Materials science breakthroughs in wind turbine blade technology could drive down the costs of building wind farms and help put the renewable energy technology on a stronger economic footing to compete with coal- and natural-gas-fired electricity.
LONDON -- They've been blamed by denizens of some local communities for migraines, tinnitus, heart attacks and hearing loss. Their presence on the landscape has been likened to an alien invasion. Are they really from outer space? Hardly. They're the wind turbines sprouting up like daffodils around the United Kingdom. But for some U.K. ministers, they're about as welcome as nettles.
Americans are more aware of climate change than the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, according to a new poll released yesterday by Yale and George Mason universities. (Greenwire, )
The White House yesterday threatened to veto the latest version of House legislation designed to fast-track the controversial Keystone XL pipeline between Canada's oil sands and Gulf Coast refineries. (E&ENews PM, )
Senate Democrats pride themselves on being on the side of science on global warming issues. But in their rush to link Monday's Oklahoma tornado with man-made climate change, Sens. Barbara Boxer and Sheldon Whitehouse might have overstated the state of climate change research. (E&ENews PM, )
A desperate attempt at rescue. (ClimateWire, )
Southern Co. subsidiary Mississippi Power on Monday said it was replacing its CEO amid steep cost overruns at its signature carbon capture and sequestration project. (Greenwire, )
California must expedite approval of water sales to protect agriculture during what's expected to be a dry summer and fall, Gov. Jerry Brown said in an executive order Monday. (Greenwire, )
