Footprint Friday: Worst Case Fears

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the largest amount on record according to the U.S. Department of Energy. These numbers that the Department came up with are much higher than climate experts predicted they’d be at 4 years ago. According to these studies the world created 564 million more tons of carbon into the air then we did in 2009. China and the United States are responsible for more than half of this extra pollution amongst all the countries of the world.   More...

Utilities Quit Chamber of Commerce

by Deb Powers

Utility companies have traditionally favored energy policies that encourage conservation of energy rather than those that represent a fundamental change in the way that energy is produced and distributed. And yet last week, three major US utility companies very publicly canceled their memberships in the US Chamber of Commerce to protest the Chamber's "embarrassing" position on climage change and global warming science.

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Environmental Education:  Teaching Resources

If you are a teacher and looking for environmental education material then you have come to the right place.  I just did a little web-surfing and found plenty of teaching resource sites.  Here are some of the sites I found.

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"We need a renewable energy standard to be implemented here in the United States."
Martha Wyrsch, Pres., Vestas America

Energy execs push for standards

by Deb Powers

Leaders who met with US Energy and Treasury secretaries yesterday urged the government to push for firm renewable energy standards, stating that a firm set of renewable energy standards would encourage investments in green energy far better than the up and down incentives that have been the norm.
Read more: Energy execs lobby for strong standards

More renewable energy news...

• CBS Era of Xtreme Energy Crisis
  
• Washington Post: Spain goes greener
  
• NYTimes: Calif Gov orders new standards
  
• Ontario News: Energy act will create jobs
  
• Sci-Tech Today: Climate change deal elusive
  

Around the Green Blogs...

• REWorld: 7 careers in wind energy
• SmartPlanet: GE invests in gearless wind turbines
  
• Energy Collective: Is the solar slump over?
  

UN Climate Change Summit

by Deb Powers

Yesterday, world leaders met at the UN in New York for a one day climate change summit. There were some promising signs, a lot of high-flown rhetoric and a lovely closing from UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, who praised the nations for coming together to address and discuss changes that must be made in order to meet climate change goals. Overall, though, the Summit did little to further any goals or make any changes. Instead, it was reflective of some of the biggest stumbling blocks and concerns regarding global warming and climate change.

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