To the WWF, climate change hitting Arctic faster, harder

I seldom watch the news on TV, so I was surprised to see a small news on environment exactly as I switched it on. That one was on global warming, and was quoting the WWF. According to this renowned environmental organization : “Climate change is having a greater and faster impact on the Arctic than […]

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Why dividing by four our CO2 emissions can be done

It is said in France that we have to cut by a factor four our emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 compared to 1990, and in a global scale by a factor two. It might seem impossible. But the more I am thinking about it, the more I believe it actually can be done if

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Coal strikes back… in Europe ?

I knew that Germany had plans to build coal fired plants. Little did I know that according to this great article from the IHT other European countries like Italy are willing to do so. In 1958, I wouldn’t be surprised or anything, but in 2008, with the growing fears of a full scale global warming,

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Al Gore’s new presentation : fantastic !

It seems that the former vice president of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize Al Gore (pictured left) is more and more in the news. This is due to me to make major topics of the environment protection and climate change mitigation in the elections which will happen later this year in the USA.

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Aerogel, the future of insulating materials

By reading Ecogeek I get to know aerogel, a material that insulates 37 times more than fiberglass. The latter is largely used to insulate houses nowadays. Aerogel is the lightest solid known, extremely resistant, great for soundproofing, and yes, still very expensive : 1,300 USD (approx 800 €) per pound. But a team of researchers

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WWF wants more plug-in cars

95 percent of road transportation still depends on oil, and this is major problem as oil prices keep on increasing and as peak oil nears inexorably. This is major drive to find a solution. The WWF, the renowned environmental organization, released earlier this month an interesting report on what they believe should be the future

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La Nina’s cooling effect is only temporary

The United Nations’ weather specialists from the World Meteorological Organization state that the cool temperatures we are currently facing are due to La Nina. According to them, this well known phenomenon is just temporary and do not question the evidence of climate change and the urgency for us to act towards its mitigation. La Nina

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Renewable energies and the fears of recession

In two different articles, Les Echos [Fr] and the IHT are fearing that the current fears of recession might endanger the expansion of renewable energies. Indeed the IHT noticed a drop in stocks of these companies and Les Echos reported a fear that the French government might not respect its Grenelle’s commitments. Indeed, as the

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Ciel et Espace fait peau neuve

Nouveau logo, nouvelle maquette, nouveau site Internet mais toujours la même passion pour l’astronomie, le magazine Ciel & Espace revient encore plus fort. J’étais avant de lire ce mensuel plutôt intéressé par l’astronomie, mais depuis que je le retrouve dans ma boite aux lettres chaque mois, c’est une véritable passion. Je détaillerai dans l’article d’aujourd’hui

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