Posts Tagged ‘ greenhouse gases ’

Nuclear Power: Not a Green Option

January 20, 2014

KENT D. SHIFFERD - There are other ways to make electricity, namely solar, wind, geothermal, and hydro dams, and there is always conservation. Why would anyone in their right mind risk going nuclear as a way to deal with global warming?

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Posted in Analysis, January 2014 | No Comments »

Thanks to North Dakota, U.S. Waste of Natural Gas Grows Rapidly

August 14, 2012
Thanks to North Dakota, U.S. Waste of Natural Gas Grows Rapidly

MARK CLAYTON - The United States is posting rapid growth in the waste of natural gas in new oil fields where the fuel is either burned or vented into the atmosphere. Experts say the process damages the environment and fails to maximize the return to investors.

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Posted in Analysis, August 2012 | 1 Comment »

WMO: 2011 One of the Hottest Years on Record

December 1, 2011
WMO: 2011 One of the Hottest Years on Record

JON HERSKOVITZ - The world is getting hotter, with 2011 one of the warmest years on record, and humans are to blame, a report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Tuesday. It warned increasing global average temperatures were expected to amplify floods, droughts and other extreme weather patterns.

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Posted in Big Picture, December 2011 | No Comments »

Action Alerts from Indian Country

April 17, 2011
Action Alerts from Indian Country

POO HA BAH - Anishinabe Kweag, a group of women indigenous to the area now called Ontario, is calling on Bruce Power to halt its plans to ship 16 decommissioned nuclear steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.

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Posted in April 2011, What's Happening In the Movement | 1 Comment »

PGE to Close Boardman Coal Plant

January 20, 2010
PGE to Close Boardman Coal Plant

BOB JENKS: Portland General Electric (PGE) announced January 14, 2010 that, rather than attempt to upgrade its Boardman coal fired power plant and operate it until 2040 or longer, it now wants retire the plant in 2020. A number of folks in the Northwest have been working to stop PGE from investing $500 million...

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Posted in 5% Solution, Feb 2010, OPW Programs | No Comments »

Study Claims Meat Creates Half of All Greenhouse Gases

November 30, 2009
Study Claims Meat Creates Half of All Greenhouse Gases

MARTIN HICKMAN: “A vegetarian driving a Hummer leaves less of a carbon footprint that a non-vegetarian driving a Prius.” – Reader’s comment.

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Posted in Archive, Dec/Jan 2009 | 1 Comment »

New MPO Task Force Rolls Up Its Sleeves

November 30, 2009
New MPO Task Force Rolls Up Its Sleeves

1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON: As the issue of global warming occupies center stage on the national and international arena, here in Oregon, attention is focused on a newly appointed committee looking at how Oregon can combat global warming pollution from cars and trucks.

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Posted in Archive, Dec/Jan 2009 | No Comments »

British Government Pledges to Cut Carbon Emissions 80% by 2050

November 30, 2009
British Government Pledges to Cut Carbon Emissions 80% by 2050

DEBORAH SUMMERS & DAMIAN CARRINGTON: The government has committed the U.K. to cutting greenhouse-gas emissions by 80% by the middle of the century in a bid to tackle climate change. In a move that was widely welcomed by environmental campaigners, Ed Miliband, the new energy and climate change secretary, said that the current 60%...

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Posted in Archive, Dec/Jan 2009 | No Comments »