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Climate change media to 12 February 2012
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TOP ITEMS THIS WEEK...
Air sampling reveals high emissions from gas field
http://www.nature.com/news/air-sampling-reveals-high-emissions-from-gas-field-1.9982
Jeff Tollefson, Nature, 7 February 2012
Methane leaks during production may offset climate benefits
of natural gas.
Government confirms AFP spying on coal seam gas protesters
http://www.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/government-confirms-afp-spying-coal-seam-gas-protesters
Christine Milne, 7 February 2012
Minister Joe Ludwig, representing the Attorney General in
the Senate, confirmed in Question Time today that the
Australia Federal Police monitors coal seam gas protesters
and that the government outsources some intelligence
gathering to private consultants.
Mixed Greens: Hybrid solar cells boost efficiency
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/mixed-greens-hybrid-solar-cells-boost-efficiency-89697
Giles Parkinson, RenewEconomy, 9 February 2012
Scientists at the University of Cambridge say they have
developed a new type of hybrid solar cell which could
convert 44 per cent of sunlight into electrical power,
nearly a third more than the current best case scenario of
34 per cent.
Big oil's bumper subsidies
http://www.climatespectator.com.au/commentary/big-oils-bumper-subsidies
Daniel J Weiss, Jackie Weidman & Rebecca Leber, Center for
American Progress, 9 Feb 2012
General economic theory holds that companies will produce
more of a good if its price is higher, or if it receives
subsidies. Funny that these rules didn’t seem to apply to
Big Oil in 2011, when the highest oil price since 1864 and
$2 billion in subsidies to the five largest oil companies –
BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch
Shell – yielded lower oil production than in 2010.
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