February 10, 2010: NOAA To Create Climate Service
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is creating a climate office - similar to the National Weather Service - that will collect and distribute climate data in an effort to mitigate climate change-related problems.
The United Nations has so far received greenhouse gas-cutting pledges from 55 nations around the world, which will take effect when the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
Grist lists 10 political races that are likely to have a strong green focus this year.
Noting that a recent New York Times piece on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change fails to quote a single climate scientist, ClimateProgress calls the article “an echo-chamber for the climate disinformation movement.”
Luxury plug-in hybrid company Fisker Automotive is moving its Detroit-based operations to its headquarter city of Irvine, Calif.
Fisker will debut its Karma sports car at the Chicago Auto Show, and Ford will introduce an all-electric connection van.
Portable solar chargers are increasingly used to bring power to off-the-grid locations.
Local Green: A major Good Energies investment is helping Massachusetts-based clean energy and design company Nexamp take on major expansions.
A new Abell Foundation report says offshore wind could supply Maryland with two-thirds of its current energy needs.
–Christopher Greenspan
Photo courtesy of the Experimental Climate Prediction Center
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