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Canada: Alberta NDP rise to power raises hopes renewable energy
2015-05-11 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: "For six or seven years, the previous government had white papers and round tables," said Kent Brown, president of Calgary-based developer BluEarth Renewables Inc. "We were caught in the uncertainty and lack of decision making. The new government has a great opportunity to make some decisions now." Mr. Brown said his firm has wind and solar projects on the drawing board in Alberta, and with the "right signals" from the new government, they may go ahead. The NDP election platform included several...
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Gov't urged to tap Benham Rise as new gas field
2015-05-10 07:37:09| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
BALER, Aurora Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara has asked the national government to study the possibility of tapping new gas fields such as Benham Rise as replacement for the Malampaya deepwater gas-to-power project in offshore Palawan. "We should push through with the exploration of Benham Rise.
New records highlight global warming's continued rise
2015-05-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: New climate change records have come along to remind us that Earth's thermostat is steadily pushing upward. More exactly, there are two global high temperature records and a smattering of climate change low points. March 2015 was the warmest March since record-keeping began in 1880, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. And the first quarter of 2015 was the warmest first quarter on record in those same 136 years. That gives 2015 a stab at trumping the hottest year on...
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Connecticut based company says 'smart homes' on the rise
2015-05-09 12:12:59| Electronics - Topix.net
Phil de Terlizzi likens today's rapid proliferation of smartphone apps to the widespread use of remote controls for TVs and cable boxes that still clutter many coffee tables more than 65 years after the first ones hit the market. As consumers have an increasingly bewildering number of choices of "smart" devices for the home, they are faced with a fundamental decision- install them on a do-it-yourself basis and deal with the challenges of integrating them, or hire an installer offering a holistic system like Control4, Crestron, Savant or AMX, the latter owned by Stamford-based Harman International Industries.
New temperature records highlight global warming's continued rise
2015-05-09 09:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: New climate change records have come along to remind us that Earths thermostat is steadily pushing upward. More exactly, there are two global high temperature records and a smattering of climate change low points. March 2015 was the warmest March since record-keeping began in 1880, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. And the first quarter of 2015 was the warmest first quarter on record in those same 136 years. That gives 2015 a stab at trumping the hottest year on...
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