A Roadmap For Taking On Coal Plant by Plant

photo via flickr Coal activist Ted Nace today published a must-read post in Grist on the importance of taking on coal via a variety of strategies, effectively coming at the country’s Number 1 contributor to climate change from every angle possible. Nace, the man behind the indispensable Coalswarm , lays out the case for why coal has got to go and offers a roadmap for taking..

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A Roadmap For Taking On Coal Plant by Plant

Obama Gathers Bipartisan Group for New Energy Reform Thrust

Photo via Whatson The so-called “conventional wisdom” has been pretty unremitting in deeming any sort of comprehensive energy reform legislation dead in the water this year.

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Obama Gathers Bipartisan Group for New Energy Reform Thrust

Long Wait for the Bus? Budget Cuts Could Be the Reason

Image credit: Good Times are tough for everyone—including municipal governments.

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The Port of NY/NJ Will Replace Dirty Old Diesel Trucks to Slash Air Pollution

Photo: Public domain Other Truck Fleets, Pay Attention Did you know that replacing a pre-1994 diesel truck (or at least the engine) with a 2004-2006 model could cut soot pollution by about 2/3, and reduce smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by more than half? Post 2007 diesel trucks are even better, with a reduction of soot particles by about 95% and NOx by at least 3/4.

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The Port of NY/NJ Will Replace Dirty Old Diesel Trucks to Slash Air Pollution

Olympic Hockey Final Affects Water Supply, Canadian Economy

Globe and Mail Electrical or water systems are designed for peak loads, so it is interesting to see the effects of extraordinary events on infrastructure.

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Olympic Hockey Final Affects Water Supply, Canadian Economy

Olympic Hockey Final Affects Water Supply, Canadian Economy

Globe and Mail Electrical or water systems are designed for peak loads, so it is interesting to see the effects of extraordinary events on infrastructure. It’s estimated that 82% of Canadians watched the final Olympic hockey game between Canada and the United States, and that’s the mother of all peaks.

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New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club

photo: Quinn Dombrowski via flickr. We just passed two milemarkers which make this next one all the more poignant: First, two days ago was International Women’s Day and, second, we’ve just been told that in many places women are going to be hit harder than men by climate change . Now, via our friends over at

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New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club

New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club

photo: Quinn Dombrowski via flickr.

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New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club

New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club

photo: Quinn Dombrowski via flickr. We just passed two milemarkers which make this next one all the more poignant: First, two days ago was International Women’s Day and, second, we’ve just been told that in many places women are going to be hit harder than men by climate change . Now, via our friends over at

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New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club

New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club

photo: Quinn Dombrowski via flickr. We just passed two milemarkers which make this next one all the more poignant: First, two days ago was International Women’s Day and, second, we’ve just been told that in many places women are going to be hit harder than men by climate change . Now, via our friends over at

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New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club

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