Study: Natural gas industry can cut fracking emissions: This would be great to minimize the methane from the fracking of wells. Since NatGas is soooo much cleaner than coal (and gasoline). It is a slam-dunk decision as a way to start moving away from coal. Of course, it is not a sustainable solution for the looong term. NatGas could be a bridge fuel to a clean and renewable future. ‘via Blog this’
A frosty G20 puts global warming on ice – Comment – Voices – The Independent: Great article. Like many such meetings, the major part of the the G20 meeting gets diverted to North Korea or Egypt or Syria. Too bad, there’s a lot the the G20 can do, besides putter with the politics that’s taken over the news today. Surprisingly, there was movement on making progress on the very best places to push hard related…
The Wonk Gap – NYTimes.com: Rotary International has a 4-Way test that starts with “Is it the truth?” In all we say and do … If the facts that are presented are not truthful, then whatever follows in the arguments are bogus. Who benefits and why can not meaningfully be determined. Stated differently, often (usually?) based on a careful organization of the facts, the best decisions are self-evident. So what does Dr. Paul have to…
Smaller cities get startup-style sustainability incubator | GreenBiz.com: Sustainable Green Incubators sounds very cool. (July 23, 2013 article). There area all kinds of cool things that can be done — especially energy efficiency-wise — that will have huge saving (and great environmental reductions as well). !:-) Here’s the incoming incubators (or accelerators). The inaugural 2013-14 accelerator class includes these cities: • Waco, Texas • Wichita, Kan. • Portland, Maine • Louisville, Ky. • Tucson, Ariz….
Ceres Monthly Newsletter: Ceres Monthly Newsletter – Flaring of Gas/NatGas This report starts to document the amount of gas (nat gas) that is flared in the production of oil/gas. In the US we can’t get the nat gas to market, so it is imply flared in many cases. The oil (wet particulates) are much more valuable so that is shipped by pipe if possible, but by truck or train if not. One statement from a…
Rising levels of acids in seas may endanger marine life, says study | Environment | The Guardian Ouch! This has been a growing concern. The rapid increases in the CO2 levels — blasting past 400ppm as we speak — that has several scary consequences. First, there’s the greenhouse gas (GHG) thing and the rising temperatures of the air and land. Second, the excess CO2, at least some of it, is absorbed into the oceans. This…
