Energy and Climate Change

Despite the "green" movement that has taken over the country in the last few years, more than 80 percent of the world’s energy supply still comes from fossil fuels.

At Surfers Point in Ventura, California is beginning its retreat from the rising ocean.

Even old commercial buildings can get an energy-efficiency upgrade that pays for itself in five years.

The Recovery Act provided a new goal for DOE’s building codes efforts: 90 % compliance with energy code requirements for each state by 2017.

A second Pew Center report on transportation and climate change has been released. It places most emphasis on vehicle technology and fuel, less on transit and smart growth. However, urban planners should note that pricing policies are stressed.

Climate scientists have for years noted that the rising temperature of the earth’s atmosphere increases the amount of energy it stores, making more violent and extreme weather events more likely.

1,800-foot setback requirement would halt most projects

Montana State University wants to get started this summer on a million-dollar plan to save energy on the Bozeman campus, starting with replacing lights in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.

The agency said Wednesday it needs more time to figure out whether biomass — including farm waste, sawmill scraps and forest thinnings — is really a green fuel.

The research places the spotlight on two of the least understood aspects of climate change: how, when and where warming will affect glaciers on which many millions depend for their water, and the problems faced by generations in the far distant future.