Month: November 2008

Latest news on solar photovoltaïc energies

Solar photovoltaïc (also known as PV or solar cells) is the subject of numerous researches around the world. Indeed, Earth receives so much energy from its star that the potential is simply tremendous. Accounting for less than a percent of our energy consumption, scientists around the world want to make solar an affordable energy source …

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A new hope for a planet in peril

The election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America represents to many people around the world a new hope on several topics including energy and climate change. He stated that we are living in “a Planet in peril”. This couldn’t be more true. Yet, with him at the White …

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Albeit economic crisis, the US care about climate change

As the United States vote today to elect their next President – for a minimum of two hours on the East coast – a poll shows that Americans care more and more climate change mitigation. Brought to my attention by TreeHugger, this poll carried out by the Climate Group is encouraging as it notes that …

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News on greenhouse gases emissions in China

For the past days I collected four articles on Chinese greenhouse gases emissions. It begun with a single tweet on October 23 reporting that they could double by 2030 if nothing was done. Then, the WWF issued a report on the external cost of coal burning in China which is estimated to $250 billion (200 …

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