Reuters: Wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity needed by households and businesses…
Month: January 2010
France to tax big polluters under revised scheme
Reuters: France plans to tax big polluters on their carbon dioxide emissions until 2013, when…
Chile water authority fears future water shortages
Santiago Times: Water shortages in one of Chile’s prime agricultural districts “” Region III’s Copiapo…
Germany: Not in our backyard
Spiegel: Most Germans are in favor of the expansion of renewable energy — provided the…
UN climate experts under fire for glacier melt error
Spiegel: In its 2007 report on climate change, the United Nations included a prediction that…
Wis. lawmakers draw battle lines on energy bill
Associated Press: State lawmakers started poring over a sweeping renewable energy bill Wednesday, establishing battle…
United States: Sen.-Elect Brown Is a ‘Blank Slate’ on Climate, Drawing Concern and Optimism
ClimateWire: Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown has taken largely a back-seat role in his state’s energy…
Vt. lawmakers weigh crackdown on truck idling
Associated Press: Aiming to cut air pollution, a panel of Vermont lawmakers is considering a…
Finnish winters less icy by century’s end: study
Independent (UK): Freezing weather could be a thing of the past in parts of Finland…
France targets businesses with revised carbon tax plans
Business Green: The French government moved to revive its controversial plans for a carbon tax…