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The Economist: Making lighting more efficient could increase energy use

September 2, 2010 by Michael Giberson
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The current issue of The Economist reports on research that concluded “making lighting more efficient could increase energy use, not decrease it.” SOLID-STATE lighting, the latest idea to brighten up the world while saving the planet, promises illumination for a fraction of the energy used by incandescent or fluorescent bulbs. A win... [read more]

A New Approach on Global Climate Policy

May 13, 2010 by Breakthrough Inst...
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<!--break--> By Michael Shellenberger Global climate policy should be radically overhauled in the wake of the failure of the United Nations process, an international group of 14 climate policy experts and scientists argue in a new paper. The Kyoto-Copenhagen focus on national emissions targets and timetables was bound to fail because... [read more]

How will we recharge all the electric cars ?

January 30, 2010 by Big Gav
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<!--break--> The Economist has an overly-negative look at the issues involved in recharging electric cars in the US - How will we recharge all the electric cars?. IN THE ten years since hybrid electric vehicles first hit the highways and byways of America, they have come to represent 2.5% of new car sales. Yet, in places like Los... [read more]

Reinhold Achatz, VP of Research at Siemens, discussed a recent study on green cities

December 16, 2009 by Mike Smith
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<!--break--> Reinhold Achatz, VP of Research at Siemens, discussed a recent study by the Economist on green cities with Mike Smith at the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, where he revealed that cities account for 50% of all carbon emissions, and industry leaders should look use green cities' initiatives to standardize emission... [read more]

Those leaked emails, and the politicization of climate science

November 30, 2009 by Lynne Kiesling
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<!--break--> If you have not been following the story of leaked emails and documents from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit after their computers were hacked, Maggie Koerth-Baker’s Boing Boing post provides an overview with lots of supporting links. A couple of good overview stories are from the Economist’s most... [read more]

Dressing for Copenhagen

October 19, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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<!--break--> In the Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, an Emperor goes out among his subjects in his underwear. Two swindlers posing as tailors have convinced him he’s wearing a suit made from cloth that’s invisible to anyone who is stupid.  Not wanting to accept that he’s stupid, the Emperor parades through his... [read more]

German Political Leaders Debate Nuclear Plant Phaseout

September 15, 2009 by Rod Adams
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<!--break--> On September 13, 2009 current German Chancellor Angela Merkel debated with her Social Democratic Party challenger (and current coalition partner) Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Though most of the debate indicated broad areas of relative agreement on issues and some amount of pride from both on the country's accomplishments in... [read more]

The Economist, Computer World on building the smart grid

July 7, 2009 by Lynne Kiesling
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<!--break--> Recently the Economist included a thorough smart grid story in their Technology Quarterly issue; if you are looking for a good overview of the state of play in smart grid at a high level, this story will give you that background, running the gamut from distribution automation to interoperability standards. Another recent... [read more]