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Wind And Solar Will Soon Become The ‘Least-Cost Option’ – Yahoo Finance

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Wind And Solar Will Soon Become The ‘Least-Cost Option’ – Yahoo Finance: It is interesting how quickly the prices of wind and solar have been dropping and are expected to continue. Obviously, these must be only a part of the solution, unless batteries get to be a whole lot better, a whole lot faster. (Maybe?). The wind doesn’t always blow, and the sun doesn’t always shine. One savings for solar, is that it doesn’t need…

EPA loss in supreme court.

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High Court Strikes Down EPA Limits on Mercury Emissions http://www.wsj.com/articles/high-court-strikes-down-epa-limits-on-mercury-emissions-1435590069 The EPA must consider the cost of compliance when coming up with rules. That’s what the Supreme Court ruled. Of course it is hard to estimate the cost of the pollutants, that have been going on for a couple centuries now. With natural gas being so cheap, and most of the conversions already complete, the whole issue is rather mute point. But it does set…

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Sixth mass extinction is here, researcher declares.

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Sixth mass extinction is here, researcher declares: Ouch. It looks like we need to clean up our collective acts. With 41% of amphibians and 26% of mammals on a course for extinction if we don’t change our ways. “To history’s steady drumbeat, a human population growing in numbers, per capita consumption and economic inequity has altered or destroyed natural habitats. The long list of impacts includes: *Land clearing for farming, logging and settlement *Introduction of…

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Fast 10 sustainability leadership tips | GreenBiz

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‘Fast 10’ sustainability leadership tips | GreenBiz: There are great tips. I really like the “building a business case” tip.  If you can’t build a pretty good business case for something, then it makes a case for change that is usually hard, nearly impossible. Getting ahead means that you can play offense, not defense. Langert is from McDonald’s so he has had his work cut out for him. When McD has tried to introduce more…

Inside the war on coal

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Inside the war on coal: Wow, this is a very thoughtful and well presented article on Coal. The real demise of coal is too fold: raising costs of trying to make coal a little cleaner (less dirty); and the increase of cheaper alternatives. Number 1 in all of this is the dirty cheap costs of NatGas which is a by-product of much oil production. We in the US flair about half of the NatGas we…