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By David Roberts
The following is a Q&A on John McCain's climate platform, released on Monday by the McCain campaign. I'm posting it here because it gets into more detail than any other published material I've seen.
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Q&A: John McCain's Climate Platform
How does cap-and-trade work?
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Fisker Automotive, Inc. and Quantum Technologies are performing initial vehicle testing on the track and fine-tuning the battery software management system for the Fisker Karma plug-in series hybrid production car. (Earlier post.) These initial test track developments are taking place in Southern California.
Three Fisker Karma prototypes have been built, [...]
On the surface, broad-based solutions to global warming appear to be emerging in Congress. But with even a meager scrubbing of the surface, Senators Lieberman and Warner’s “Climate Security Act” (S. 2191) - which [...]
From Louise's blog on the Greenpeace UK site:
A group of Czech Greenpeace activists are set to begin their third week occupying the site of a proposed US 'Son of Star Wars' base in the Czech republic. About 20 Greenpeace activists broke into the [...]
By David Roberts
One thing you frequently hear from nuclear proponents is that nuke plants would pencil out fine if not for all those pesky safety regulations, NIMBYs, lawsuits, protests, and other political ephemera. If we could just get rid of that stuff!
But that's a market democracy. It's not [...]
By Joseph Romm
The Bush administration has signed off on a stunning new report [PDF], "20 Percent Wind Energy by 2030: Increasing Wind Energy's Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply."
I am working on a big wind article for midweek, but here are the key conclusions of what is easily [...]
And you thought food prices were high now?
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in March that Iran had detected a new highly pathogenic strain of wheat stem rust called Ug99.The fungal disease could spread to other wheat producing states in the Near East and [...]
NSE Biofuels Oy Ltd., the 50-50 joint venture between Stora Enso Oyj and Neste Oil Corporation focused on the production of synthetic diesel from wood residues (earlier post)—has awarded a contract to Foster Wheeler Energia Oy for a circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) biomass gasifier.
Foster Wheeler Energia Oy is the [...]
By Tom Philpott
I doubt if many people really believe that the recent spike in food prices will, as a New York Times piece put it, "make organic food more accessible" and force people into healthier eating patterns. (I wrote about this topic in a recent Victual Reality column.)
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USABy Ashley Braun
So another Earth Day has come and gone, along with many good 'n' green intentions made around the globe. Haven't figured out a way to turn dirty laundry and that ring around the tub into a way to save the planet yet? Don't worry; Grist is here to [...]
Photo: Hhaing The Yu, 29, in rain falling on the ruins of his home, in a township outside Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday. Officials are expressing worry about disease.The Volvo V70 and S80 are now available with a five-cylinder, 2.5-liter turbocharged E85-capable Flexifuel engine with a power output of 200 hp (147 kW) and 300 Nm (221 lb-ft) of torque. Both the S80 and V70 have been available with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder, naturally aspirated Flexifuel engine since the [...]
Chile, S.A.
Last weekend, I spent that scorching Saturday - when most sensible people were lounging in the sunshine - at the Barbican’s Eco Aware event, in London. Mind you, I can’t complain. I was there to promote my book, How Green Are My Wellies. It's [...]
The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Appalachian State, which pulled a shocking 34-32 upset at then-No. 5 Michigan last season, is getting calls from Big Ten schools looking for an edge over the Wolverines. Coach Jerry Moore, the genius behind Appalachian State's three straight national championships [...]
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