Tag: News
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NY Times’ Climate Coverage Suffers After Dissolving Environmental Team and Green Blog
By Laura Santhanam The New York Times has produced less environmental news coverage overall since dismantling its reporting team and blog devoted to this issue area earlier this year, the newspaper’s public editor said. [caption id="attachment_313491" align="alignnone" width="500"] The New York Times axed its Green blog in early 2013, citing low readership.[/caption] In her Nov. 23 column, New…
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Protestors Shine Light on Trans-Pacific Partnership’s Secret Corporate Coup
By James Trimarco When negotiators from the 12 countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership gathered last week in Salt Lake City, UT, they were met by the TPP Welcoming Committee, a coalition of environmental, social justice and labor groups who did their best to show that there is opposition to the deal in the U.S. [caption…
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SolarWorld AG Acquires Cell and Module Production of Bosch Solar Energy
The European solar technology manufacturer SolarWorld AG announces the acquisition of the cell and module production of Bosch Solar Energy in Arnstadt in the German federal state of Thuringia. This means that around 800 jobs will be preserved and secured […] — Solar Builder magazine
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U.S. Methane Emissions 50 Percent Higher Than EPA Estimates
Emissions of methane from fossil fuel extraction and refining activities in the South Central U.S. are nearly five times higher than previous estimates, according to researchers at Harvard University and seven other institutions. Their study, published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), also suggests that the contribution from livestock operations…
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New Keystone XL Report Calls Pipeline A Mirage for Tar Sands Investors
New research from the Carbon Tracker Initiative reveals approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline would only have a marginal positive impact of the economics of the Canadian oil-sands industry, but could trigger a rush of investment into additional risky high-cost, high-carbon projects, dependent on rising oil prices. The report, Keystone XL Pipeline: A Potential…