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Apr 3 | News
According
to a new study using SWITCH, a highly detailed computer model of the
electric power grid, University of California, Berkeley researchers have
learned that goals for decarbonization of the electric power sector are
most easily achieved using renewable or nuclear energy sources in lieu
of coal.
Jan 13 | News
An
international team of scientists says it's figured out how to slow
global warming in the short run and prevent millions of deaths from
dirty air: Stop focusing so much on carbon dioxide.
12/12/2011 | News
A
U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement Sunday on a
complex and far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the
global fight against climate change for the coming decades. The United
States was a reluctant supporter, concerned about agreeing to join an
international climate system that likely would find much opposition in
the U.S. Congress.
12/2/2011 | News
A report released late Thursday in London and discussed Friday at the U.N. climate conference in South Africa said that—in theory—reflecting a small amount of sunlight back into space before it strikes the Earth's surface would have an immediate and dramatic effect. But no one knows what the side effects would be.
11/1/2011 | News
A
climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won’t
be released for a few weeks, but a draft of the report from a panel of
the world's top climate scientists paints a wild future for a world
already weary of weather catastrophes costing billions of dollars.
10/24/2011 | News
The
first international survey by a peer-reviewed journal on the public
perception of geoengineering and solar radiation management has found
that 72% of respondents approved research into these
climate-manipulating techniques.
9/28/2011 | News
According to an internal government watchdog, the Obama administration cut corners before concluding that climate-change pollution can endanger human health. This key finding underpins costly new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency.
5/9/2011 | News
China’s
output of so-called “green” technologies has grown by a 77% a year,
reflecting the country’s pace of growth. On a political level, China has
made a conscious decision to capture and develop markets in renewable
energy and other clean technologies. The U.S. is also growing in this
sector, but not nearly as quickly.
2/15/2011 | News
Analysis
of the $3.8 trillion proposed budget is beginning to flow, and early
reports of its impact on research and innovation is positive, at least
from the perspective of scientists. The president placed priorities on
energy and medical research, which explains why standout winners in the
budget plan include the National Institutes of Health, the National
Science Foundation, and U.S. Dept of Energy.
12/17/2010 | News
Regulators
overwhelmingly approved the nation's most extensive system intended to
give owners of power plants, refineries and other major polluters
financial incentives to emit fewer greenhouse gases. A company that
produces pollution will soon be able to buy a permit from the state that
allows it to send a specified amount greenhouse gases into the air.
Those permits could then be bought and sold by the polluters in a
marketplace.
