If you haven’t noticed, we don’t have the resources of the New York Times or Reuters. Nonetheless, I’ve been struggling to find a way to share all the top clean energy and politics news and commentary with you for quite awhile. It is very unsatisfying to have 10 or so good stories that I want to share with you each day and only be able to get to 1 or 2 of them (or sometimes 0).
Additionally, I would like to open up more time for creating completely original pieces, not just covering top news.
So, I think I’ve got a good method for doing so now. I keep up with news from a number of different sites everyday. I’ve started just dropping the links into news aggregation pages on Planetsave. Everyday now, I’m planning to start my day off by picking out the top 20 clean energy and politics news and commentary from around the internet. Of course, if you think I miss something, feel free to drop it in the comments below.
Here’s the first such post. (Note that Monday posts will include stories from the whole weekend.)
Let me know how this goes.
“Clean” Power
Normally, this section would include stories on solar power, wind power, wave power, and such things, but in the midst of the nuclear crisis in Japan, today’s top 5 are all on nuclear (considered by many to be “clean”).
- Fukushima Crisis Worse for Atomic Power Than Chernobyl, UBS Says (Bloomberg)
- Japan Nuclear Leak: Radioactive Water Continues Pouring Into The Sea (Huffington Post/AP)
- Unlearned lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima (LA Times)
- The incalculable cost of nuclear power (Guardian)
- Turkey Plans To Build Coastal Nuclear Plant Near Earthquake-Prone Area (Huffington Post/AP)
- Cleanup Will Take Years, Not Months (WSJ)
- China to Cut Nuclear & Increase Solar Power Goals after Japan Crisis (CleanTechnica)
- Reports: Saudi Arabia targets $100bn spend on solar and nuclear (Reuters)
More Clean Power News & Commentary.
Clean Transportation
- L.A. Mayor: 30 Years of Transit Projects in 10 Years (Planetizen)
- Obama pushes for oil use reduction, clean fuel technology (Reauters)
- Cleaner Vehicle Standards Good for Health, Agriculture, Climate (NASA)
- New Video: Guangzhou’s Bus Rapid Transit System (TheCityFix)
- U.S. EPA Makes It Easier to Convert Old Cars to Alternative Fuels (CleanTechnica)
- Hyundai Motor plans roll out of plug-in hybrid in 2013: report (Reuters)
More Clean Transportation News.
Politics
- Downplaying or remaining silent about climate change was and is a blunder for progressives (Climate Progress)
- Grand Oil Party continues drumbeat that only ‘drill, baby, drill’ will lower gas prices (Climate Progress)
- Activists call for renewable energy at UN meeting (AP)
- Rep. Graves Calls GOP’s Billions In Oil Subsidies ‘Market Manipulation;’ Forgets That He Voted To Extend Them (Think Progress)
- Top 5% in U.S. Own Nearly 2/3 of Everything (EcoLocalizer)
- China’s Guangdong to set up CO2 market in 3-5 years: report (Reuters)
More Environmental, Global Warming, and Clean Energy Politics News.
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