A Banner Year for Wind Power

According to recent reports taken about the wind power usage in the united states it has shown that we are using more wind power than we ever had and it still seems to be on the rise. 10010 megawatts of wind power was record used in the last year which is a record for the amount of wind power used in the United States. Over the past five years we have advanced our technology in wind power making it so that we are able to get the most out of it as possible. Right now one possible set back to wind power is a shortage of power lines so it would not be able to get the power from the wind turbines to the housing. Our new plan in power would create 300000 megawatts of energy but much would be wasted due to lack of ways to transport it.

I think that it is good that America is tring to find new ways to find energy. We are finding new and better renewable energy sources to fuel America. We just need to hope that it sticks and we dont go back to our old ways

Todd Woddy

April 9,2010

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/a-banner-year-for-wind-power/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Ontario Issues $8 Billion in Renewable Energy Contracts

In Ontario Canada a company has just announced that it will be putting 8 billion dollars into ways to make renewable energy deals. This deal may be great for the environment but it will cost the people around three hundred dollars more in taxes. The Ontario Power Authoirty, the company which is overseeing the program awarded contracts for 100 megawatts of solar and wind projects to a subsidiary of Invenergy LLC a Chicago company. Ontario plans to add more wind farms to around the area they are in to add to there renewable energy. The plan is to make it so Ontario can slowly phase out the use of coal as there energy.

I think that it is good that a whole province in Canada is taking action to help and save the environment. If we are lucky it will catch on to everywhere in Canada and then to the united states. We just need to hope that Canada will stick with there promise.

John Lorinc

April 9, 2010

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/ontario-issues-8-billion-in-clean-energy-contracts/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Heat-Toting Ocean Currents Chugging Along

It was once thought that the heat-toting oceanic currents that at one time were thought to be at rish from human-driven warming of the climate. It has been shown that there has been no slowdown at all through much of the past decades and that there has been no slowndown since the early 1990s. The fear of a slowndown of the circulation will show that an increase in flows of freash water will help melt the ice sheets. Dr. Broeckers 2004 article and online package on the possible contribution of Greenlands ice to such a slowdown explores the complexities and hints that the picture was not simple. They are doing more research to see the currents around the Greenland area.

It is good to know that the currents may not be changing like many people have been prodicting they have been doing. If they did it would not be good for many animals because it would lead to a climate change in many areas of the world. We need to find a way to find out if the currents will change before it is eventually to late.

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/

Andrew C. Revkin

March 25, 2010

E.P.A. to Seek More Data on Emissions

The E.P.A is now think about adding gas and oil sectors to the list of people that need to report their annual emissions amount back to them and to the government.The agency already requires 31 industries which representing 85 percent of the annual production of climate altering gases in the country to track and report emissions. The new rule would also try to track emissions of methane and fluorinated gases, which have a much more powerful impact on the atmosphere than carbon dioxide does. Methane is the primary gas that get released in oil and gas drilling Some petroleum drillers inject carbon dioxide into wells to enhance oil and gas recovery. The E.P.A. wants to know how much carbon dioxide is used in such operations and how much escapes into the atmosphere. This new rule would make it manditory for more organizations to have to report there emissions amount.
I think that it is good that the E.P.A is making it so that more orginizations will have to report there emissions amount and that will make it so that we know how much harmful material is being put into the atmoshpere. This will make it so that we can make them cut back it the atmosphere is getting to bad. Hopefully now the E.P.A will become more harsh on there regulation laws and we will be able to clean the environment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/science/earth/24epa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
John M. Broder
March 23, 2010

Panel Will Review U.N. Climate Work

A group of the worlds top scientist will be reviewing the reasearch and the practices that the United Nations Climate Change panal has come up with. This group of scientist are the top scientist of today and will be able to find and pick out any flaws that are present in the new Chlimate Change panal. In 2007 the panal came under attack when they exaggerated the rate at which glaciers are moving and melting. Robbert H. Dijkgraaf will be the leading scientist who will be doing the research. He says that there job is to make sure that the I.P.C.C will be making quality reports in the future.
It is good that the United Nations are working together to make sure that the information that they are coming up with is good. Now we can not just make up information to how we want it to be because there will be people who are reviewing it. It is good that we can trust the information that we are hearing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/science/earth/11climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
John M. Broder
March 10, 2010

Climate Goal Is Supported by China and India

On Tuesday India and China formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement that was reached in December in Copenhagen. India and China now join the other 100 countries that have already joined this agreement. The change agreement is calling for a 2 degree Celsius change in Earths global temperature. In this agreement there was a call for 100 billion dollars to be spent to help developing countries become more environmentally safe. China and India have both said that they will try to voluntarily cut the amount of green house gases that they use to try and slow down the climate warming.

I think that it is good that more and more countries are trying to become more environmentally safe. When more countries see the bigger countries such as China signing the agreement it may make the smaller countries sign it seeing that it is a good idea. It is good to know the we are trying to do something to save our planet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/science/earth/10climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

John M. Broder

March 9 2010

President Touts His Alternative Fuels Plan

President Obama talked in Washington about plans to switch over to the corn based ethinol fuel and other sources of alternative liquid fuels. The president is trying to expand Americas sources of fuel to a more environmentally safe source and one that will not give out bad emissions that can help lead to global warming. Last week at his State of the Union address he showed his support for nuclear power and also offshore drilling for oil. Obama's goals are both for the environment and also economical. Representatives from all of the biofuel companies like this new proposal because it will give them a chance to try and come up with a new fuel and this will help them make money and also make the world more environmentally safe.
I think that it is good that the government is now stepping up to help the environment. We need to do something to try and stop all of the bad emissions that are leading to global warming. President Obama now just needs to put more money into it so it will be able to happen.

John M. Broder
Febuary 3, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/business/energy-environment/04biofuel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Studies Find Heavy Heating Oil Has Severe Effect on Air Quality

One of the major causes of populted air in New York City was found to be from people heating heavy oil in there boilers. Doing this causes a thick black smoke to pour out and this has a negative effect on the air quality. City officials have decided that they are going to put a regulation on how much oil the city will be able to burn in the up coming years in hope that the air in the city will clean up. In a study of the air they found that there was the highest level of high pollutants in many residentatial and commercial areas where there is oil being burned. It will cost alot to clean up the oil burners but it is something that has to be done.
I think that if it is hurting the air and the environment we should stop burning the oil. It will just keep getting worse and hurting the environment more and more.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/science/earth/01pollute.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
MIREYA NAVARRO
December 31, 2010

Large Oil Spill Reported in China

There was a large oil spill that occured in northwest China close to one of the tributaries of the Yellow River. This spill threatens to reach the Yellow River and contaminat one of Chinas longest and most important source of water. There was a damaged pipeline that was leaking large amounts of diesel oil last Thursday. 40000 gallons of the oil was the estimated amount of oil that leaked from the pipeline. The Yellow River is a source of water for around 140 million Chinese citeizens and the oil spill can sereously threaten all of the people who are provided through the river.
I think that it is bad that the spill occured and that is happened so close to such an important source of water. The government in China should watch over the pipelines closer so this does not happen. They should also no put it so close to a source of water like this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/world/asia/04china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
David Barboza
January 3, 2010