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9.05.2010
Why Wasn't the Stimulus All About Job Creation? - Business - The Atlantic
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The Majority of Americans Are Finally Concerned About Global Warming
It seems that Everyone but the Politicians are accepting the Reality of Global Warming. I encourage everyone to contact your States Governmental Leaders and Tell them your Thoughts.
posted by: GinaMarie Cheeseman http://www.care2.com/causes/global-warming/blog/the-majority-of-americans-are-finally-concerned-about-global-warming/
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The majority of registered voters polled mid-August want the government to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Conducted by the Beneson Strategy Group for the National Resources Defense Counsel (NRDC), 60 percent of those polled support the government regulating GHG emissions from sources like power plants and refineries. Only 30 percent oppose it.
When asked about the bill that would suspend the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ability to regulate GHG emissions for two years, 53 percent oppose it, and 37 percent support it. Surprisingly among Republicans support is divided with 45 percent supporting the bill, and 43 percent opposing it. The majority of Independents, 54 percent, oppose the bill with only 35 percent supporting it.
The poll showed that the EPA is not a nasty acronym to most Americans. Among those polled, 51 percent said they are favorable to the EPA, while 40 percent said they are unfavorable to the EPA. The majority of respondents, 54 percent, said they are confident in the EPA's ability to regulate GHG emissions. Only 42 percent said they are not confident.
When it comes to the government holding corporations accountable, 68 percent responded that they want the government to do more, and 23 percent said they want government to continue doing what it is currently doing. Only nine percent want the government to do less. Among Democrats, 86 percent want more accountability, and so do 61 percent of Independents. The majority of Republicans, 57 percent, want the government to do more to hold corporations accountable.
Other polls support Beneson results
Other polls conducted this summer found similar results to the Beneson poll, including a June Washington Post-ABC News survey in which 71 percent said they support the federal government regulating GHG emissions, with 26 percent opposed.
A poll of residents in Florida, Maine, and Massachusetts found that the majority of believe global warming is real and caused by humans, according to a recent poll from Jon Krosnick, senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. The poll found that the residents of the three states believe that:
- The earth has gradually warmed over the last 100 years: Florida residents 81 percent, Maine residents 78 percent, and Massachusetts residents 84 percent
- The warming is mostly or partly caused by human activity: 72 percent, 76 percent, and 80 percent
- The U.S. government should regulate the GHG emissions of businesses: 74 percent, 77 percent, and 77 percent). At least 74 percent in all states think the government should take action to limit emissions right away
- A cap-and-trade system should be implemented to reduce the GHG emissions of businesses: 68 percent, 72 percent, and 77 percent
The poll found also found that over half of the respondents would vote for a law mandating emissions reductions of 85 percent by 2050, even if it cost their household $150 a year.
A recent Yale survey conducted with George Mason University found that 61 percent of those surveyed are concerned about global warming, up four points from a January survey. Half of respondents, 50 percent, believe global warming is caused mostly by human activities, up three points from January, and 77 percent support regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
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Environmental Defense Fund Needs Your Support
Dear Scotts Contracting,
I'm Lisa Moore, an EDF scientist.
We're in a race against time to mitigate the worst of global warming's impacts by dramatically cutting our emissions.
I've spent most of my professional career reviewing volumes of scientific studies on the climate crisis and its impact on our natural world. And I can tell you that global warming is without a doubt the biggest environmental threat facing our planet today.
It's not too late to change our course, but we will need to act fast. I hope you'll consider supporting EDF's efforts to reduce the pollution that causes global warming.
Over the past few decades, a warming climate has already led to some very dramatic planetary impacts, including the massive loss of polar and glacial ice around the world.
We could soon reach other critical tipping points including the total disappearance of summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, widespread extinctions of the earth's plants and animals, and dramatic changes in entire ecosystems.
The consequences are dire. But there is hope. Right now, we have a historic opportunity to change our course.
Will you make a gift to support EDF's urgent climate work today? Your generous support will help us keep the pressure on the U.S. to act swiftly and reduce global warming-causing pollution.
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- Reduce the pollution that causes global warming
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- Secure an international climate agreement in order to avoid catastrophic climate change.
We're working simultaneously on a number of fronts to achieve these goals.
First and foremost, we're keeping the pressure on U.S. leadership to act quickly and pass comprehensive climate legislation that will curb our global warming pollution and unleash a clean energy economy.
We've also helped launch an unprecedented coalition of business partnerships -- including top US corporations like DuPont and General Electric -- that has jointly called for a reduction in global warming-causing pollution.
EDF's international partnerships extend to countries like China where we are developing pathways to clean growth, and India where we are working with local groups on innovative ideas for clean, sustainable development.
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9.04.2010
Commercial Thin Film Solar News
Miasolé Exceeds 14% Efficiency With Commercial-Scale CIGS Thin Film Solar Modules; NREL Verifies Energy Conversion Efficiency of 14.3% on 1 Square Meter Area CIGS Modules, Further Advancing the Significant Potential of Thin-Film Solar Panels to Be a Competitive Energy Source
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September 1, 2010
MiaSolé, the leading manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) independently confirmed the 14.3% efficiency of its large area production modules (1 square meter in size).
14.3% module efficiency is the highest independently confirmed efficiency for any commercial scale CIGS module technology.
"We are pleased that we continue to make progress in the execution of our technology, cost reduction and manufacturing roadmaps," said Dr. Joseph Laia, CEO of MiaSolé.
MiaSolé now offers bank financeable solar modules with efficiency comparable to polysilicon combined with lower manufacturing costs of thin-film modules.
MiaSolé's unique manufacturing process deposits CIGS on a flexible stainless steel substrate and produces all of the layers required for its highly efficient solar cell in a single continuous process. MiaSolé is the only thin-film solar company that uses sputtering processes every step of the way for coating the solar modules, thereby reducing manufacturing time and cost of production.
MiaSolé shipped 6.5MW in the first half of this year, and will ship 22MW in 2010. The company's products are designed for utilities and independent power producers to use in industrial scale deployments such as large-scale rooftop and ground mount installations.
AboutNREL
NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is operated for DOE by The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.
About MiaSolé ( www.MiaSolé.com )
MiaSolé is a pioneer and leading developer ofcopper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, one of the lowest-cost, highest efficiency solar panels in the world. MiaSolé's primary mission is to advance the extraordinary potential for harnessing solar power as a competitive, sustainable energy source and enable grid parity by 2012. Based in California, MiaSolé currently operates two manufacturing facilities with plans to open a third facility in 2010.
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