“The report concluded that for the general population inside Japan, the predicted health risks were low, but that one-third of emergency workers were estimated to have increased risk.” Continue reading WHO: Lifetime cancer risk 70% higher for females in Fukushima area
Category: Climate & Energy
Germany struggles with solar power during unusually dark winter
Fossil fuels über alles? Continue reading Germany struggles with solar power during unusually dark winter
Government-Rentseeker Complex: Exelon offers to help EPA with major anti-coal regulation
Courtesy of Chris Horner, an e-mail from nuclear utility Exelon offering to help EPA with its anti-coal utility MACT regulation. Continue reading Government-Rentseeker Complex: Exelon offers to help EPA with major anti-coal regulation
Study: Gas Boom Projected to Grow for Decades
“We are looking at multi, multi decades of growth.” Continue reading Study: Gas Boom Projected to Grow for Decades
IBD: Green Energy Has A Brownout Problem
How do you keep the power on when the wind won’t blow and the sun won’t shine? As California has discovered, it’s a problem that’s neither easy nor cheap to solve in the brave new world of renewables. Continue reading IBD: Green Energy Has A Brownout Problem
NYC Mayor Bloomberg: ‘Coal is a dead man walking’
“Even though the coal industry doesn’t totally know it yet or is ready to admit it, its day is done. … Here in the U.S., I’m happy to say, the king is dead. Coal is a dead man walking,” Bloomberg said at the Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy (ARPA-E) Energy Innovation Summit near Washington, D.C. Continue reading NYC Mayor Bloomberg: ‘Coal is a dead man walking’
Politico: Debate grows over carbon tax, despite long odds
Politico does its part to make conservatives think they need to swallow a carbon tax. Continue reading Politico: Debate grows over carbon tax, despite long odds
Manchester United: Soccer stars, but carbon reduction bums
The perils of volunteering for political correctness. Continue reading Manchester United: Soccer stars, but carbon reduction bums
USA Today: ‘If more trees die, the planet warms more’
Flashback from 2005: PNAS study says trees to cause massive global warming — 10 degrees F — by 2100! Continue reading USA Today: ‘If more trees die, the planet warms more’
Must-See Climate Billboard: CFACT’s ‘Drive By This’
“An Inconvenient Truth Mr. Gore. No global warming for 16 years.” Continue reading Must-See Climate Billboard: CFACT’s ‘Drive By This’
Bankrupt Solar Company to Bury Unused Solar Panels in Cement
Solar panels as hazardous waste. Continue reading Bankrupt Solar Company to Bury Unused Solar Panels in Cement
Bloomberg: ‘Coal is dead man walking’
That’s what NYC mayor Bloomberg said at the ARPA-E conference today. Continue reading Bloomberg: ‘Coal is dead man walking’