Day: March 3, 2010

US electricity : more nuclear and less coal

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 / Energy / Leave a Comment

Things are slowly but irresistibly changing in the United States. Wind power added ten gigawatts of capacity to the grids last year alone and coal is less and less used to generate electricity. Meanwhile, a nuclear renaissance may be under way in America as last month President Obama announced a $8.3 billion (6 billion euros) …

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Xynthia, another extreme weather event

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 / Climate change / 2 Comments

As climate warms, extreme weather events are more and more frequent and more and more violent. Indeed, after the blizzards on the East coast of the United States, Europe was hit this weekend by an important storm. Xynthia claimed more than fifty lives this weekend in France alone and the costs are due to exceed …

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