China Just Made A Bigger Carbon Market Move Than Obama’s EPA Rules
President Obama’s pending power plant emissions rules are getting all the attention, but China may have just made an even bigger carbon market policy move.
Carbon Pricing
Abu Dhabi Ascent Opening: Time Is Running Out
The Abu Dhabi Ascent* opening ceremony was a powerful one, with the clear highlight being Al Gore’s powerful presentation. One key focus that was a thread throughout was that we are really running out of time. We have about 10 to 15 years left before things are essentially out of … [continued]
Al Gore’s Tremendous Presentation At Abu Dhabi Ascent (Exclusive Videos)
Al Gore’s presentation today at the opening ceremony of Abu Dhabi Ascent* was absolutely superb. But what else do you expect from a guy who runs a nonprofit focused on presenting global warming catastrophe and key global warming solutions to the general public? What else do you expect from a … [continued]
Al Gore’s Excellent Communication Skills
I just read a wonderful article about and interview with Al Gore on POLITICO. Worth your time, I believe. Al Gore is such an excellent communicator. One of the best out there on the topic of global climate change. If you aren’t drawn to read the full POLITICO article, here … [continued]
Forest “Carbon Farms” More Profitable Than Raising Cattle
Multinational researchers this week divulged the results of a study of Colombia’s western Andes, one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems, that confirmed that letting cattle land regrow as forest “carbon farms” could remove significant amounts of carbon dioxide from earth’s atmosphere without damaging local economies. Environmental scientists have focused … [continued]
Where Is The Real Innovation In Wind Energy?
Wind energy is a tremendous success story world wide, with staggering amounts of innovation. It isn’t given sufficient credit for that and is even unfairly attacked by those opposed to it as old technology. Every aspect of construction, operation, and the business of horizontal axis wind turbines has been subject … [continued]
Al Gore On Climate Change Crisis
Originally published on Green Living Ideas. Former Vice President Al Gore delivered a powerful address to a packed house at the Stan Sheriff Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa this week. Environmentally, Gore is most famous, perhaps, for his 2006 speaking tour and subsequent documentary called An Inconvenient Truth, … [continued]
Global Wind Power Capacity Projected To Nearly Double In 5 Years (Charts)
Asia is now leagues ahead of other regions within the global wind market. Furthermore, this market is expected to grow at an annual cumulative capacity rate of more than 10 percent over the coming five years. A recent Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) report shows other significant wind energy markets … [continued]
A Travelogue Through A Changing World: Windfall, The Booming Business Of Global Warming
With this week’s release of the latest IPCC report, over 300 scientists, citing 12,000 scholarly reports, determined that no one on the planet will be untouched by the damaging effects of global warming in coming decades. In fact, climate change impacts and risks are already becoming apparent as the report catalogues the present … [continued]
Nuclear Plant Builders In UK Want Higher Carbon Tax
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Australian government members harbouring a not-so-secret fantasy to see nuclear generation in Australia can add another major offence to its principals that such projects would require. The Telegraph in the UK is reporting that EdF, the mostly French government-owned nuclear giant that is proposing to build … [continued]
