Electricity

Cooling the mall, heating the planet

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For 99 percent of recorded history, humanity managed to stay cool by finding some shade, getting some air moving, and slowing down when it gets too hot. Starting this summer, let’s show the world that a mere few decades of air conditioning have not turned Americans into wimps. Turn the thermostat to OFF, throw the windows open, and head for the park instead of the mall.

Helen Caldicott: Fuel plan beset by fossilised thinking

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Australia is perfectly placed to be the real energy superpower: the instigator and global leader in renewable electricity production. A country bathed in sun and ferociously windy in many locations, Australia could, with political will and vision, usher in a safe, carbon-free and nuclear-free future.

Solutions: economics – July 21

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CanadaChanging: ecological fiscal reform / Julian Darley: A new kind of money (based on sustainable energy) / Reserved For The future /
Cities reward ‘lifestyle’ that conserves water / This trade in carbon emissions won’t combat global warming / Miliband unveils carbon swipe-card plan for UK /
Solution: Carbon tax