House approves GOP bill to revoke environmental standards – 24 Sep 2012 – News from BusinessGreen

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Some more bad news from the US, who have the largest carbon footprint per person than anywhere else.  They are living on 6 planets worth of resources and they just want to consume more.  And yet they criticise countries like China and India, who are trying to improve the living standards of their citizens.  And the individual carbon footprints 6 times less than the US citizen.

House approves GOP bill to revoke environmental standards – 24 Sep 2012 – News from BusinessGreen.

Senate votes to ban US airlines from EU carbon trading  

In the UK, despite a Government which also does not understand the need for more renewable energy supplies especially, small localised units.  Investment in onshore wind turbines appears to be strong, with new wind farms coming on-line.

http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2207382/uk-onshore-wind-capacity-breezes-past-5gw-mark

Arctic “death spiral” leaves climate scientists shocked and worried | The Vancouver Observer – Page 1

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An in depth report on why we should be very worried about the melting ice-caps.  and why we in the Global North should be cutting back our excessive consumption, especially of fossil fuels.  Time to ditch the car and walk, cycle or use public transport.  And do you really need to fly any where?

Arctic “death spiral” leaves climate scientists shocked and worried | The Vancouver Observer – Page 1.

Massachusetts’ Clean Economy Sees Massive Growth, Now Hosts 71,000 Jobs In Cleantech

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This article shows what can be achieved with a strong political leadership.  While in the UK, we have a Government that keeps changing FITs (feed-in tariffs) for renewable technologies and is promoting large utilities companies with their Green Deal.  The UK will not be able to survive what is ultimately going to come, in not that a distance future.  Manchester City Council is the same, they keep claiming to be ‘Green’, whilst actually doing anything different than before.  They constantly says they cannot do anything without others doing something as well.  I think this article promotes the vision, that it can be done where there is the will.

pby Andrew, via CleanTechnica Government investment and support for clean, renewable energy development is paying off handsomely in Massachusetts, where the clean energy economy grew 11.2% between July 2011 and July 2012. The state’s fast-growing clean energy sector now employs 71,523 people at 4,995 clean energy businesses across the state, according to a Massachusetts Clean […]/p

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We have seen the Scottish Government investing in wave and tidal technologies.  The UK has some of the best wave and tidal resources available in the world and has not been exploited by the UK Government.

Mull of Kintyre set to host CoRMaT tidal current turbine

As well as investing in wind, another asset, the UK has in abundance:

Is the natural gas industry buying academics?

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I thought I would reblog this blog about academics receiving funding from ‘fracking’ companies who then post reports stating ‘fracking’ is safe.  They have not only denied ground-water contamination but even reported it geologically safe after a number of earthquakes after ‘fracking’ has taken place.  I believe this is more evidence why ‘fracking’ should be banned in this country.

Is the natural gas industry buying academics? 

One of the reports mentioned in the blog above, mentions past coal mining activity in the past in an area of concern.  Read-heading it reminded me of the fact Lancashire was heavily mined.  Even under Manchester, there are numerous abandoned coal seams, with the ex-Commonwealth Games stadium on the former pit of Bradford Colliery, closed in about 1968:

PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE NORTHSTAR 1 CLASS II INJECTION WELL AND THE SEISMIC EVENTS IN THE YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, AREA 

Oil- The Next Revolution.pdf (application/pdf Object)

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Just what we need, someone to produce a report suggesting there is plenty more oil.  The problem is, we are too dependant of fossil fuels and we should be moving away from there use.  But a report like this, will simply put politicians minds at rest.  They will ignore climate change and continue with ‘business-as-usual’, even though it is not sustainable.  They will continue thinking some technology will come along and save the day.

But, I think all revealed in the forward, why this report was produced.  BP provided the funding for it, so was the author of this report being objective or subservient to his paymaster?

Oil- The Next Revolution.pdf (application/pdf Object).

“Things Happen” – Watch The Video | Connect the Dots

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Because of climate chaos caused by the industrialised Global North, it is the poorest who suffer the most.

“Things Happen” – Watch The Video | Connect the Dots.