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Solar Combined With Wind Power: A Way To Get Rid of Fossil Fuels?

November 30, 2011 by Barry Brook
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Earlier, I wrote on how crucially an unreliable sources of power such as wind depend on fossil fuels. Based on real world production data from around the world, I noted that even with massively distributed production wind power is very variable and necessitates a reliable backup power source (typically from fossil fuels) which must be able to produce essentially all the power society consumes. A way around this problem would be a massive energy storage, but I found the size of the required storage to be unreasonably large. [read more]

No Coal, No Oil, No Nuclear. No Biomass?

November 9, 2011 by Tomaz Ostir
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This is [large-scale, industrial use of natural forests for energy] turning to ash sustainable job opportunities, threatening the greening of the forest sector and the value added product trend that has been emerging in recent years. And what is against of common understanding of biomass: Exploiting forests for energy increases carbon... [read more]

15,000 Terabecquerels And Counting

September 14, 2011 by Jonathan Smith
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Image via Wikipedia Greenpeace provided an update for August 26th-29th on the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and this blog extracted the section of the report on contamination (including human exposure). Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said that the amount of radioactive cesium-137 released into the air as a result of the... [read more]

When Changing A Lightbulb Isn’t Enough…

September 1, 2011 by Marc Gunther
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   What have you done lately about climate change? In the last two weeks, about 700 Americans – with more to come – have been arrested in front of the White House, calling on President Obama to block the construction of the $7 billion, 1700-mile Keystone pipeline project that will bring Canadian tar sands oil to largest... [read more]

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Was The IPCC Renewables Report Hijacked By Its Press Release?

August 30, 2011 by David Lewis
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Remember when the news was that the IPCC had announced that renewables could power the world by 2050?  There has been a bizzaro controversy over this.  Prominent voices from across the spectrum of opinion on climate science weighed in on the same side.   A world class odd couple, Steve McIntyre and Mark Lynas, agreed... [read more]

A Critique of the 2011 IPCC Report on Renewable Energy

August 9, 2011 by Barry Brook
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Below is a critical discussion of the recent IPCC Working Group 3 Report on Renewable Energy. It is being referred to as a report from many experts showing that the world can be running mostly on renewable by 2050. However I think it is a remarkably unsatisfactory document. Following are some of the main points I detail. [read more]

Heat, Public Health, And Air Conditioning

July 19, 2011 by Charles Barton
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In the face of spreading heat waves, more and more people will need air conditioning, not as a matter of comfort, but for health related reasons. Efficiency will not supply the electricity for an air conditioned world. [read more]

Challenging New York Academy of Sciences to Repudiate “Chernobyl Consequences”

April 27, 2011 by Rod Adams
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On the 25th anniversary of the explosion that destroyed unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power station, Ralph Nader published a commentary in which he strongly supported the book titled Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment. As part of his opinion piece, he made the following statement: “Dr. Yablokov,... [read more]

Greenpeace: Follow Buffet's pro-coal energy investments

March 1, 2011 by Rod Adams
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Jim Riccio, a longtime professional Greenpeace activist, has posted a blog on Greenpeace International titled Obama, the Oracle of Omaha & Nuclear Power in which he strongly recommends that President Obama follow the energy investment lead provided by Warren Buffett. Here is a quote. Time and again, Buffett's corporation MidAmerican... [read more]

BP Signs Offshore Oil Drilling Deal in World's Environmental Bastion, the Arctic Ocean

January 19, 2011 by Nathanael Baker
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With the recent announcement of its intentions to set up exploratory offshore oil drilling operations in the Arctic, BP (NYSE: BP) is set to embark into uncharted and hostile waters. The British media outlet, The Independent reports that last Friday BP signed a contract with Russia state-owned oil company Rosneft to explore... [read more]

New book by Patrick Moore

December 15, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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The former Greenpeace leader explains why he quit and now supports nuclear energyHat tip to Jeremy Gordon World Nuclear NewsJust about anyone who follows the nuclear energy renaissance knows that Patrick Moore has been making the rounds as a spokesman for investment in new nuclear reactors.Moore’s speaking tours in the U.S. are... [read more]

Greenpeace Press Release About Gorleben Natural Gas Risk Was Just a Part of Theater Preparations for Annual Waste Shipment Carnival

November 6, 2010 by Rod Adams
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Greenpeace recently issued a press release warning about a potential hazard associated with putting nuclear waste containers in a salt formation at Gorleben. The author of the press release and the gullible reporters who faithfully reported the concern without any questions or fact checking neglected a simple physical fact - there is a... [read more]

My interview on Diane Rehm - Plus my 'debate' with Greenpeace on Senate climate bill

May 15, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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You can listen to the full Diane Rehm show here.  This didn’t end up being a debate, and I think was pretty informative. Democracy Now! has posted a full transcript of what they bill as “Greenpeace v. Center for American Progress: A Debate on the Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill.” I don’t really consider it a debate when the other... [read more]

London Heathrow Expansion Axed by High Court Because of Climate Change

March 29, 2010 by Tim Hurst
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British Airways planes at London Heathrow Airport (Photo: matt.hintsa/flickr) Plans for a third runway at London Heathrow Airport have been torn up by the UK High Court because not enough consideration was given to impacts on climate change. Greenpeace and 65,000 others have been working on plans to physically obstruct the expansion of... [read more]

Jeremy Leggett: caught between low carbon and high-voltage rows

March 27, 2010 by Big Gav
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The Guardian has an article on Jeremey Leggett and the debate in the UK about the value of solar PV - Jeremy Leggett: caught between low carbon and high-voltage rows. A tiny doorway next to a BetFair shop in south London is the unassuming headquarters of Solarcentury, a company that arguably stands to gain most on 1 April when the feed-... [read more]