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Saudi Arabia To Decrease Dependence On Oil And Increase Renewables

On April 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In bp, Climate Change, electricity, energy, Environment, Global Warming, Renewable Resources

Saudi Arabia is best known for their significant oil reserves and subsequent wealth from oil exports. However, recent criticisms declared that the country is not as oil-rich today as Saudi Arabia has let on.

Saudi Arabia is best known for their significant oil reserves and subsequent wealth from oil exports. However, recent criticisms declared that the country is not as oil-rich today as Saudi Arabia has let on.

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Gas flaring remains a big global problem, 2% of global CO2 emissions from energy

On April 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In carbon, Climate Change, energy, Environment, Global Warming, Green Living, sustainable

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

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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British Medical Journal: Climate change “poses an immediate and grave threat, driving ill-health and increasing the risk of conflict, such that…

On April 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In carbon, Climate Change, electricity, energy, Environment, Global Warming, Green Living, sustainable

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. Starvation, diarrhoea, and infectious diseases will become more common, and neonatal and adult mortality will rise, as a result of conflict.2 In accordance with this, in 2004, seven of the 10 countries with the highest mortality rates in children under 5 were conflict or immediate post-conflict societies.3 . The IISS report states that “The earth is warming, and has been for at least a century,” with this being “directly attributable to the increasing emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.” As a result, “Climate change may already be changing weather and precipitation patterns” and will continue to drive extreme weather events and changes in water resources (through flood, drought, and rising sea levels), and it will adversely affect global food and energy production. This quote comes not from an environmental pressure group but from security experts drawn from US and UK military and intelligence communities. At the same time, Dennis Blair, director of National Intelligence for the United States, recently stated that, “Some recent climate science would indicate that the effects of climate change are accelerating.”4 In addition, the Pentagon’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress stressed the potential for climate change to contribute to “poverty, environmental degradation, and the further weakening of fragile governments.” It continues with: “Climate change will contribute to food and water scarcity, will increase the spread of disease, and may spur or exacerbate mass migration,”5 which in turn may increase the likelihood of instability and risk to national security.

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. Starvation, diarrhoea, and infectious diseases will become more common, and neonatal and adult mortality will rise, as a result of conflict.2 In accordance with this, in 2004, seven of the 10 countries with the highest mortality rates in children under 5 were conflict or immediate post-conflict societies.3 . The IISS report states that “The earth is warming, and has been for at least a century,” with this being “directly attributable to the increasing emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.” As a result, “Climate change may already be changing weather and precipitation patterns” and will continue to drive extreme weather events and changes in water resources (through flood, drought, and rising sea levels), and it will adversely affect global food and energy production. This quote comes not from an environmental pressure group but from security experts drawn from US and UK military and intelligence communities. At the same time, Dennis Blair, director of National Intelligence for the United States, recently stated that, “Some recent climate science would indicate that the effects of climate change are accelerating.”4 In addition, the Pentagon’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress stressed the potential for climate change to contribute to “poverty, environmental degradation, and the further weakening of fragile governments.” It continues with: “Climate change will contribute to food and water scarcity, will increase the spread of disease, and may spur or exacerbate mass migration,”5 which in turn may increase the likelihood of instability and risk to national security.

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April 8 News: Wind now on even playing field with gas; GE to build nation’s largest solar panel factory

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Wind on even playing field with gas, industry declares Though the U.S. wind industry installed half as much capacity last year as it did in 2009, production streamlining and efficiency improvements mean wind can compete evenly with cheap natural gas, wind industry executives said today.

Wind on even playing field with gas, industry declares Though the U.S. wind industry installed half as much capacity last year as it did in 2009, production streamlining and efficiency improvements mean wind can compete evenly with cheap natural gas, wind industry executives said today.

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Climate Central veers off course in new blog on adaptation

On April 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In carbon, Climate Change, energy, Environment, Global Warming, Green Living, Renewable Resources, wind power

Climate Central is a reliable producer of analysis and reporting on climate science.   As they explain , the idea for CC developed from some large meetings of “leading scientists, policymakers, journalists, and leaders from business, religion and civil society” who “identified a critical need for a central authoritative source for climate change information.” Later, “a broad group of climate experts later confirmed this need.”  At the same time, other groups “began organizing with the mission to popularize good information about global warming solutions.”  Their tag line “ sound science & vibrant media” gets to the heart of what their important niche has been — emphasis on “sound science.” That’s why it is disappointing to see a new blog, “Frontier Earth,” that isn’t focused on science and isn’t authoritative in the least bit.  Two examples will suffice. The first piece is headlined, “ Momentum Shifts on Climate Adaptation .”  The piece has no discussion whatsoever of the scientific literature on adaptation or the climate impacts we’d have to adapt to. Nor does it examine adaptation policy or even what is happening in the political world.  If it did, it would’ve come to a completely different conclusion. Instead, the only “evidence” it cites for this new shift is an Economist article from last November, a Dave Roberts blog post from January, and and a Guardian op-ed from last week.  Seriously

Climate Central is a reliable producer of analysis and reporting on climate science.   As they explain , the idea for CC developed from some large meetings of “leading scientists, policymakers, journalists, and leaders from business, religion and civil society” who “identified a critical need for a central authoritative source for climate change information.” Later, “a broad group of climate experts later confirmed this need.”  At the same time, other groups “began organizing with the mission to popularize good information about global warming solutions.”  Their tag line “ sound science & vibrant media” gets to the heart of what their important niche has been — emphasis on “sound science.” That’s why it is disappointing to see a new blog, “Frontier Earth,” that isn’t focused on science and isn’t authoritative in the least bit.  Two examples will suffice. The first piece is headlined, “ Momentum Shifts on Climate Adaptation .”  The piece has no discussion whatsoever of the scientific literature on adaptation or the climate impacts we’d have to adapt to. Nor does it examine adaptation policy or even what is happening in the political world.  If it did, it would’ve come to a completely different conclusion. Instead, the only “evidence” it cites for this new shift is an Economist article from last November, a Dave Roberts blog post from January, and and a Guardian op-ed from last week.  Seriously

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