U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Cap & Trade Issue
| Global warming will bring killer heat, floods and storms to Britain. Heatwaves that kill thousands, tropical-style storms and widespread flooding could be regular features of Britains climate within a generation if global warming is not checked, according to the Met Office. |
| A new reactor concept inches forward. The Energy Department plans to announce a significant step toward building a new kind of nuclear reactor that could be used to replace the fossil fuels normally needed to complete high-temperature processing at chemical plants, fertilizer factories and oil refineries. |
| Record highs far outpace record lows across U.S. Spurred by a warming climate, daily record-high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade across the continental United States, new research shows. |
| Toyota has the most fuel efficient line of cars in the US Toyota, as reported by Jamie Lendino of ExtremeTech, has the most fuel efficient line of cars in the US, with an average of 29.7 mpg for actual vehicles sold. Results are based on the 2007 model year. Discussion in the forum goes into upcoming offerings from Honda and VW, but they have to [.]  |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Cap & Trade Issue The U.S. Chamber of Commerce may actually have a better idea than a cap-and-trade bill for cutting emissions. And, contrary to popular opinion, they do recognize climate change and the need for clean tech development. |
| Barcelona: nearing consensus or merely contentious? You have a down day and it’s followed by an up day, that’s how negotiations go…. Thus the chairman of Barcelona’s closing plenary session summarized a roller coaster week.Strong words were uttered in Barcelona as tensions built over who should do what between developing and industrial nations. The source of most friction is the fate [.] |