These are some juicy items I've been saving up. They probably should be savored by you and me more fully, "But at my back, I always hear, time's winged chariot hurrying near."
PV Paint , This is very beautiful, as an old rugby clubmate of mine might've said: Solar Paint on Steel Could Generate Renewable Energy Soon from the excellent RenewableEnergyWorld.com.
Bad News on Emissions , Here's a depressing but not overly surprising story from the AP: Global warming pollution increases 3 percent. One positive outcome of the world recession into which we're heading , or into which we've already headed , may be the slowing down of our GHG emissions. It's certainly not how we want this to happen. Let's just hope that we can keep moving forward, if more slowly economically, and continue to transition to a low or zero-carbon world.
Nukes & Renewables‚
This item from the "Palm Beach Post" says that the Florida PSC staff has recommended against including nuclear power in the state's portfolio of renewables. This has national implications.
Coal Plants Diminished Role? , Here's an eyecatcher from "USA Today" that also has national implications: Utilities shrink the role of coal on global-warming worries. I wrote about some of the hits that old King Coal's been taking at Coal Takes Some Lumps back in February. These are new, very interesting developments being reported.
The Physical Science Basis , Here's an excellent update on the science of global warming from the venerable "Scientific American." If you've not been following every development , who can? , this is a great place to dig in. See also the IPCC's definitive Working Group I report from 2007.