After the Pickens Plan and Al Gore’s presentation which occured last week, I am wondering if both could merge in order to propose America a really comprehensive project. Politics are nice, but too much of partisanship can seriously hurt both people and the economy. I am not alone believing this as the IHT published a …
Could both sides – and plans – work hands in hands ? Read More »
If you don’t read US environmental blogs, you may not know that yesterday Al Gore issued a speech that may become as historical as JFK’s one on sending a man on the Moon. Indeed, the former Vice President proposes to produce a 100 percent of the country’s electricity by low carbon energies within ten years. …
Can the USA get 100 % of their electricity by clean energies ? Read More »
The French Grenelle de l’Environnement may not be as advanced as it should be, but one of its first part is already in place since January 1st. It is a huge success. Since this date, if you buy a car in France you may be the subject of a price reduction or an additional tax …
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As I was mentioning in Monday’s article, the US billionaire T Boone Pickens issued a most impressive plan on energy independence for the United States of America. Mainly based on the massive use of wind energy, alongside with solar, this plan might bring huge changes in the United States’ energy mix and greenhouse gases emissions. …
You see strange things while browsing the Internet in search of news for this blog. Both Blog do Planeta and Ecogeek mentioned something that may have catch your eyes on the picture left. According to both sources, Argentinian scientists are looking for solutions to decrease greenhouse gases of cows as they produce up to 30 …
An inventive solution to the methane emissions of cows ? Read More »
Last week, four different informations caught my eyes on wind energy. Firstly, Germany and Italy are planning to build offshore parks. Both projects will inject giga watts to the grids. Other news : after ten years of research, the NASA created a map allowing to know where are located the best places for offshore wind …
According to a new report by the WWF, Japan would largely suffer from a full scale climate change. Even as I write these lines, the country is facing the first consequences. One of the main results of global warming is rising sea levels. A huge problem for a country like Japan where nearly half of …
The last three days, the eight richest nations in the world met in Hokkaido, Japan to discuss about Africa and climate change and the least we can say is that it was a failure… The Director of the United Nations Environment Program indeed believes that the G8 meeting is a seriously bad omen for the …
UNEP calls G8 Hokkaido meeting a “missed opportunity” Read More »
An information that really caught my eyes in my RSS feeds is the fact that 90 percent of Israeli houses have a solar water heater. This is a huge percentage. It can be explained by the interest of the local government for this energy source as early as the 1950s. In 1983, up to 60 …
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Carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases emissions have been increasing continuously since the beginning of the industrial revolution at the end of the 18th century. According to the IPCC experts who met the EU environment ministries today, this trend have to be reversed and emissions have to start decreasing within the next seven years. To these …
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