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.
Business leaders: make renewable energy cheaper
Associated Press, Oskar Garcia, 8.20.08
Representatives from corporate giants Google Inc. and General Electric Co. said Tuesday that transitioning the United States to renewable energy on a large scale would be possible - if renewable energy were cheaper.
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Group says climate resolutions increase
Associated Press, Tim Huber, 8.20.08
Shareholder resolutions related to climate change more than doubled over the past five years, according to statistics gathered by a coalition of public interest groups, environmental organizations and pension funds. Moreover, the coalition, Boston-based Ceres, says support for those measures averaged more than 23 percent in 2008, a new high.
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Wind power plan is more than hot air
The Kiplinger Letter, Jim Ostroff, 8.19.08
Can wind power provide 20% of the U.S.’ electric power needs by 2030? Texas oilman and billionaire T. Boone Pickens thinks so. He wants to displace millions of tons of coal used to produce electricity, slashing emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that’s been fingered as a cause of warming global temperatures.
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The idiocy of energy independence
Townhall, John Stossel, 8.20.08
It’s amazing how ideas with no merit become popular merely because they sound good.
Most every politician and pundit says “energy independence” is a great idea. Presidents have promised it for 35 years. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we were self-sufficient, protected from high prices, supply disruptions and political machinations?
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Pacific nations call for help on climate change
Agence France-Presse, 8.20.08
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd joined Pacific island nations Tuesday in a call for immediate help to cope with the impact of climate change in the region.
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Scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions
Accra Daily Mail (Ghana), 8.20.08
The European branch of the world’s largest car maker, Toyota, has become one of six companies to join the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) initiative bringing together organizations which pledge to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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