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(Source: Climate Progress - References: Sierra Club Compass) Human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases have risen so rapidly that they now overwhelm any plausible decrease in solar activity.  Indeed, a paper from last June found that even if the Sun goes into “Hibernation” it won’t stop

(Source: National Biodiesel News - References: Domestic Fuel) From a biodiesel-powered record-setting pickup truck and a custom built chopper from New York to presentations by some of the country's foremost experts in the energy industry and sustainability, the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo beckons

(Source: Alternative Energy) Filed under: Energy News

(Source: MSNBC.com: Environment - References: MSNBC.com: Environment,Climate Progress) Environmental groups on Thursday sued an oil company over the pace of its cleanup of a Gulf of Mexico spill that continues seven years after it was triggered by Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

(Source: ScienceDaily: Energy Technology News) Consistent appraisals of real estate outfitted with photovoltaic installations are a challenge for the nation's real estate industry, but a new tool addresses that issue.

(Source: Alternative Energy) Filed under: Energy News

(Source: Alternative Energy) Filed under: Energy News

(Source: Climate Progress - References: Gil Friend) U.S. Heat Records Demolish Cold Records 13th Month in a Row; January Ending With Incredible Ratio of 27.5 to 1 in Lower 48 For reasons that no major U.S. news outlet can apparently explain, it has been really, really warm in the middle of winter

(Source: Alternative Energy) Filed under: Energy News

(Source: Alternative Energy) Filed under: Energy News

(Source: TreeHugger - References: Sierra Club Compass) In Broome County, New York it's the Battle of the Signs. "Everyone's got either a 'Friends of Natural Gas' sign or a 'No Fracking' sign on their lawn," he says. "And the industry hasn't even gotten to our area yet."

(Source: Prometheus Institute - References: The Oil Drum) Energy futurist Chris Nelder reviews some recent press on peak oil, and tries to set the record straight about what it means, and why some in the press still get it wrong.

(Source: Earth2Tech) One of the most obvious trends from the big smart grid conference DistribuTECH last week was how much analytics and big data tools will be used to try to remake energy in 2012, from curbing energy consumption, to reducing energy loss, to adding in

(Source: MSNBC.com: Environment - References: MSNBC.com: Environment) A group best known for fighting off whalers has joined federal investigators looking into the recent killings of sea lions near Seattle, offering a $10,000 reward.

(Source: MSNBC.com: Environment - References: MSNBC.com: Environment) Aiming to pressure two of the largest U.S. producers of pork, one of them a Walmart supplier, into changing how they treat pigs, the U.S. Humane Society on Tuesday said it had staged undercover operations that revealed atrocious conditions.

(Source: Forbes Market News - References: PickensPlan) By Robert Stammers, CFA Director, Investor Education

(Source: New Scientist - References: The Oil Drum) As energy demand grows, even alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and nuclear fusion could begin to affect the climate. Anil Ananthaswamy reports

(Source: New Scientist - References: The Oil Drum) Advocacy group says that NOAA scientist "lowballed" how much oil was leaking during the Deepwater Horizon disaster, against colleagues' opinion

(Source: Watts Up With That?) Burt Rutan writes in via email about an exchange he had with the proprietor of the website Scholars and Rogues, Brian Angliss. Burt writes: I recently read a treatise showing that CAGW theory is a fraud. I thought it was … Continue reading

(Source: Climate Progress) A lot of folks have asked me to debunk the recent anti-truthful Wall Street Journal article with the counterfactual headline, “No Need to Panic About Global Warming.”  I’ll combine my debunking with the rapidly growing list of