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Trump approves Keystone pipeline

bluesky0804 2017/07/07

The decision closes a significant chapter in the long-running saga over the controversial oil sands pipeline, which has been a flashpoint in the debate surrounding climate change and dependence on foreign oil. Obama rejected the application in November 2015, arguing, in part, that it would harm the

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Skin trade spurs Australian crocodile revival

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bluesky0804 2017/07/05

““The key to the conservation effort is that we have made crocodiles into a money-spinner for local people,” says Mr Nichols. “People will tolerate living near crocodiles if they create jobs,” he says. ”こういうのは確かにうまく行きそうに見える。経済学は平和の

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The Future of Coal Country

A local environmental activist fights to prepare her community for life beyond mining. Appalachia has supplied coal to the rest of the United States for centuries. In Pennsylvania, a laws uit involving the Bailey Mine Complex—an underground mine the size of Manhattan—will help determine whether coal interests continue to dominate.Photograph by Peter van Agtmael / Magnum for The New Yorker One Sunda

bluesky0804 2017/07/04

石炭産業の衰退から故郷を守るという発想

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The Rise Of Wind Energy Raises Questions About Its Reliability

Wind Energy's Growth Rai ses Concerns About Its Reliability As renewables make up a bigger share of the nation's energy grid, some worry about blackouts when the wind doesn't blow. But grid operators say they're getting better at balancing energy resources. Special Series Environment And Energy Collaborative Original reporting on climate, environment, and an energy system in transition.

bluesky0804 2017/06/29

North Dakota energy risks

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Reality of subsidies drives Norway’s electric car dream

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bluesky0804 2017/06/15

民間マネタイズの段階：“What we have proven in Norway is that if you give enough subsidies and impose enough restrictions on fossil fuel vehicles, people will buy electric,” says Andreas Halse, the environmental spokesman in Oslo for the opposition Labour party. But he adds: “If we w

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On Climate, the Koch Brothers Are No Longer Covert

In the Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the Koch Brothers’ Campaign Becomes Overt The Koch Brothers used to fly far below the radar. Now their astounding influence-buying and efforts to keep the U.S. from embracing climate-change legislation have become more obvious.PHOTOGRAPH BY JOE KLAMAR / AFP / GETTY If there was any lingering doubt that a tiny clique of fossil-fuel barons has capt

bluesky0804 2017/06/07

悪の権化かよ…：It is, perhaps, the most astounding example of influence-buying in modern American political history.

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Toyota-Tesla Tie-Up Terminated

bluesky0804 2017/06/05

It comes as Toyota President Akio Toyoda leads an effort to build a homegrown electric vehicle.:うーん、なんか歯切れが悪い説明だけども…。

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Despite Paris Accord Exit, Companies Expect Little Change

bluesky0804 2017/06/05

GMやAEPでさえも失敗だったと言ってる。じゃあなぜやった、トランプ…。

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Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord (Published 2017)

Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord A bus-only lane in New York City. Michael Bloomberg, a former mayor of New York, is coordinating a group of politicians, academics and businesses that is committed to the Paris climate accord despite President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the agreement.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Representatives of America

bluesky0804 2017/06/03

The unnamed group — which, so far, includes 30 mayors, three governors, more than 80 university presidents and more than 100 businesses — is negotiating with the United Nations to have its submission accepted alongside contributions to the Paris climate deal by other nations.

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The battle for Laikipia

bluesky0804 2017/05/28

Yet for all of its gorgeous, “Out of Africa” setting, this fight is not a remnant of the age of empire. It is brilliantly, terrifyingly modern – a test of whether weak states can stand up to climate change, population growth and ethnic populism.