Happy and sustainable 2013 ! (starting season 7)

Dear visitors, readers and subscribers. Today, January 2nd, this humble blog turns SIX. As this is the first 2013 post, I would like to wish you and your loved ones a happy, healthy and sustainable year 2012 !

I have tried from day one to bring you a selection of the latest news and best researches on everything pertaining to climate, energy and sustainability. I hope you are enjoying reading it as I am writing it.

To start Season seven let’s review today what happened in 2012 with a selection of the 25 posts that encapsulate how the year was.

January

• Record-breaking weather in America and Europe
• $260 billion were invested in Cleantech in 2011

February

• The Big Picture on coal : how it is simply killing us
• Earth is losing 500 billion tons of ice a year

March

• James Hansen must-see speach at TED talks
• Oil refining : another reason to prefer electric cars

April

• Global collapse could occur by 2030
• Mexico passes ambitious climate law

May

•  Saudi Arabia to invest massively in cleantech
• Pacific Garbage Patch has gotten 100 times worse

June

• Chinese emissions are 20% higher than expected
• A green economy could create 60 million jobs
• It is high time to end fossil fuels subsidies

July

• Good news : US emissions are decreasing fast
• A/C may contribute significantly to global warming

August

• China to invest $372 billion in energy efficiency
• Deforestation of the Amazon hits new low

September

• European emissions keep on decreasing, again
• Annual investements in cleantech reach a trillion

October

• ” Plant, baby, plant ” series of articles
• Two important milestones for wind energy

November

• European Parliament calls for 30 percent cuts
• IEA World Energy Outlook 2012

December

• Marine Protected Areas increase tenfold
• 7 ways climate change is worse than thought

I hope you enjoyed this selection. Did I miss anything – study or event – that should have been there ? Don’t hesitate to state so in the comment !