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Weathering The Coming Storms: Governor Cuomo's Climate Panel Offers Smart Plan For Adaptation And Mitigation
New Yorkers are all too familiar with the devastation that followed, and the disruption that spread far beyond the water’s reach. As the immediate crises are resolved, our attention is now on the complex challenge of long-term resilience.[read more]
Can Natural Gas Be a Bridge to the Low-Carbon Future?
Natural gas production is at a crossroads. Abundant, newly accessible reserves make natural gas an affordable, low-carbon alternative to coal. Yet current production practices are under fire for compromising our water, air, and land. Environmental Defense Fund is looking for common-sense solutions that protect public health and the...[read more]
Fred Krupp: Seemingly indestructible
Fred Krupp is like a Timex watch. He takes a licking but keeps on ticking. Those of you old enough to remember the commercials when Timex tortured its seemingly indestructible watches, using high divers, water skiers, dishwashers, jackhammers, and the propeller of an outboard motor, know what I mean. Except that the instruments of...[read more]
Climate Legislation in the US Senate: Will Obama Get a Bill in 2010?
May 6, 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT Register Here Free Live Webcast Featuring Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund, and Energy Collective Featured Bloggers Marc Gunther and Jesse Jenkins In the wake of significant upheaval over the climate and energy bill that Kerry,...[read more]
Two cheers for Wal-Mart’s CO2 pledge
Until now, Walmart’s bold sustainability efforts were marred by a glaring omission. The $405-billion a year retailer has worked hard since 2005 to save energy, reduce waste and sell more sustainable products. But it resisted pressures to reduce or hold steady its own greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, its carbon emissions have grown,...[read more]
COP15: Not so bella in Copenhagen
Some people had to wait for a very, very long time to register for the UN climate talks at the Bella Center in Copenhagen where the meetings are being held. The Danes are very democratic so VIPs stood in line with the rest of us. I ran into Frances Beinecke, president of The Natural Resources Defense Council. Temperatures were in...[read more]
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Scott Edward Anderson is a consultant, blogger, and media commentator who blogs at The Green Skeptic. More »
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“Hydrogen can also be made from fossil fuels. In fact, we are now just starting a research project on a Chemical Looping Reforming reactor with embedded membranes which could lead to affordable hydrogen production with inherent CO2 separation. Chemical Looping Reforming is based on the somewhat more mature Chemical Looping Combustion which economic studies have found capable of producing ...”
“Sally Jewell's comment that these discoveries "will help private, nonprofit and government decision makers at all levels make informed decisions about the responsible development of these resources" assumes responsible development of any new fossil fuel sources is a given.That assumption grows more dubious by the day. ”