BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- An odd mix of environmental leaders, academics and farmers met here this month to exchange ideas about a little-known philosophy called "slow living." Its followers believe that investing in local communities and food systems helps people lead slower, more fulfilling lives -- and it may also be an important tool in combating climate change.
Renewable energy attracted a historic level of investment in 2011, with solar surging past wind to become the green energy technology of choice in 2011. At the same time, rapid growth and fierce competition within the renewable sector have compressed prices and led to overcapacity, driving down producers' margins. Those trends were among the findings of two key energy market reports released today.
Bobby St. John is leading a tour of catacombs carved into a salt formation by the Department of Energy when his helmet lamp shines on the last thing you'd expect in one of the Earth's driest places: water. (Greenwire, )
The House on Friday voted 315-108 in favor of a $638.4 billion 2014 defense policy bill that would repeal a 2007 ban on the government purchase of carbon-intensive fuels and restrict the military's biofuels program. (E&ENews PM, )
Climate scientist James Hansen -- now retired and free from the constraints of his role at NASA -- on Thursday promoted a carbon tax as the most effective way to curb GHGs. (Greenwire, )
Will he change your mind about nuclear power? (ClimateWire, )
2012, which included severe drought and Superstorm Sandy, was the second-costliest year in natural disaster damages since 1980, government officials said Thursday. (Greenwire, )
President Obama has told donors in recent weeks that he intends to release climate change proposals next month. (Greenwire, )
