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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Changing the Climate Conversation to Conservation
Polls show Americans are less concerned about climate change today, down 12 percent over the past 10 years, and in some parts of the country the term ?global warming? is practically taboo. So why then are some of the states with the biggest populations of global-warming skeptics also some of the states making the biggest investments in renewable energy?energyNOW! correspondent Lee Patrick Sullivan visited Kansas, where some clean energy advocates say they?ve figured out what it takes to convince climate-change skeptics to invest in renewables and energy efficiency. Their advice: stop talking about global warming and change the conversation to energy conservation.
Risk of Civil War Increased Dramatically By El Nino
Photo: super devoika Scientists are suggesting that the warmer weather that occurs every four years through El Nino has a domino effect on poorer tropical societies, which can cause civil war. It's no secret that unfortunate weather conditions such as drought can lead to unrest, but the link to El Nino adds another dimension to the argument. Scientists are suggesting that 1 out of every five civil wars has in fact been caused by El Nino, according to Read the full story on TreeHugger
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Jul 8, What Can Tidal Energy Do?: Hydropower: Eco20/20
In the recent years, there have been several implementations in the area of tidal turbines. Along New York's East River, there are already six electricity generators in place. Each turbine converts energy into thirty-five megawatts of electricity. Verdant, the creators of the single rotor, tri-propeller turbines, is hoping to install a farm consisting of at least one hundred more of these turbines in the near future.
Source: http://www.eco20-20.com/What-Can-Tidal-Energy-Do.html
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