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NYC's Climate Change Resilience Plan: Innovation and Challenges

June 18, 2013 by Julia Moline
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New York City’s new resiliency plan is an impressively comprehensive overview of the potential impacts of climate change on every key sector, from physical infrastructure to essential services and networks and insurance.[read more]

Climate Change: US Drought More Costly Than Hurricane Sandy?

June 1, 2013 by Jim Baird
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drought on the horizon?

The current drought pattern may be the costliest U.S. natural disaster of 2012 and 2013. Its damage estimates could be near $200 billion, making it the country’s costliest natural disaster – even more costly than Hurricane Sandy.[read more]

Forests Fuel Brazilian Hydropower

May 31, 2013 by Bill Chameides
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Belo Monte dam

In Brazil, hydropower is king. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a whopping 79 percent of Brazil’s electricity came from hydropower in 2010.[read more]

Protecting Communities from Fracking's Impacts

May 26, 2013 by Frances Beinecke
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With fracking already underway in 30 states and advancing at a breakneck speed, safeguards have not been adequate to protect communities, public health or the environment.[read more]

Bonn: Addressing Climate Change Threats to “Water in the Anthropocene”

May 24, 2013 by Tom Schueneman
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climate change and water

Experts from around the world have gathered in Bonn, Germany to “synthesize major global water research achievements in the last decade and help assemble the scientific foundations to articulate a common vision of Earth’s water future."[read more]

Climate Change: Arctic Ocean Rapidly Acidifying

May 23, 2013 by Tom Schueneman
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Arctic Ocean acidification

After three years of ongoing research by an international team of scientists, a study commissioned for a first-ever comprehensive assessment of Arctic Ocean acidification was presented last week.[read more]

Energy Innovation: “Artificial Leaf” Could Blow Up Fuel Cell Market

May 20, 2013 by Tina Casey
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The idea of an “artificial leaf” sounds simple enough: Take a small, cheap, light-collecting device the size of a typical leaf, dunk it in a quart of water, and use solar energy to generate enough hydrogen gas for powering a small fuel cell.[read more]

Energy in China: Construction of Biggest Hydropower Dam Yet to Come

May 20, 2013 by Joseph Romm
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hydropower in China

Reuters reports that China’s environmental ministry has okayed the construction of a new hydroelectric dam on the Dadu River in the Sichuan province, which when completed will be the country’s largest.[read more]

New Draft Fracking Rules Give Industry a Free Pass

May 20, 2013 by Frances Beinecke
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natural gas well entrance

Just released federal government draft rules for fracking fail to protect people from harm. Instead the rules protect the oil and gas industry from having to follow strong public health and environmental standards.[read more]

Climate Change vs Terrorism and the Costs of Inaction

May 19, 2013 by Jim Baird
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climate change future?

Terrorism seems to be the only actionable trigger in our leaders' minds. Perhaps we need to brand Mother Nature a terrorist to provoke action on climate change?[read more]

Amazon's Belo Monte Mega Dam: Saga and Controversy Continues

May 18, 2013 by Antonio Pasolini
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Belo Monte controversies continue

The latest installment of the saga has been the expulsion of journalists from the site where they would cover the latest protest by indigenous activists who have brought the building of the dam to a halt.[read more]

What Would it Take to Get to a Steady State Economy?

May 17, 2013 by Gail Tverberg
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We seem to be headed for collapse, because humans’ growth is so far out of line in relationship to that of other species. In addition, there are many other limits, including the cost of oil extraction and availability of fresh water.[read more]

Climate Change Effects May Reduce Hydropower Efficiency

May 16, 2013 by Joshua Hill
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rendering of Belo Monte Dam

Large hydropower projects are the bedrock of clean energy production, by virtue of their sheer size and reliance upon natural rainfall. But climate change's effects on rain patterns could affect new hydropower projects.[read more]

Climate Change and Fighting Drought and Desertification

May 16, 2013 by Tom Schueneman
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desertification

Drought and desertification have become increasingly pressing problems for a growing number of countries. The UN estimates land degradation costs between 3-5 percent of global agricultural Gross Domestic Production.[read more]

OTEC and Energy Innovation: The Willie Sutton Approach

May 15, 2013 by Jim Baird
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The average amount of energy the ocean absorbed each year over the period 1993 to 2008 was enough to power nearly 500 100-watt light bulbs for each of the roughly 6.7 billion people on the planet.[read more]