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Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

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With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh kWh average cost of electricity in the United States and globally.

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Fossil Fuel Production Up in 2008 Despite Recession

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World production of fossil fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas—increased 2.9% In the first half of the year, producers strained to meet global demand, but when the recession took hold later in the year the market was swamped by excess supply. Coal has led the growth in fossil fuel production. in 2008 to reach 27.4

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Google Unveils Faster, Cheaper Mechanism To Track Worldwide Deforestation Online; Support for Land Use Change Measurement, Verification and Reporting

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The portal is maintained by The Group on Earth Observations ( GEO ), an international project to co-ordinate geospatial data through a shared system called the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). 1986-2006 deforestation, in red, alongside earlier. deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil. Sources: USGS Landsat images via.

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Researchers Suggest That Although CCS and Other Technologies Could Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions to Near Zero, That Strategy May Not Make Sense

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While oil sands emissions have more than doubled from 1990 to 2006, the absolute increase in emissions from oil sands over the same period is less than the absolute increase in Canadian electric or transportation sector emissions, and far less than the increases in these sectors on a North American basis, they note. Bergerson and David W.

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EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

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annual average refiners' acquisition cost of imported crude oil, which is more representative of the average cost of all crude oils used by domestic refiners. AEO2013 also presents the average West Texas Intermediate (WTI) spot price of light, low-sulfur crude oil delivered in Cushing, Oklahoma, and includes the U.S. mpg in 2025.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. From a global climate change perspective, it does not matter where or from what source the reduction occurs: the effect on the atmospheric concentration of GHGs would be the same. The inclusion of offsets would likely lower the overall cost of compliance.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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ºF) above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, and that global GHG emissions would have to peak around 2020 and then sharply decline by 50% to 85% by the year 2050. AR4 also affirmed that warming would have to be held to no more than 2 ºC to 2.4 ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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