A worldwide coalition gradually formed that forged, essentially, to sign an agreement to make another agreement—but it is progress
Only Five Years Left to Make Transition to Low-Carbon Infrastructure
The world could soon be “locked-in” to dangerous climate change, IEA warns
Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies May Be the Way to Jumpstart Climate Finance
Also in this week’s Climate Post, a grim energy forecast from the Energy Information Administration, and the growth of China’s environmental movement
The Climate Post: China Aims to Become Solar Powerhouse With New Subsidies
Many richer countries, meanwhile, have cut back solar subsidies—and more cuts may be on the way
Renewables investment up in 2010—but mainly because of China
The ailing economy has taken its toll on renewables investment in the U.S. and Europe—so what does the future hold?
The Climate Post: Ethanol Tax Breaks Survive, but Vote May Have “Broken the Dam”
Oil prices threaten pushing the economy into a “double-dip recession,” says the International Energy Agency, and why the loss the sunspots won’t lead to a new “little ice age”
The Climate Post: OPEC Discord May Be “the Beginning of the End” of the Oil Cartel
General Motors’ CEO calls for higher gas taxes to push people to more efficient cars, and MIT researchers develop “Cambridge crude” to give electric cars more flexibility
The Climate Post: Trace radiation isn’t the only global fallout from Fukushima
Emissions battles have their day in court, and pain at the pump continues, and the world’s biggest spam network is taken out—sparing the planet some emissions
The Climate Post: While Congress debates climate science, China and Europe move ahead
China admits it’s facing limits to its growth, while Spain faces limits to speed on its highways, as a gas-saving measure
Read: “Chinese Transportation Growth”
Can China keep up its astronomical rates of growth? Seems impossible—but no one expected their continuing growth over the past 25 years
