You perhaps remember my lengthy article where I stated that cutting by a factor four our carbon dioxide emissions by the middle of this century is feasible. Well, it seems I am not alone thinking this as a team of Minnesota scientists just released a study pointing to the same results : We can do …
Decreasing by 80 % US CO2 emissions by 2050 is possible Read More »
After the Pickens Plan and Al Gore’s presentation which occured last week, I am wondering if both could merge in order to propose America a really comprehensive project. Politics are nice, but too much of partisanship can seriously hurt both people and the economy. I am not alone believing this as the IHT published a …
Could both sides – and plans – work hands in hands ? Read More »
If you don’t read US environmental blogs, you may not know that yesterday Al Gore issued a speech that may become as historical as JFK’s one on sending a man on the Moon. Indeed, the former Vice President proposes to produce a 100 percent of the country’s electricity by low carbon energies within ten years. …
Can the USA get 100 % of their electricity by clean energies ? Read More »
As I was mentioning in Monday’s article, the US billionaire T Boone Pickens issued a most impressive plan on energy independence for the United States of America. Mainly based on the massive use of wind energy, alongside with solar, this plan might bring huge changes in the United States’ energy mix and greenhouse gases emissions. …
James Hansen, a top NASA official famous for his speech twenty years ago on global warming strikes back. His first discourse rose awareness on climate change in the United States. In his anniversary speech, he stated that large oil and coal companies would commit crimes against Humanity and Nature if they continued emitting important amounts …
Global carbon dioxide rose by 3.1 percent in 2007 compared to 2006 levels. This is mostly due to Chinese emissions as the country accounts for two third of the increase. Meanwhile, the world’s most populous nation becomes the largest contributor to climate change as China emitted 14 percent more greenhouse gases than the United States. …
World CO2 emissions rose by 3.1 percent last year Read More »
You perhaps remember my enthusiastic post on the launch of the WE campaign, by the former US Vice President Al Gore and the Alliance for Climate Protection. This time, a UK initiative that has the same goal (to enable us to decrease our daily CO2 emissions) is going global as it is being launched in …
Yesterday, the eight leading economies met in Japan, alongside with China, India and South Korea. One of the main topics of discussion was the soaring prices of oil and energy. To counter this, they pledged to invest massively in energy efficiency and low carbon technologies such as renewable energies, nuclear and carbon capture and storage …
According to an official US federal report, climate change will seriously alter the country, and this in many ways such as water and crops growth. This study represents the shift of policy on climate change of the current administration and will probably motivate the next one on tackling climate change. Indeed, the threat seems to …
Climate change will have dramatic impacts in the USA Read More »
By reading La Marguerite I came across a very disturbing fact : we throw each month a lot of food. And when I write we, I mean both Americans and Europeans. This most disturbing fact – it concerns between a quarter and a third of the food we buy -occurs as in many less affluent …
