Copenhagen talks and climate science survive stolen e-mail controversy.
| TSCA-geek contest: Who said this, and when? Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist.No prize offered, but here's a little contest. Who can guess who said the following, in what context and when — without cheating by googling a phrase from it? Answer provided tomorrow."Most Americans had no idea, until relatively recently, that they were living so dangerously. They had no idea [.] |
| Oil Spill in Port Arthur Texas A barge collided with a tanker on Saturday in the port of Port Arthur, Texas, sending thousands of gallons of crude oil into the water, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The tanker was carrying crude oil to Exxon Mobil Corp’s refinery in Beaumont, Texas, located north of Port Arthur. The waterway, through which tankers carry oil to four refineries in Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas, remained shut on Saturday night. |
| California Objects to One Auto Emission Standard for the nation California has issues with federal attempts to weaken new vehicle pollution standards, but the state backed away on Wednesday from a report that it was threatening to pull out of a deal with U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration.The California agency responsible for implementing the state’s global-warming law and vehicle-pollution standards said in a November letter that federal agencies must address two issues “to ensure California’s continued support for the national program.” |
| Copenhagen talks and climate science survive stolen e-mail controversy. Nothing in the stolen material undermines the scientific consensus that climate change is happening and that humans are to blame. |
| The Superb Grid vs. the SuperGrid Please see the article by Sam Carana on how a larger and simultaneously more local grid can be implemented, to capture as much of the electricity being generated as possible. Read about how many parts of Europe already have surplus electricity and countries are linking their grids together toimprove efficiency.  |