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.
Solving global warming with giant vacuums
The technology works, but it would require millions of carbon dioxide filters across the planet at a cost of trillions of dollars a year.
The Los Angeles Times, Alan Zarembo, 04.29.08
Here’s a simple solution to global warming: vacuum carbon dioxide out of the air. Klaus Lackner, a physicist at Columbia University, said placing enough carbon filters around the planet could reel the world’s atmosphere back toward the 18th century, like a climatic time machine.
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Storm brewing for William Gray
Hurricane forecaster says his dispute with school focuses on global warming debate
Houston Chronicle, Eric Berger, 04.28.08
By pioneering the science of seasonal hurricane forecasting and teaching 70 graduate students who now populate the National Hurricane Center and other research outposts, William Gray turned a city far from the stormy seas into a hurricane research Mecca.
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For Houston builders, going ‘green’ won’t be optional
Houston Chronicle, Carolyn Feibel, 04.29.08
Houston builders will have to incorporate “green” design techniques such as heat-trapping vestibules and “cool roofs” that deflect sunlight under a proposed new energy code for commercial buildings.
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Poor children main victims of climate change: U.N.
Reuters, Jeremy Lovell, 04.29.08
Millions of the world’s poorest children are among the most vulnerable and unwitting victims of climate change caused by the rich developed world, a United Nations report said on Tuesday, calling for urgent action.
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