Job Losses From Obama Green Stimulus Foreseen in Spanish Study - Bloomberg.com

March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Subsidizing renewable energy in the U.S. may destroy two jobs for every one created if Spain’s experience with windmills and solar farms is any guide.

For every new position that depends on energy price supports, at least 2.2 jobs in other industries will disappear, according to a study from King Juan Carlos University in Madrid.

Wind Watch: Wind turbines will change Cohasset

The Cohasset Planning Board will soon render its decision whether to approve or deny Plymouth-based CCI-Energy their application for a permit to site New England’s two largest wind turbines on Cohasset Heights, the most elevated point in our still beautiful town.

Lacy underwear secret tool of polar expedition [PR effort] - Telegraph

Speaking from the Arctic via satellite phone, he said: "It an entirely genuine situation. If you can get gossamer thin material and attach it your ski pole it is particularly useful for this project because we can cannot use the compass as we are so close to magnetic north and it is too cold to use the GPS.
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Mr Hadow and his team are having to take a route that has never been taken before so they can get the best readings for scientists. They were also forced to leave during the winter, when there are few daylight hours, before the ice has melted further.

This has made it a particularly gruelling trip. The team has walked through rubble fields, over thinning ice and had to evacuate camp after the ice broke up around them. Mr Hadow said he is having to spend up to three hours in temperatures of -40 degrees Celsius and below to drill down and measure the ice after hard days trekking.
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The results of the Catlin expedition, which is supported by WWF and Prince Charles, will be fed to scientists and used to inform an international deal on climate change at the end of this year.

When it's -40 and too cold to use the GPS, how fast is the ice "thinning"?