Portland Establishes [Plan to Prevent Bad Weather!] - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

The Portland City Council passed a Climate Action Plan last week. The 70-page document establishes 93 action steps, including curbside pickup of compostables and an expansion of the city’s streetcar system, that are to be taken to reach emissions-reduction goals.

Maldives announces windfarm plan to provide 40% of island's electricity | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The 30-turbine proposed windfarm, close to the capital Malé, will deliver 75 megawatts of electricity at full capacity, enough to provide electricity for the whole of the capital, the international airport and the surrounding resorts. Excess power will be used to run desalination plants that will produce bottled drinking water from the sea.
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Mark Lynas, the British climate change expert who helped the Maldives develop its draft programme for carbon neutrality, welcomed the windfarm proposal
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A new gas turbine power station will provide back-up power when conditions are too calm for wind generation.

Mark Lynas: Information from Answers.com

Mark Lynas (born 1973) is a British author, journalist and environmental activist who focuses on climate change.

Climate [hoax] deal must acknowledge Russia's forests: Putin (AFP)

MOSCOW (AFP) - The global warming pact to be agreed next month in Copenhagen must take into account the carbon dioxide absorption potential of Russia's sprawling forests, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday.