Weekly Blog Roundup
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The US House of Representatives allows offshore drilling, but as many experts keep saying, it doesn’t help the US in the long run. According to Gore, the US should relish the oil crisis as investment in alternatives can create jobs and even turn a profit.
Russia seeks profit with the latest “Death Spiral” of arctic ice, as the ice loss makes 90 billion barrels of oil within reach.
Plants both suffer under global warming and possibly unlock the key to halting the climate crisis as chemists look to photosynthesis for a global warming cure and Gates invests in algae biofuel.
Chicago forges ahead with its recent GHG emissions cap while California regulators reassure themselves that they did the right thing.
Christian Science Monitor argues that gas, no matter how natural, should not be ingested.
Sarah Palin nearly admits that global warming is man-made, meanwhile GM’s Vice Chairman doesn’t believe in the “CO2 theory”.
At the Venice Biennale, recycling is the building block of the future.
And Guardian creates a top 100 hottest Europe Cleantech list.
By Teresa Herrmann, The Element Agency