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Australia: Farmers feel the heat as drought advances

2014-02-04 14:40:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sydney Morning Herald: "The burning heat has just scorched everything off right back to the ground and then these hot winds have just blown it all away": Rod Barnes. Photo: Paul Mathews Sydney has recorded its lowest summer rainfall to date in more than 70 years, as the state swelters through its driest January in more than a decade. Since December, the city has had just 48.4 millimetres of rain, a little more than a quarter of the usual amount, and the lowest since 1941-42, said Acacia Pepler, a climatologist at the...

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European research project AdaptIVe targeting advances in automated driving technologies

2014-02-03 12:30:23| Green Car Congress

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House committee advances bill to curb EPA power plant rules

2014-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced legislation Jan. 28 that would restrict the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to complete greenhouse gas emission regulations for power plants. The committee also approved a bill that would promote energy efficiency in commercial buildings. The Electricity Security and Affordability Act (H.R. 3826), sponsored by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) to limit EPA's rulemaking authority on greenhouse gases, advanced on a 29-19 committee vote. The Better...

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New Jersey Bill to Notify Firefighters of Solar Panels Advances to Christie

2014-01-31 17:02:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance

The New Jersey Senate has given final legislative approval to Senator Anthony Buccos legislation to require an emblem be placed in the front of all structures, except for one- or two-family residential buildings, served by rooftop or adjacent solar energy systems. read more

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