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Check the results of our Energy News Hunt with The Long Now Foundation. From June 7 to 20, we reviewed over 250 news stories about the future of energy — with a focus on low carbon solutions that can scale quickly power the whole planet. Read more on our blog.
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The Future of Energy: A Realist's Roadmap to 2050
A consensus is emerging among the international community that by 2050 we need ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
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Local Power: Tapping Distributed Energy in 21st-Century ...
Residents of Hammarby Sjöstad, a district on the ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
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A bipartisan path forward on energy and climate
(Blog Post) Efficiency should be at the heart of any bipartisan effort: it saves consumers ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
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Kim Jong Un Leads Funeral Procession For His Father
Wailing and clutching at their hearts, tens of thousands of North Koreans lined ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
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What's Happening in the Persian Gulf Explained
The basics: Iran and the United States appear to be ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
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Reagan’s Road to Climate Perdition
Reagan’s Road to Climate PerditionPosted by Harry A Farr
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Unusually heavy snow hits Austria
Heavier than usual snowfall in many parts of Austria has left villages and tourist resorts cut off, and part of a ...Posted by 红星在前 -
Kim Jong Un Leads Funeral Procession For His Father
Wailing and clutching at their hearts, tens of thousands of North Koreans lined the snowy streets of Pyongyang on ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
EPA issues strong limits on mercury emissions from smokestacks
The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a tough new rule to limit emissions of mercury, arsenic and other ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
Planet Likely to Become Increasingly Hostile to Agriculture
YTo get a glimpse of the future, look to East Africa today. The Horn of Africa is in the midst of its worst ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Is the end of the world really nigh?
All too real are the human-caused threats born of climate change, excess pollution, depletion of natural resources ...Posted by Harry A Farr -
Energy Costs to Rise 'Viciously' Without Atomic Power, IEA Says
Energy will become "viciously more expensive" and polluting if governments don't promote renewable and nuclear ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
GM crops promote superweeds, food insecurity and pesticides, say NGOs
Report finds genetically modified crops fail to increase yields let alone solve hunger, soil erosion and ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Obama allies’ interests collide over Keystone pipeline
Several key union allies and the Canadian Government are pitted against environmental and youth activists ..Posted by Manfred Ostrowski
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What's Happening in the Persian Gulf Explained
The basics: Iran and the United States appear to be heading for a showdown in the Persian Gulf. Amid already-high ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Gingrich On Climate Change
Newt Gingrich went too far when he claimed that “I’ve never favored cap-and-trade.” It’s true he’s never ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Fact-checking the Chamber of Commerce
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has begun its "voter education" drive, running ads that attack Democrats and boost ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Flipping Through DNC Playbook on Romney
The Democratic National Committee casts Mitt Romney as an untrustworthy flip-flopper in a lengthy Web video, but ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
GOP’s Phantom Job Losses
Ooops! Republicans — eager to show that President Obama’s oil and gas drilling policies “cost jobs” — ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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'Stirling' power should propel spacecraft, experts say
'Stirling' power should propel spacecraft, experts sayPosted by sukusin yayavar -
Project to pour water into volcano to make power
Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central ...Posted by Harry A Farr -
Best of the Web Today: Bad-Faith Journalism
It's not as eagerly awaited as Time's "Man of the Year" was back when people paid attention to Time, but ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Will the year 2012 be an apocalyptic game-changer?
Amid a swirl of science, hucksterism and genuine spiritual belief, prognosticators say Dec. 21, 2012, will usher in ...Posted by Alcide R. D. Viau -
Climate Talks Consensus: All Countries Should Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions--In Future
DURBAN, South Africa--For the first time, all major nations--developed and developing--have agreed to a roadmap ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
Warmth In Winter: Smart Windows To Let Heat In
Windows treated with an insulating film are twice as efficient as regular double-pane windows, since they block ...Posted by rabiya ahmed -
Rural Peru gets connected | Mattia Cabitza
More than 100 communities in rural Peru now have renewable energy and internet access, thanks to an aid programme ...Posted by rabiya ahmed -
Here Comes The Sun
We are, or at least we should be, on the cusp of an energy transformation, driven by the rapidly falling cost of ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski
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Reagan’s Road to Climate Perdition
Reagan’s Road to Climate PerditionPosted by Harry A Farr -
U.S. District Attorney Goodwin: Alpha "not a life, it's not a being, it can't go to jail."
(Blog Post) Montcoal, WV. 3:27 PM on Monday, April 5, 2010. It was the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in nearly 40 years. ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
The brutal logic of climate change
The consensus in American politics today is that there's nothing to be gained from talking about climate change. ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Energy policy is leaving the middle class behind
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Finextra: FIA 'shocked and outraged' after Senator leaks oil trading data
Posted by Jack Powers
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not good journalism...if you could call it that. What is the consequence to the environment in this development? Who loses ? What are the opposing views? the Headline is contradicted within the body of the story....Canada and Mexico are not states of the US of A.
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