IEA: Tracking Clean Energy Progress, 2015

Input document for the “Clean Energy Ministerial” prepared by the IEA. Key Findings Market viability of some clean energy technologies is progressing, but the overall rate of deployment falls short of achieving the ETP 2°C Scenario (2DS). The cost gap between electricity generated from renewables and that from fossil fuels…

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California Gov. Jerry Brown issues tougher Climate Change goals

Today, after several actions related to California’s water crisis, Gov. Jerry Brown issued an Executive Order enacting the strictest climate change targets of any North America territory.  The new goals are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.  California is on target to reach the existing goal…

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Extreme weather, climate change, and the Oso WA landslide

Over the weekend a big landslide struck Oso, WA, located on the Stillaguamish River about an hour north of Seattle.  It’s a tragedy of large order, with several already confirmed dead, reports from emergency workers saying it’s worse than has yet been reported, whole neighborhoods wiped out, etc.  I’ll pop in…

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Scientists find four new man-made gases that harm ozone layer

A team of scientists from University of East Anglia in England have found four new man-made chemicals that harm the ozone layer, according to a paper published on Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience. The findings identify three new CFC’s and one new HCFC (Hydrochlorofluorocarbons). The scientists analyzed samples collected…

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