All posts in Environment & Energy

Climate change and uncertainty 2012 -2013
December 23, 2013, 2 Comments

The science of ice storms: Why the freeze was so fierce Although no single weather event can be attributed to climate ch ...

Natural Disasters 2010-2013
December 23, 2013, 1 Comment

Megastorm Aftermath The Passionate Eye In October 2012, Megastorm Sandy cut a path of devastation across the Caribbean a ...

Alternate (clean) energy/renewables 2009-13
December 19, 2013, Comments Off on Alternate (clean) energy/renewables 2009-13

Abengoa’s Solana solar plant in Gila Bend, Arizona. CREDIT: DENNIS SCHROEDER, NREL 13 Major Clean Energy Breakthroughs ...

Africa and water
December 17, 2013, Comments Off on Africa and water

International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015 – Africa Water’s crucial role in acco ...

China, energy, economy & environment 2004-2013
October 12, 2013, 4 Comments

Desperate measures — Rivers are disappearing in China. Building canals is not the solution (The Economist) Eight o ...

Earth Overshoot Day
August 23, 2013, Comments Off on Earth Overshoot Day

Earth Overshoot Day In 8 Months, Humanity Exhausts Earth’s Budget for the Year August 20 is Earth Overshoot Day 20 ...

Seabeds and Outer Continental Shelf
August 5, 2013, Comments Off on Seabeds and Outer Continental Shelf

Seabed mining could earn Cook Islands ‘tens of billions of dollars’ Tiny nation expects stakes in companies ...

Alberta floods 2013
July 26, 2013, Comments Off on Alberta floods 2013

Naheed Nenshi Dear Diary: ‘This is no miracle, no act of providence. This is Calgary’ Tuesday Where there was once a ...

Airships, Aviation and the Environment
February 18, 2013, 1 Comment

See also Aviation & Shipping Emissions and Wednesday-Night.com Déjà vu all over again – whatever happened to ...

Canada, the world & the tar sands 2012
December 8, 2012, Comments Off on Canada, the world & the tar sands 2012

Crude oil extracted from tar sands one of the most controversial forms of fossil fuel Tar sands, also known as oil sands ...