and “balmy” have been the forecasts of late, temperatures this week have been at least 10 to 20 degrees warmer than the usual average high of 39, a pattern seen across much of the eastern half of the country.’
‘The Obama administration will likely announce rejection of TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline later today or tomorrow, according to two people familiar with the matter.’
via Obama Administration Said to Reject Keystone Pipeline – Bloomberg.
‘As the deadline looms for President Obama’s Feb. 21 decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, the dogfight is focused on job numbers. Project proponents tout an enormous number of new jobs created by the pipeline, but a labor institute says those numbers are greatly inflated.’
via New ads reignite fight over Keystone XL jobs numbers – latimes.com.
‘WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans, who are urging President Barack Obama to give a permit to the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline project, are working on a plan to take the reins of approval from the president should the White House say no.’
via Republicans move to control Keystone approval – Yahoo! News.
‘Bulletin authors are scheduled to decide today whether to adjust the clock again, after moving it a little further from the end of humanity two years ago 6 minutes to midnight. “The dangers posed by climate change are growing, but there are pockets of progress. Most notably, at Copenhagen, the developing and industrialized countries agree to take responsibility for carbon emissions and to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius,” the website timeline noted of 2010.’