[USA] So I am optimistic about us being able to solve this problem. But it is going to require that our politics catches up with the facts. And right now, in this country, our politics is going through a particularly broken period — Continue reading Obama's climate crusade – Part V (final)
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Obama's climate crusade – Part IV
[USA] The next argument that was being made — and a lot of Republicans have continued to make — is the notion that, well, even if it is a problem, there’s no point in us doing something because China won’t do something about it. Continue reading Obama's climate crusade – Part IV
Obama's climate crusade – Part III
[USA] With the clean-power-plant rule, we are now doubling down. And I think it’s fair to say that with the steps we’ve taken through the clean-power-plant rule to reduce carbon emissions from the single largest source by over 30 percent, Continue reading Obama's climate crusade – Part III
Obama's climate crusade – Part II
[USA] That changed in the second term. “I think his (Obama) 2013 inaugural address was a turning point,” says the president’s senior adviser Brian Deese. “He wrote it more or less himself, Continue reading Obama's climate crusade – Part II
Obama's climate crusade – Part I
[USA] In Alaska, President Obama was in a very good mood. He visited the state in late summer to draw attention to the looming climate catastrophe the world faces, Continue reading Obama's climate crusade – Part I
Microalgae used to clean up oil refinery wastewater in successful test facility
[USA] At a Chevron oil refinery in Hawaii, researchers are growing microalgae in a 5,000-liter photobioreactor, flowing wastewater from the refinery through the reactor, Continue reading Microalgae used to clean up oil refinery wastewater in successful test facility