Churches deliver a jolt of energy to Michigan renewables measure — The Daily Climate

DETROIT – A renewable energy initiative on Michigan's ballot is finding support in an unlikely place – churches.

"As a pastor, I look at the call in the first book of Genesis, to care for the Earth, and to the gospels' call to love thy neighbor," said the Rev. Terry Gallagher, a pastor at Sacred Conversation in Trenton, Mich. "If we don't change energy paths, we're dooming the future of the Earth."

Temperature Target May Doom Climate Talks, Study Says | Climate Central

By focusing on the 2°C goal, negotiators inadvertently guaranteed that their efforts would fail, because there’s no hard evidence that any specific temperature target marks a dangerous threshold, with clear consequences for crossing it

Battle brews over Navy solar plan at historic Pearl Harbor site - latimes.com

Opponents say the project would dishonor those who died there on Dec. 7, 1941, and alter the character of the island by giving the historic setting more of an industrial feel.

Study finds little environmental impact from oil sands - The Globe and Mail

In other words, toxins well downstream of the oil sands come from the environment, not big steel stacks – a finding that suggests the industrial impact on the environment is largely local, rather than broadly regional.

DULLES, Va.: North American Shale Gas Resources Estimated at 3.3 Quadrillion Cubic Feet (Qcf), NGI Reports | Business Wire | Rock Hill Herald Online

DULLES, Va. — Separate studies released in the last week by two respected Canadian firms, one of Western Canadian shale gas resources and another of the U.S. shale gas base have moved the tally of North American potential to a new plateau, beyond the trillions (Tcf) to 3.3 quadrillion cubic feet (Qcf), according to reports by Natural Gas Intelligence (NGI).