US ENERGY INFORMATION ADMIN. SEPT 2010 Overview Nuclear power has been presented as providing net environmental benefits. Specifically, nuclear power makes no contribution to global warming through the emission of carbon dioxide. Nuclear power also produces no notable sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, or particulates. When nuclear power is produced, nothing is burned in a conventional [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2010’
World’s largest offshore wind farm opens in Kent
AFP 23 Sept 2010 The 380ft (115m) turbines are spaced out over an area of more than 22 square miles (35 square km) LONDON — The world’s largest offshore wind farm was officially opened off the east Kent coast on Thursday, a forest of turbines that aims to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions. The site [...]
We should explore the use of offshore wave and tidal power
SCMP letter from readers 22 sept 2010 The Environmental Protection Department issued a target of slashing carbon emissions in Hong Kong by up to 33 per cent in a decade, while positive action is awaited on mandating the city’s air quality standards. Some green groups quoted by the South China Morning Post(SEHK: 0583, announcements, news) (not Clear the Air) [...]
Lawsuit asks if science was manipulated in oil spill estimates
Last posted: September 17, 2010 Source: McClatchy An environmental whistleblower group charges in a lawsuit that the Obama administration is withholding documents that would reveal why it issued an estimate on the gravity of the Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout that later was proved to be far too low. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility [...]
Letter from Clear The Air to SCMP
13 Sept. 2010 Dear Mr Lee Hong Kong Government’s EPA issued a target of slashing local carbon emissions by up to 33 per cent in a decade whilst positive action is awaited on mandating the city’s Air Quality Standards . Green Groups quoted by SCMP (not Clear the Air) commented that increased nuclear imports proposed [...]
33pc cut in carbon emissions proposed- Government aims high in climate-change fight
South China Morning Post — 11 Sept. 2010 Hong Kong has been given a target of slashing its carbon emissions by up to 33 per cent in a decade. The target forms part of long-awaited government proposals, released yesterday, that drew swift criticism for being too timid and taking the wrong tack. Up for public [...]