First the bad news. According to the US Energy Information Administration, energy use will increase by 71 percent by 2030, with the fastest growth coming from China, India and Latin America. Now the good news. Energy consumption could easily be cut in half, if clean energy technologies that are currently available were applied now, according … Read More
Day: June 27, 2006
Glaciers Melting Fastest for 5,000 Years
Mountain glaciers are melting faster now than at any time in the past 5,000 years because of climate change, a new study has found. From the Andes to the Himalayas climate change is leading to a full-scale retreat of the world’s tropical glaciers, meaning that we might have passed the critical threshold which could see … Read More