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Renewables Outpace Nuclear All Over the World
2014-12-18 19:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As flagship nuclear projects run into long delays and huge cost overruns, solar and wind power are falling in price. Renewables already supply twice as much power as nuclear. Its just too bad the nuclear-fixated UK government hasnt noticed. Renewables are winning out just about everywhere. They now supply over 19 percent of global primary energy and 22 percent of global electricity. Nuclear is at 11 percent and falling. With many of the UKs old nuclear power plants off-line due to faults and...
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Why America Should Invest in Renewables, Not Fracking
2014-12-15 12:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Callie Roberts is a senior, studying cancer biology and environmental policy, at Duke University. She has been awarded the Teens for Planet Earth Award, Ashoka Youth Venture Award, Presidents Gold Volunteer Service Award, and Presidents Environmental Youth Award for her work with biofuels and environmental health. She is currently a student in Dr. Rebecca Vidras environmental science & policy class. We have all heard about Americas energy crisis, peak oil, and anthropogenic climate change....
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India Ducks China Energy Pledge, Plans Renewables Splurge
2014-12-11 00:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: India, the worlds third-largest polluter, will spend at least $100 billion on climate-related projects but isnt ready to follow China and the U.S., the top two emitters, in promising to limit its fossil-fuel emissions. India has been under the spotlight at the United Nations climate meeting in Lima after China became the first large developing country to agree to limit emissions in a pact announced with U.S. President Barack Obama during his visit to that country last month. Obama will go to...
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United Kingdom: E.Ons switch to renewables is a sign of things to come, say experts
2014-12-02 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More companies are likely to follow the German utility giant E.ON and shift their energy generation away from coal and nuclear to renewable power, the president of Germanys Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has told the Guardian. E.ONs surprise announcement on Monday, that it would split its operations to focus on clean energy, power grids and energy efficiency services, also increased the prospect of success for Germanys ambitious Energiewende [Energy Transition] project, Maria Krautzberger...
Major power and gas company E.ON splitting in two; focusing on renewables, spinning off conventional power generation
2014-12-01 11:55:47| Green Car Congress
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