Thursday, April 12, 2012

[They're not betting on solar panels?!]: Brazil's All-In Bet on Amazon Dams Jeopardizes Economic Growth - Bloomberg

Flanked by berms of earth that keep the river out, they’re building a 17-story wall of concrete that will house dozens of electricity turbines big enough to drive a freight train through. Excavators as high as a three-story house fill dump trucks with boulders, near a crew of welders suspended beneath steel reinforcement bars 46 meters high.

Brazil is pouring money into big dams because they can generate electricity more cheaply and pollute less than plants fueled by natural gas or coal, says Mauricio Tolmasquim, president of Brazil’s Energy Research Agency.

“What matters is not the high cost of building hydroelectric plants, but that over the long run they’re cheaper than other forms of generation,” he says.

India Warns Brussels: Scrap EU Emissions Scheme Or Forget Global Climate Talks

An EU scheme that charges airlines for carbon emissions is "a deal-breaker" for global climate change talks, India's environment minister said, hardening her stance on a scheme that has drawn fierce opposition from non-EU governments. India yesterday (11 April) formally barred its airlines from participating having earlier said it would boycott the scheme.

Telegraph Editorial: Clegg’s Green Agenda Will Put Us Out Of Business

One of the main reasons that gas and electricity prices are rising so steeply is the Coalition’s own energy policies. It is time the Chancellor’s view on climate policy prevailed.

Attacks on climate science by former NASA staff shouldn't be taken seriously | Environment | guardian.co.uk

This is a subject which, to be blunt, these 49 individuals clearly don't know the first thing about.

NZ proposes international carbon trading limits | JunkScience.com

Actually Australians are currently looking for ways to stop our government giving our money away to overseas carbon scammers too. How about a limit of um, say, absolutely nothing? Ya gullible dioxycarbophobic schmucks!

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