Greening Houston
By Brantley Hargrove, Onearth
The U.S. capital of the oil industry could teach other cities a thing or two about fighting climate change—in a politically inhospitable climate.
Tag: greenhouse gas emissions
The Revenge of the Circulating Fan
By Kris De Decker, Low-Tech Magazine
Cooling people by increasing local airflow is at least ten times more energy efficient than refrigerating the air in a given space, and it also adds the benefit of a personally controlled thermal environment.
Degrowth and the Carbon Budget: Powerdown Strategies for Climate Stability – Part 1
By Samuel Alexander, The Simplicity Institute
In order to keep within a ‘safe’ temperature threshold, deep and rapid decarbonisation is required, and yet existing trends show that global emissions are still growing rapidly.
Obama’s New Emission Rules: Will They Survive Challenges?
By Michael B. Gerrard, Yale Environment 360
The sweeping nature of President Obama’s proposed regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants is likely to open his initiative to serious legal challenges.
8 Things You Should Know About The Biggest Thing A President’s Ever Done On Climate Change
By Ryan Koronowski, Climate Progress
On Monday morning, the Environmental Protection Agency released its proposed rule to limit the amount of carbon pollution that existing power plants can dump into the atmosphere.
On the Road to Green Energy, Germany Detours on Dirty Coal
By Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360
Behind the millions of solar panels and wind turbines and electric cars, Germany has a dirty secret: its addiction to lignite, also known as brown coal.
Can the Soil Save Us from Climate Change?
By Brie Mazurek, Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture
“The only way to bring [CO2] down is through plants...”
House of Lords shale gas report chooses eloquence over analysis when addressing issues of climate change
By Kevin Anderson, Kevin Anderson blog
When it comes to climate change, the latest House of Lords report is yet another in a long line of eloquent obfuscations rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic rather than grasping the wheel and urgently steering a different course.
Those Fracking Lies
By Stuart Jeanne Bramhall, Dissident Voice
A review of Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future by Richard Heinberg.
Keystone XL Pipeline: A Potential Mirage for Oil-sands Investors [report]
By Staff, Carbon Tracker, Carbon Tracker
Approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline would have only a marginal positive impact on the economics of the Canadian oil-sands industry, but could nevertheless trigger a rush of high-risk investment into additional projects that would rely heavily on rising oil prices, according to new research from the Carbon Tracker Initiative.
In Australia, an Uphill Battle To Rein in the Power of Coal
By Samiha Shafy, Yale Environment 360
Coal mining has powered the Australian economy for decades.
The 2020 Deadline: No Excuse Left for Delaying the Energy Transition
By Chris Nelder, Getreallist
Energy intensity — energy use per dollar of GDP — is the last refuge of fossil fuel proponents. Instead of measuring real improvement in energy efficiency, it hides the outsourcing of dirty, coal-based manufacturing to developing countries and changes during times of economic growth or recession, irrespective of efficiency.