Highlights of Obama's climate plan
The Associated Press= President Barack Obama unveiled a sweeping plan Tuesday to combat climate change and prepare the U.S. and other nations for its effects. Some highlights of the president's plan:...
View ArticleShift from coal is Obama's main aim
(This article is a commentary published by Bloomberg News). President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced a broad attack on climate change. His hope is to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, and he aims at...
View ArticleGlobal Renewable Energy On Track to Soon Eclipse Natural Gas, Nuclear
The future appears to be bright for renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and water. In fact, power generation from such renewables will exceed that of gas and nuclear by 2016, according to a...
View ArticleObama's Climate Challenge Is to Move Away From Coal
President Barack Obama today announced a broad attack on climate change. His hope is to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, and he aims at every target imaginable -- every target within his authority,...
View ArticleObama’s climate push includes power plant controls
The Obama administration’s newly aggressive push to curb heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere looks to alter how the the country generates electricity and likely will alter its bills. Environmental...
View ArticleWhat Obama’s climate change proposal means for consumers and energy companies
NEW YORK — America is slowly moving toward cleaner sources of energy and using less of it overall. President Barack Obama’s plan to fight climate change will accelerate those trends. The measures aim...
View ArticleWinners and losers in Obama's climate plan
NEW YORK • America is slowly moving toward cleaner sources of energy and using less of it overall. President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change will accelerate those trends. The plan aims to...
View ArticleObama's climate change plan centers on limiting coal power pollution,...
"The country is facing a threat; the president is facing facts." -Dan Lashof, NRDC WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking climate change efforts into his own hands, President Barack Obama is proposing sweeping steps...
View ArticleClimate plan will speed shift to cleaner energy
NEW YORK — America is slowly moving toward cleaner sources of energy and using less of it overall. President Barack Obamas plan to fight climate change will accelerate those trends. The plan aims to...
View ArticleGreen energy helps reduce power bills, study finds
Connecting the dots: renewable energy target may save consumers money. Photo: Andrew Sheargold Wind farms, hydro power and other renewable energy sources will actually cut household electricity bills,...
View Article>Obama's climate plan takes aim at coal plants
NEW YORK (AP) — America is slowly moving toward cleaner sources of energy and using less of it overall. President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change will accelerate those trends. The measures...
View ArticleTaiwan has many renewable energy resources: activist
Taiwan shows rich potential for development of renewable energy, Greenpeace International’s renewable energy director Sven Teske said in a speech at a public event in Taipei on Tuesday night. Teske is...
View ArticleObama's climate plan takes aim at coal plants
JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer= NEW YORK (AP) â America is slowly moving toward cleaner sources of energy and using less of it overall. President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change will...
View ArticleRenewable energy to eclipse gas by 2016
The dash for gas is being outrun by the race for renewables. According to the latest projections from the International Energy Agency, by 2016 global electricity generation from wind, solar, hydro and...
View ArticleLittle emissions relief in gas shift, study finds
Lower emissions from gas than coal? Photo: Glen Hunt Gas-fired power generation will not be cheaper than coal and will only result in marginal emission reductions, new research has found. The...
View ArticleGas not cheaper, only slightly greener than coal: professor
Gas-fired power generation will not be cheaper than coal and will only result in marginal emission reductions, new research has found. The University of Queensland's Global Change Institute has...
View ArticleNew UQ research sheds light on coal seam gas versus renewable energy (The...
(Source: The University of Queensland) A shift from coal-fired to gas-fired power generation will not significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions, new research by the Global Change Institute at The...
View ArticleAP Interview: Moniz sees coal's 'significant role'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Thursday that coal will continue to play a major role in meeting America's energy needs even as the Obama administration seeks to reduce carbon...
View ArticleRenewables projected to overtake natural gas as world's second-largest power...
Electricity generated from renewable energy is expected to grow by 40 percent over the next five years, and may surpass natural gas to become the world's second-largest power source by 2016, according...
View ArticleBanks that fund new coal mines risking money, reputation and global climate
While I was in England recently, a man was arrested for conspiracy to murder his brother. The police alleged he had funded a hit-man to carry out the killing. As far as the law is concerned, funding...
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