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During Wednesday’s debate on the Upton-Inhofe bill (H.R. 910) to block climate pollution rules, Democrats who support clean energy manufacturing debunked conservative myths about the green economy. Brad Johnson has the story. Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Rep
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Climate Hawks fight GOP efforts to destroy clean energy economy
In early May, ClimateProgress will bring on a new blogger/journalist, as I noted last week (see “ What would you like to know about clean energy? “). But his task won’t merely be to report on clean energy. I’m hoping we can do some investigative reporting, too. I’d love your suggestions for areas worth exploring. The kind of work that is done in this area is best exemplified by Lee Fang , at ThinkProgress, who was done ground-breaking reporting on the tentacles of the Koch-topus (see stories here )
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What investigative reporting would you like to see?
Japan’s Ikata Nuclear Power Plant By J. Matthew Roney Nearly four weeks after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, emergency personnel are still struggling to stabilize the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Beyond the immediate need to minimize further radioactive leakage and protect public health, the government is beginning to reconsider its long-term plans for nuclear power expansion. International media coverage has typically assumed that Japan must expand its electricity generation from coal, oil, and natural gas if nuclear is no longer an option. But the leaders in Tokyo do not have to be restricted to just these choices. A review of Japan’s geothermal, wind, and solar energy potential shows that domestic renewable resources could easily power the world’s third-largest economy
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Time to Rethink Japan’s Energy Future
We’ve all seen it, at least in pictures: the tall smokestacks dotting producing oil fields, spewing fingers of flame into the air. It’s known as associated gas flaring, and if it seems economically wasteful and environmentally nuts, well it is. CAP’s Tom Kenworthy has the story. A new report from GE Energy highlights the problem, and calls for renewed efforts across the globe to combat it. How big is the problem
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Gas flaring remains a big global problem, 2% of global CO2 emissions from energy
The British Medical Journal has a must-read editorial reviewing and synthesizing recent reports on climate change, public health, and national security. The lead author of “ Climate change, ill health, and conflict ,” is Lionel Jarvis, surgeon rear admiral of the UK’s Ministry of Defence. I repost it below in full with links to the references: Damage to the fabric of human society is bad for human health. It can occur for reasons other than war. A recent report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has highlighted that the effects of climate change will present a threat to collective security and global order in the first half of the 21st century.1 This will limit access to food, safe water, power, sanitation, and health services and drive mass migration and competition for remaining resources
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British Medical Journal: Climate change “poses an immediate and grave threat, driving ill-health and increasing the risk of conflict, such that…