For EV drivers, it's 'no charge' | MailTribune.com

Both sites will have level-two chargers, meaning it will take three to four hours to charge a car whose electricity has been reduced to zero.

ECOtality, a San Francisco-based transportation development firm, has signed an agreement with the city to install the two electric car charging stations. No date has been set for installation.

The firm has received $120 million in grant money by the U.S. Department of Energy to manage a three-year electric vehicle project, plus another $110 million from partners in the project. ECOtality is installing 14,000 chargers in six states and the District of Columbia by the end of this year.

Oil sands pipeline battle turns ugly | Environment | guardian.co.uk

In an open letter defending a controversial project, Canada's natural resources minister accuses a pipeline's opponents of colluding with 'radicals' and 'jet-setting celebrities'

Twitter / @PeterGleick: "@jaimejennings76: strange ...

"@jaimejennings76: strange weather... shorts on Saturday, snow gear today...what next? #climatechange"? Yes: strange is the new normal

The New Nostradamus of the North: No bright future for "green" jobs in Germany

The German government´s dream about hundreds of  thousands of "green" jobs has been - and will remain - just a dream. Since chancellor Angela Merkel in March announced an about-turn in energy policy by deciding to switch off Germany's eight oldest nuclear reactors and to close by 2022 nine others currently online, job loss announcements have kept on coming.

EON, the biggest power supplier, is planning to cut 11,000 jobs worldwide, and its rival RWE will shed 8,000 jobs.  And the German solar energy industry is in dire straits because of foreign (mainly Chinese) competition and a government decision to reduce subsidies.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper predicts less 21st century warming than IPCC

A paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters predicts less 21st century 'greenhouse' warming than the IPCC [transient climate response of 1.3-1.8C with a midpoint of 1.5C vs. IPCC's 1-3C with a midpoint of 2C].