Eurostat http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-10-043/EN/KS-SF-10-043-EN.PDF [Yale Environment 360] The use of renewable sources of energy in Europe continues to grow at a brisk pace and energy efficiency also is improving, significantly reducing reliance on coal and natural gas, according to a new report. In 2009, renewable energy accounted for 18.4 percent of the European Union’s primary energy production, … Continue reading »
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New to DOE Website: Historical/Selected Significant U.S. Energy Disruptions (Including Hurricane Earl)
US DOE, Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.gov/special/disruptions/ [Energy Blog, comments by Richard Newell, Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ]The Hurricane Earl web page is part of a new energy disruptions section of the EIA website that includes links to information on past disruptions and a newly updated Gulf of Mexico Fact Sheet. The … Continue reading »
Dams in Amazonia
International Rivers and Fundación PROTEGER http://www.dams-info.org/en [Yale Environment 360] A new online database maps more than 140 dams being built or planned in the Amazon basin and documents the impacts these projects are likely to have on human communities and the environment. Using official information from governments and companies, the Argentina-based Fundación PROTEGER and the … Continue reading »
Africa Up for Grabs: The Scale and Impact of Land Grabbing for Agrofuels
Friends of the Earth Europe and Friends of the Earth Africa http://e360.yale.edu/images/digest/FoEE_Africa_up_for_grabs_2010.pdf [Yale Environment 360] European renewable energy targets are driving widespread conversion of African lands for agrofuels, threatening to exacerbate hunger in poor regions and increase carbon emissions across the continent, according to a new report. National governments and private companies are increasingly acquiring … Continue reading »
Virginia Special Places in Peril: Jamestown, Chincoteague, and Shenandoah Threatened by Climate Disruption
Natural Resources Defense Council and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization http://www.rockymountainclimate.org/programs_10.htm On September 1, 2010, RMCO and Natural Resources Defense Council released Virginia Special Places in Peril: Jamestown, Chincoteague, and Shenandoah Threatened by Climate Disruption. The profile details how human-caused climate change threatens Jamestown, the first permanent European settlement in what became the American colonies … Continue reading »
EIA Special Report: Gulf of Mexico Fact Sheet
US DOE, Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.gov/special/gulf_of_mexico/?featureclicked=1 This fact sheet contains current annual production data for oil and natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane season outlook, and the current tropical weather outlook from the National Hurricane Center.
