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Worth an article – my August 2010 tweets

gama — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:32:05 +0000

I have been committed since January 2007 to bring you each month a selection of the latest headlines and best researches on sustainable development, climate change and the world energy sector. However, I don’t blog as much as I would like to and generally write around 25 posts per month. But many more news are worth [...]

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Egypt to build its first nuclear reactor

gama — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:40:06 +0000

To the AFP : ” Egypt announced on Wednesday it would build its planned nuclear powerplant on the Mediterranean coast of el-Dabaa which it hopes will start production in 2019, the state news agency MENA reported. “ ” Egypt has already used several foreign companies as consultants, including Areva and Westinghouse Electric Co. (this) plant [...]

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An awful situation in Pakistan

gama — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:38:10 +0000

It seems that Pakistan is a victim of what I called global weirding earlier this month. Indeed, to the Financial Times the country is suffering from both massive floods and dramatic droughts. To many news sources up to 20 million people have been affected by the floods. To the local government quoted by the United [...]

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America could be coal-free by 2030

gama — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:47:28 +0000

This isn’t surprising as I already noted that America could cut its coal consumption by 62 % by 2020 just by increasing its energy efficiency. Now comes a new study that shows that the USA could be completely coal-free by 2030. If it can be done in America, it sure can be done in the European [...]

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IEA to France: increase electricity prices and competition

gama — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:32:01 +0000

After a long break I am finally back to writing for CleanTechies. The occasion was given by the International Energy Agency as it released on Monday its latest country report on France. As I wrote there : Although France has not been immune to the global economic downturn, the climate change plan known as the [...]

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Europe must cut its CO2 emissions by 30 percent

gama — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:36:52 +0000

This is the message published today in three leading European newspapers by the Environment Ministers of the United Kingdom, Germany and France, respectively Mr. Chris Huhne, Dr Norbert Röttgen and Mr. Jean-Louis Borloo. This bold call for action changes from the traditional European Union’s message which clings to cutting emissions by 20 percent by 2020. [...]

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Vietnam, Bulgaria and Kuwait to build nuclear reactors

gama — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:36:02 +0000

According to the Wall Street Journal “ Vietnam plans to have 13 nuclear reactors online by 2030, with a combined capacity of 15 gigawatts, the government said Wednesday. “ ” Nuclear power will account for 10% of the country’s total generation capacity, the government said on its website, citing a nuclear-power development plan recently approved by [...]

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90% more efficient air conditioning

gama — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:33:35 +0000

As the world is heating up because of global warming we need more air conditioning systems. This is why the latest invention from the U.S. National renewable Energy Laboratory may change the world.
Indeed, to the MIT Technology Review, the NREL have created ” a new air-conditioner design that (…) will dramatically increase efficiency and eliminate gases [...]

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90% more efficient air conditioning

gama — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:33:35 +0000

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Africa’s Great Green Wall

gama — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:37:21 +0000

I once wrote that China planted a great green wall to stop desertification. It seems some African nations are willing to follow this example in order to stop the Sahara from going South.
Indeed to the BBC : “The Great Green Wall project is backed by the African Union and is aimed at halting the advancing [...]

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