US utilities seen burning more coal as prices decline. Reuters

US utilities seen burning more coal as prices decline

Reuters

- ‎1 hour ago‎

Energy traders however noted many coal plants remain more expensive than gas units by about 25 to 50 cents per mmBtu because gas plants are about 25 percent more efficient than coal plants, and it costs about $1 per mmBtu to transport coal from the ...

Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy. Council on Foreign Relations

Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy

Council on Foreign Relations

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Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy. Authors: Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, and Daniel P. Ahn, Adjunct Fellow for Energy ...

US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour. Sydney Morning Herald

San Francisco Chronicle

US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour

Sydney Morning Herald

- ‎19 hours ago‎

In its second-annual accounting of greenhouse gases, the US Environmental Protection Agency today released details of emissions from about 8,000 factories, power plants and refineries. Two Southern Co. coal-fired power facilities topped the list ...

Coal-burning utilities seek a role in EPA rule-making on greenhouse gas ...Washington Post

EPA: Power plants accounted for two-thirds of industrial emissions in 2011The Hill (blog)

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NAACP Releases Coal Blooded Report and Toolkit. Clean Energy News

Clean Energy News (blog)

NAACP Releases Coal Blooded Report and Toolkit

Clean Energy News (blog)

- ‎2 hours ago‎

Coal Blooded systematically studies 378 coal-fired power plants nationwide and evaluates each plant in terms of its environmental justice performance - how the plant affects low-income communities and communities of color. This same type of analysis is ...

How Climate Change Impacts America's Energy Infrastructure. World Resources Institute

World Resources Institute

How Climate Change Impacts America's Energy Infrastructure

World Resources Institute

- ‎15 hours ago‎

As we've seen recently with Hurricane Sandy, epic drought, and wildfires, climate change visibly impacts lives and livelihoods throughout the United States.

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IMF Chief: 'Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will ... ThinkProgress

ThinkProgress

IMF Chief: 'Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will ...

ThinkProgress

- ‎13 hours ago‎

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, she said, “the real wild card in the pack” of economic pivot points is “Increasing vulnerability from resource scarcity and climate change, with the potential for major social and economic disruption.” She called ...

New England climate change results 'dramatic'. Eagle-Tribune

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New England climate change results 'dramatic'

Eagle-Tribune

- ‎7 hours ago‎

“No doubt we've seen some very important changes to the ecological system from climate change,” said Rick Wahle, a research associate professor from the University of Maine.

Report: Climate change affects region's wildlifeSan Francisco Chronicle

Report: Climate Change Causing Rapid Wildlife ShiftsMPBN News

Report: Climate change could devastate agriculture. USA TODAY

Report: Climate change could devastate agriculture

USA TODAY

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A comprehensive USDA study concludes rising temperatures could cost farmers millions as they battle new pests, faster weed growth and get smaller yields as climate change continues. farming. The country was battered by the worst drought to hit in more ...

Cities - 80% of GHG

Megacities shift the world's centre of gravity

Moneycontrol.com

- ‎3 hours ago‎

In 2011, he told a conference in S'o Paulo that cities should co-operate to counter climate change since urban populations were responsible for 80 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.

These 14 fossil-fuel projects could make our climate goals impossible Washington Post

These 14 fossil-fuel projects could make our climate goals impossible

Washington Post (blog)

- ‎Jan 22, 2013‎

If we want to avoid severe global warming, we'll have to stay within a strict carbon budget in the decades ahead. That won't be easy.

Fossil Fuel Projects from U.S. to China Raise CO2 by 20%Bloomberg

Greenpeace: 14 big oil megaprojects will set off carbon bombResponding to Climate Change

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Due to Criminal US Apathy: China and Australia top list of 'carbon bomb' projects. Guardian

China and Australia top list of 'carbon bomb' projects. China and Australia top a global list of planned oil, gas and coal projects that will act as "carbon bombs" and push the planet towards catastrophic climate change, a Greenpeace report warned on Tuesday. The Guardian

Lest you stop it, Global Warming may wipe out your Pension. Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/climate-change-resource-scarcity-pension-industry-actuaries

2012 Grain Consumption Exceeded Production

2012 Grain Consumption Exceeded Production

As of 2011 fossil fuels produced 83 percent of the world's energy according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). CSM

Christian Science Monitor

Energy independence for fossil fuels? There's no such thing.

Christian Science Monitor

- ‎Dec 27, 2012‎

As of 2011 fossil fuels produced 83 percent of the world's energy according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Sea Levels Could Rise Substantially More Than Previous IPCC Reports Have Predicted. Planetsave

Sea Levels Could Rise Substantially More Than Previous IPCC Reports Have Predicted

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 12:54 AM PST

The seas of the world could rise substantially more in the future than has been previously predicted in IPCC reports. This is primarily because the the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are likely going to melt considerably more than was previously estimated by the IPCC, new research from the University of Bristol has found.

Major Cuts to Surging Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Needed Now, Not Down ... Science Daily

Major Cuts to Surging Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Needed Now, Not Down ...
Science Daily (press release)
Jan. 7, 2013 — Halting climate change will require "a fundamental and disruptive overhaul of the global energy system" to eradicate harmful carbon dioxide emissions, not just stabilize them, according to new findings by UC Irvine and other scientists.
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[Sorry, I can't pass up the irony]. Headline: Global warming beneficial to ratsnakes. EurekAlert

Global warming beneficial to ratsnakes

EurekAlert (press release)

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URBANA - Speculation about how animals will respond to climate change due to global warming led University of Illinois researcher Patrick Weatherhead and his students to conduct a study of ratsnakes at three different latitudes—Ontario, Illinois, and ...

Nature: Limiting Climate Change Will Become Much Harder 'And More ... ThinkProgress

ThinkProgress

Nature: Limiting Climate Change Will Become Much Harder 'And More ...

ThinkProgress

- ‎1 hour ago‎

Limiting climate change to target levels will become much more difficult to achieve, and more expensive, if action is not taken soon, according to a new analysis from IIASA, ETH Zurich, and NCAR.

Scientists link global warming to England's rainiest year on record

EurActiv

Scientists link global warming to England's rainiest year on record

EurActiv

- ‎10 hours ago‎

Senior climate scientists are linking global warming to the UK Met Office's announcement yesterday (3 January) that 2012 was England's rainiest year since records began.

Arab countries to be hit hardest by global warming says World BankQFINANCE.com (blog)

With Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Record High, Worries on How to Slow Warming. New York Times

With Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Record High, Worries on How to Slow Warming
New York Times
... M. BRODER. Published: December 2, 2012. Global emissions of carbon dioxide were at a record high in 2011 and are likely to take a similar jump in 2012, scientists reported Sunday — the latest indication that efforts to limit such emissions are ...