Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. / by Ruud Kempener, Laura Diaz Anadon and Jose Condor Tarco http://tinyurl.com/247sswm New Harvard Kennedy School research finds that energy research, development, and demonstration (ERD&D) funding by governments and 100 percent government-owned enterprises in six major emerging economies appears larger than government spending on ERD&D in most industrialized countries … Continue reading »
Posted on December 16, 2010 …
The Annual Energy Outlook 2011 Early Release Overview
Energy Information Administration, US Dept. of Energy http://www.eia.doe.gov/forecasts/aeo/ [DotEarth analysis by Andrew Revkin] [From press release] Reference case released today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) presents updated projections for U.S. energy markets through 2035. These Reference case projections do not include the effects of potential future policies that have not yet become law. … Continue reading »
Climate Change Correlates with Rapid Delays and Advancements in Reproductive Timing in an Amphibian Community
Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (Published online before print December 15, 2010, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1768 ) / by Brian D. Todd, David E. Scott, Joseph H. K. Pechmann and J. Whitfield Gibbons (open access article) http://tinyurl.com/2arozqg [Abstract] Climate change has had a significant impact globally on the timing of ecological events such as reproduction and … Continue reading »
Environmental and Health Impacts of Canada’s Oil Sands Industry
Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel http://www.rsc-src.ca/expertpanels_reports.php [From Nature.com News] A panel of top Canadian scientists has scrutinized research on the health and environmental effects of oil-sands development in northern Alberta, and found exaggerated claims for its impact on health. It has also identified weakness in monitoring and inadequate evidence to support some remediation technologies … Continue reading »
