‘Wellingborough, UK 12th April 2010 – Almost 7.5 GW of new PV capacity was added worldwide in 2009 according to latest confirmed results from IMS Research.’
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April 12th, 2010China Energy Giants Said to Bid for Brazil Saline Oilfields | TradingMarkets.com
April 12th, 2010‘A Brazilian official lately revealed that the public bidding for the country’s offshore saline oil blocks had charmed three Chinese energy front-runners, including China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)’
via China Energy Giants Said to Bid for Brazil Saline Oilfields | TradingMarkets.com.
Offshore wind power largely untapped renewable energy source
April 12th, 2010‘The possibilities to provide vast amounts of renewable energy by placing wind towers in the sea are endless. The wind currents are much stronger over water which would provide wind power at an increased rate. Offshore wind power has the potential to provide as much profit as drilling for oil.’
via Offshore wind power largely untapped renewable energy source.
Venezuela, Bolivia Urge UN to Set Aside Copenhagen Climate Pact – Bloomberg.com
April 12th, 2010‘April 9 Bloomberg — Venezuela and Bolivia urged negotiators at United Nations climate talks to set aside the Copenhagen agreement on global warming, threatening to keep open a rift that led to a breakdown in the discussions last year.’
via Venezuela, Bolivia Urge UN to Set Aside Copenhagen Climate Pact – Bloomberg.com.
A Virus That Might Make Hydrogen : Greentech Media
April 11th, 2010‘A team of scientists lead by material science professor Angela Belcher has genetically modified a virus that can exploit sunlight to split water into oxygen and hydrogen. If it works and can be commercialized, the process could help solve the vexing problem of energy storage and the equally vexing problem of producing hydrogen in a reasonable and cost-effective way.’
Grass-fed beef packs a punch to environment | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters
April 9th, 2010‘Since grazing animals eat mostly cellulose-rich roughage while their feedlot counterparts eat mostly simple sugars whose digestion requires no rumination, the grazing animals emit two to four times as much methane, a greenhouse gas roughly 30 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.’
via Grass-fed beef packs a punch to environment | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters.
Washington to host major economies meeting on climate | Reuters
April 9th, 2010‘(Reuters) – The United States will host a meeting of major economies on April 18-19 in Washington to advance talks on a global deal to fight climate change, the top U.S. climate negotiator said on Wednesday.’
via Washington to host major economies meeting on climate | Reuters.
U.N. climate talks resume, scant chance of 2010 deal | Reuters
April 9th, 2010‘(Reuters) – Climate negotiators meet in Bonn on Friday for the first time since the fractious Copenhagen summit but with scant hopes of patching together a new legally binding U.N. deal in 2010.’
via U.N. climate talks resume, scant chance of 2010 deal | Reuters.
U.S. adds record amount of wind power in 2009: AWEA | Reuters
April 9th, 2010‘More than 10,000 megawatts of wind power capacity, or 5,700 turbines, were installed in 2009, the American Wind Energy Association said in its annual report, bringing the total capacity in the United States to 35,000 MW.’
via U.S. adds record amount of wind power in 2009: AWEA | Reuters.
Texas Oil Companies Oppose California Climate Change Law – NYTimes.com
April 9th, 2010‘WASHINGTON — Several Texas oil companies are bankrolling a petition drive to suspend California’s path-breaking climate change law in a move that may prove a bellwether for national efforts to address global warming.’
via Texas Oil Companies Oppose California Climate Change Law – NYTimes.com.