Plan to use Aboriginal land as a nuclear waste dump is flawed and misguided Radioactive waste management is difficult, but secretive deals made without Aboriginal Traditional Owners’ full consent are even more worrying. A transparent debate is needed Share 409 inShare1 Email Dave Sweeney theguardian.com, Wednesday 31 July 2013 10.01 AEST Jump to comments (88) Continue Reading →
EMISSIONS: Is natural gas more climate-friendly? Researchers map thousands of leaks in Washington, D.C. Stephanie Paige Ogburn, E&E reporter ClimateWire: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 resize text Resize Text Email  Email Print  Print First of a three-part series. Bob Ackley may be the only person who has driven up and down every single street — 1,500 miles total Continue Reading →
26 Comments 31 Jul 2013 7:05 AM Share on pocket Share on reddit Share on stumbleupon Share on email Share on print Why the Peak Oilers are still right By Richard Heinberg The piece is excerpted from the new book Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future. ShutterstockWe’re running low on Continue Reading →
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How Did Earth’s Primitive Chemistry Get Kick Started? July 30, 2013 — How did life on Earth get started? Three new papers co-authored by Mike Russell, a research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., strengthen the case that Earth’s first life began at alkaline hydrothermal vents at the bottom of oceans. Scientists are Continue Reading →
Planetary ‘Runaway Greenhouse’ More Easily Triggered, Research Shows July 30, 2013 — It might be easier than previously thought for a planet to overheat into the scorchingly uninhabitable “runaway greenhouse” stage, according to new research by astronomers at the University of Washington and the University of Victoria published July 28 in the journal Nature Geoscience. Continue Reading →