Global Warming and Energy

Energy [R]evolution

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:54:06 GMT

The newly released Greenpeace report, Energy [R]evolution: A Sustainable U.S.A. Energy Outlook, details how the United States can cut greenhouse gas emissions to the levels we must reach in order to prevent the worst effects of global warming and simultaneously build a sustainable economy. With the new Obama administration and the new Congress making good on their campaign promises to tackle the global climate crisis, there is new hope that America will once again be a world leader in building a global clean energy economy. The best way to lead, of course, is to lead by example. The Energy [R]evolution U.S. scenario provides a blueprint for how the U.S. can cut current C02 emissions levels some 23% by 2020 and 85% by 2050 by using energy more efficiently and increasing renewable energy generating capacity.

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Coal

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:20:50 GMT

Coal is America's largest source of global warming pollution. We need to quit coal to save the climate!

Break the Addiction

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:18:04 GMT

Green Finance Initiative - Guess Who?

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:40:51 GMT

The two reports below demonstrate the sea change that has occurred in the world of finance. Global warming is going to cost a lot of money, and the more we put off this financial reckoning the greater the chance that we will not be able to afford the changes or that the changes will not happen fast enough to keep CO2 under 550 ppm (the amount the IPCC says will cause devastating and irreversible consequences). And the big money agrees with this assessment.

Citi, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:15:29 GMT

T. Boone Pickens

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:04:45 GMT

Green Finance Initiative

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:59:07 GMT

Most business leaders now agree that capital investment needs to be transformed to address climate change.

UN Climate conference

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:40:55 GMT

Bali can't be "just another meeting". Global warming is now a global emergency. Governments must ensure there's route map to agreeing deep cuts in global greenhouse emissions. The challenges are to divert the energy juggernaut towards clean energy and to stop felling the world's forests for commodities such as palm oil.

Wind Power

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:12:17 GMT

We all know by now that fossil fuels contribute to pollution and global warming. So now that we have clean alternatives like wind power, it’s time to flip the switch.

Greenpeace Support's Cape Wind, America's First Offshore Wind Farm

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:11:51 GMT

Offshore wind offers an immediate, clean, safe and effective answer to both global warming and energy security. By its very nature wind is indigenous and limitless. It is a completely safe and resilient energy supply, not dependent on uncertain fuel supplies or rising energy prices. Given the stark urgency of global warming, Greenpeace believes that the presumption should always be in favor of renewable energy projects, unless there is specific evidence of environmental harm. The November 2004 draft environmental impact statement (DIES) has identified no such harms from the Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound and we give the project our full support.

In Support of Cape Wind

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:10:16 GMT

Cape Wind Ad

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:08:40 GMT

The nation is watching as Senator Kennedy and Representative Delahunt continue to oppose Cape Wind, America's first off shore wind farm and a project that over 80% of Massachusetts residents support. This project will reduce global warming pollution and create jobs in Massachusetts. It's obvious by opposing Cape Wind, Senator Kennedy and Representative Delahunt aren't serious about addressing global warming and energy independence.

Cape Wind

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:08:03 GMT

The winds of change are blowing through the United States, starting in Massachusetts. For too long, acid rain has showered your shores and beaches, and residents of the Cape and Islands have inhaled toxic air from dirty power plants.

FAQs

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:07:10 GMT

Get the Facts About Wind

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:06:26 GMT

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Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:06:20 GMT

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