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Finding the Key to Subsidizing Solar Power

March 9, 2010

The International Herald Tribune has an interesting (if embarrassingly headlined–in the print edition, they went all-out for an Icarus reference) look at the boom and bust of the Spanish solar industry today. Basically, in a rush to jumpstart a pioneering solar industry, the Spanish gov offered far too sweet a feed-in tariff for solar investors–a whopping 58 U…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Life on the Endangered Species Waiting List

March 9, 2010

greater sage grouse photo
The greater sage-grouse was deemed to be “warranted but precluded” by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

Though it “warrants” protection under the Endangered Species Act, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said, the greater sage-grouse will not be added to the list at this time. Instead, it would join nearly 300 other species that have been “precluded”—essentially placed on a waiting list—while other priority species are considered.

While the ruling was by no means a total loss for the grouse, it falls far …Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Let’s Not Forget: Even Without CO2, Coal Would Still Be Very Dirty

March 9, 2010

coal ash spill photo
“Orthographic aerial photograph of Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill, in Kingston, Tennessee, taken the day after the event.” Photo: Public domain

CO2 is Important, But Not the Only Thing
David Roberts over at Grist has a great rebuttal of Thom Friedman’s latest column in which he and investor…Read the full story on TreeHugger