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.
Can weeds help solve the climate crisis?
New York Times Magazine, Tom Christopher, 6.29.08
Lewis Ziska, a lanky, sandy-haired weed ecologist with the Agriculture Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, matches a dry sense of humor with tired eyes. The humor is essential to Ziska’s exploration of what global climate change could do to mankind’s relationship with weeds; there are many days, he confesses, when his goal becomes nothing more than not ending up in a fetal position beneath his battleship gray, government-issue desk. Yet he speaks of weeds with admiration as well as apprehension, and even with hope.
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Global warming expert calls on California to do more to cut greenhouse gas emissions
Los Angeles Times, Margot Roosevelt, 6.28.08
Global warming celebrity Rajendra K. Pachauri, wearing a green feather in his lapel, toured Northern California on Friday, praising the state’s blueprint for addressing climate change but reminding public officials that Europe is moving far more quickly to address the issue.
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India unveils national action plan on climate change
Times of India, 6.30.08
India on Monday unveiled its climate change action plan which does not set target reduction of greenhouse gas emissions but seeks to promote sustainable development through use of clean technologies.
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What the green bubble will leave behind
New York Times, Daniel Gross, 6.29.08
All the talk about the bad oil bubble obscures the potentially good bubble still inflating in the realm of alternative energy. Wind turbine installations more than doubled last year. Ethanol production capacity will nearly double once all the plants under construction are completed. Investors have given SunPower, a solar panel spinoff from Cypress Semiconductor, a market value much larger than that of its former parent.
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The case for and against nuclear power
Wall Street Journal, Michael Totty, 6.30.08
Is nuclear power the answer for a warming planet? Or is it too expensive and dangerous to satisfy future energy needs?
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