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California announces specifics of greenhouse-gas reduction plans
On Thursday, California state regulators released specific plans to reduce California’s greenhouse-gas emissions 10 percent from today’s levels by 2020, the first phase of a scheme to reduce emissions 80 percent by 2050. The bulk of the outlined reductions are designed to come from programs the state has already begun work on, but have been […]
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Snippets from the news
• Hawaii will require solar water heaters in new homes. • Solar-power demand too much for New Jersey. • Greenpeace ranks electronics manufacturers. • Brazil seizes livestock to protect rainforest. • Nearly 50 percent of Republicans doubt earth is getting warmer. • International Whaling Commission delays decisions.
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Global energy demand will grow 50 percent by 2030, says EIA
The world isn’t going to kick its energy-sucking habits anytime soon, the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicted Wednesday. By 2030, global energy demand will grow 50 percent, says the EIA report, mostly in China and other developing countries. Some 124 new nuclear plants will be built worldwide by 2030, and natural gas will be in […]
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California license plates will go without Wyland whale tail
Some 126,000 California license plates sport a whale tail designed by artist Robert Wyland, but the famed marine muralist is now withdrawing his permission for the state to use the art. A few months ago, Wyland asked the California Coastal Commission to donate 20 percent of profits from the plate to his ocean-conservation group. The […]
