Solar PV rapidly becoming the cheapest option to generate electricity | Grist

recently it has become clear that PV is set to go beyond grid parity and become the cheapest way to generate electricity.

Global warming, global worries - Winnipeg Free Press

It seems unlikely that there will ever be a time in the foreseeable future when reduction in greenhouse gases in developing nations will not interfere with their "social and economic development and poverty eradication."

Detailing the damage-- Grape harvest woes come into focus | Yakima Herald-Republic

Wine-grape growers throughout the state suspected this would be a bad year in the wake of last November's bitter cold snap that took temperatures well below zero, causing extensive vine damage. Almost a year later, they are discovering how bad.
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"We got hit hard," Rob Andrews said, calling it the worst cold snap in 20 years.

Electric Car Fairy Stories :: The Market Oracle

Around one-third of future prospective users perceive them as unsuitable for day-to-day use. They do not want to go to work in them. They think EVs are right for weekend driving and, much more bizarrely, long range driving. To be sure this would mean regular 5-hour stops to charge the battery and take cute photos for the family album - but private enterprise has already come to their rescue. Better Place and its lookalikes will meld highway battery swap stations with McDonalds and Hard Rock Cafe, and result in each and every EV needing 2 or 3 batteries to keep it running. Each of the batteries will cost at least 12 000 euro, but who cares ? The state will pay.

Harper's no fossil fool | Editorial | Opinion | Toronto Sun

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will never get credit from the opposition parties for realizing early on what a scam pricing industrial carbon dioxide emissions is.

Pressure Mounts To Scrap Hidden Green Taxes On Energy Bills

One way for the government to make a real difference to energy costs would be to abandon the “renewables obligation” and the carbon floor price. This would cut bills by 13 per cent from 2015, according to Deutsche Bank.