China’s new national photovoltaics capacity goal: 70,000 megawatts of installed panels by 2017, up from 18,300 megawatts at the end of 2013.
China’s solar panel production to double by 2017
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The swinging pendulum of population policy in Iran
In just one generation, Iran accomplished a demographic transition that took Western Europe centuries to achieve. The safest path for Teheran is to continue to move toward population stability.
China leads world to solar power record in 2013
With 18,300 megawatts, China now trails only Germany (at 36,000 megawatts) in overall capacity.
Denmark, Portugal, and Spain leading the world in wind power
Germany and the United Kingdom both have enough potential wind generating capacity to be 100% wind-powered.
A global picture of the downfall of the plastic bag
Worldwide, a trillion single-use plastic bags are used each year, nearly 2 million each minute.
Plastic bag bans spreading in the U.S.
In their less than 60 years of existence, plastic bags have had far-reaching effects. Enforcing legislation to limit their use challenges the throwaway consumerism that has become pervasive in a world of artificially cheap energy.
World wind power poised to bounce back after slowing in 2013
Roughly half of the total will be built in China and the U.S. This is good news for the wind business, for electricity consumers, and for people who value cleaner air and water.
Generation gap: Wind opens big lead over nuclear in China
As wind power opens up an even greater lead over nuclear, it is showing the potential to emerge as the safe, scalable, water-sparing backbone of a low-carbon Chinese energy economy.
Thirty-seven consecutive years of above-average temperature
Fully 4 billion people alive today have never experienced a year that was cooler than last century’s average, begging the question of what is now “normal” with respect to the climate.
Arctic sea ice free fall is mirror image of carbon dioxide ascent
Melting snow and ice around the world, including Arctic sea ice, is changing the face of the planet as we know it.
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