The Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has released his “New Energy for America” plan. If elected some of the things in his plan are 10% renewables by 2012, one million plug-ins by 2015 and energy efficiency now. John McCain’s energy … Continue reading
There have been a lot of discussions about the high gas prices in USA the past months and what exactly should be done to curb this trend. Some politicians, like McCain, Bush, and Gingrich, are taking advantage of the situation … Continue reading
According to development economist Jeffrey Sachs the fight against climate change won’t cost us more than 1% of global income per year, a sum that the world can afford. “If we look seriously at mitigation, it is not too expensive,” … Continue reading
31% of men believe climate change “is a myth invented by the hippies.” At least that is the case if you take a look at the results from the 2008 great male survey from AskMen.com, one of the most comprehensive … Continue reading
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the largest labor unions in USA, has announced that they no longer support President Bush’s platform for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. During a summit in California on “good jobs … Continue reading
The statistics are in for the first half of 2008 and they show that USA, for the first time, generated more wind energy than Germany. This “milestone” wasn’t expected to be reached until late 2009. Germany still has more wind … Continue reading
Just in time for Al Gore’s major renewable energy challenge Florida’s Public Service Commission has “unanimously and enthusiastically” approved plans to build USA’s largest commercial solar-power plant (so far, we hope). Two other facilities also got the green light by … Continue reading
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 30JAN05 – Al Gore at the Annual Meeting 2005 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 30, 2005. Photo by Severin Nowacki. Today Al Gore issued a “major challenge” for USA where he said that Americans must … Continue reading
This is not a joke, I promise. The House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said in an press conference yesterday that he don’t think there is any wildlife in the Arctic Wildlife National Refuge (ANWR). “We’re going to look at … Continue reading
According to a secret World Bank report obtained by the Guardian biofuels have increased global food prices by up to 75%. The report dismisses the idea that droughts in Australia and rising demand from India and China has caused the … Continue reading
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