Copenhagen climate conference doomed by 'arrogance' | The Australian

LONDON: The "arrogance" of rich countries at the Copenhagen climate summit in December contributed to the negotiations' "disappointing" outcome, a leading economist says.

Nicholas Stern, a Briton who wrote an influential 2006 report on the cost of tackling global warming, said yesterday the US and European Union nations failed to properly understand concerns of poorer countries.

Aluminum Maker Eyes Solar Industry - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Aluminum manufacturing, however, is the nation’s most energy-intensive industry, according to the Energy Department. Mr. Kerns said Alcoa had not performed a life-cycle analysis of the total energy costs and benefits of deploying such parabolic troughs, but noted that the company planned to use recycled materials to make the solar collectors.