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China’s Massive Coal-Fired Power Plant Boom Visualized
How does China’s rate of coal plant construction compare to that of the U.S., the next biggest coal consuming country on the planet? And how long will China continue to build at that break-neck pace?
Reggae Legends Steel Pulse Help Solar Electrification of Hospitals in Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti
As the dust was settling and people were still digging through the rubble after the massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti on January 12, frontman for legendary reggae band Steel Pulse, David Hinds, was already sitting down to write a song about the catastrophe.
India Sets Aside $6.4 Billion to Fight Climate Change
In order to fund its ambitious renewable energy projects and climate change mitigation measures, the Indian government has earmarked $6.4 billion.
If Politicians Really Want ‘Clean Coal,’ a Price on Carbon is Necessary, Task Force Finds
A federal task force charged by President Obama in February to determine the viability of developing carbon capture and storage released a report concluding that CCS can play an important role in domestic greenhouse gas emissions reductions… if a price is put on carbon.
Conservatives Finally Accepting Global Warming is Happening?
Conservatives who acknowledge global warming is a critical issue of our time are calling out their colleagues to wake up to the issue, and some of them seem to be listening. Is global warming denial finally on its way out?
