Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles or tell us about other current items of interest in the comment thread below.
Climate change debate: push emissions goals or technology?
Should the world put less focus on emissions caps and more on spurring clean technologies?
Christian Science Monitor, Peter N. Spotts, 04.07.08
A long-simmering debate has come to a boil among climate policy specialists over the most effective way to ensure humanity has the necessary hardware it needs to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to virtually zero over the course of this century.
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Climate target is not radical enough – study
Nasa scientist warns the world must urgently make huge CO2 reductions
The Guardian, Ed Pilkington, 04.07.08
One of the world’s leading climate scientists warns today that the EU and its international partners must urgently rethink targets for cutting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because of fears they have grossly underestimated the scale of the problem.
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New focus on coal’s part in warming
Greater advances in technology are seen as critical
The Washington Post, Juliet Eilperin, 04.06.08
James E. Hansen, perhaps the best-known scientific advocate for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions, sent a letter recently to the head of one of the nation’s largest power companies, calling on him to confront the role that his coal-fired plants play in global warming. Hansen proposed they meet.
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