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Former EPA chief Lisa Jackson heads to Apple - San Jose Mercury News

Apple, Facebook and Google (GOOG) have enormous data centers within 45 minutes of one another in western North Carolina, as well as elsewhere around the world. The region, which used to be a center of textile and furniture manufacturing, now pitches itself as North Carolina's "Data Center Corridor." Power for the three data centers comes from Duke Energy, which offers some of the cheapest electricity in the nation, but most of Duke's electricity comes from coal-fired power plants.

Forecasts for global warming ‘too high’ | World | News | Daily Express

Dr Roger Bodman, from Victoria University, along with Professors David Karoly and Peter Rayner, from the University of Melbourne, have generated what they say are more reliable projections of global warming.

Solar-Powered Hospital in Haiti Yields Sustainable Savings | Partners In Health

“This is an incredibly simple system to maintain once installed,” Ansara said. “All we need to do is rinse the panels quarterly with water.”

The New Nostradamus of the North: Germany's shift away from nuclear power is in a shambles

Germany's shift away from nuclear power, the Energiewende, is in a shambles. Der Spiegel reports that the EU Commission now believes that the practice of exempting the German industry from paying higher prices associated with solar and wind energy distorts competition in the EU. Huge penalties could be in store.

Intense Heat Wave In India Brings Sunstroke Deaths, Electric Grid Meltdown, And Spoiled Fruit | ThinkProgress

Its energy infrastructure is inadequate to the demand of so many residents trying to cool themselves. Since pumps are often required to provide water, this also means that a power outage comes with a water outage. Angry residents attacked power company officials and even set fire to a power station.