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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (167215)	5/8/2009 1:45:39 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362864

Global wind power capacity up 29 percent in 2008 Fri May 8, 2009 7:03pm IST LONDON (Reuters) - Global wind capacity grew by 29 percent in 2008 with the United States surpassing Germany to become the world's leading wind power generator, Worldwatch Institute said. The Washington-based research organisation said on Thursday that global wind capacity rose by over 27,000 megawatts (MW), or enough to power around 27 million homes, to some 120,798 MW last year. Wind now provides 1.5 percent of the world's energy demand, up from 0.1 percent in 1997. U.S. wind capacity increased by 50 percent to 25,170 MW, or 21 percent of world capacity. In Europe, wind represented the leading source of new power capacity, with 8,877 MW installed last year. This was 28 percent more than new natural gas capacity and over 10 times more than new coal, Worldwatch said. Europe now generates 65,946 MW of wind power, or 55 percent of global capacity. Germany still leads the region, generating 23,903 MW of wind power, but it saw new installations drop slightly in 2008. In Asia, China ranked second globally in new capacity last year, adding some 6,300 MW to bring its total to over 12,200 MW. The Chinese government has now surpassed its 2010 goal of 10,000 megawatts of installed wind power and a senior energy official said in April the country will have 100,000 MW in place by 2020. Fang Junshi, head of the coal department of the National Energy Administration, told a conference in Beijing that China's annual wind power growth rate will be about 20 percent, enough to outpace fast-growing nuclear energy. India added 1,800 in new wind, and now ranks fifth globally with capacity of 9,645 MW, Worldwatch said. To read the Worldwatch report, click on www.worldwatch.org/node/6103 in.reuters.com

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (167215)	5/8/2009 2:47:59 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362864

Here at the Hilton. Wish you were here....not. From the room....http://www.pbase.com/image/112289615/original One angle of room...http://www.pbase.com/image/112289843/original

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (167215)	5/9/2009 11:33:34 AM
From: koan	Respond to of 362864

Paul Krugman: May 5, 2009, 5:11 pm Nothing to say Andrew Leonard and Calculated Risk want to know why I didn’t blog about dinner at the White House. Um, because the conversation was off the record.

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (167215)	5/12/2009 10:45:21 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 362864

Floods in Brazil point to climate change: Lula New York Mon May 11, 4:54 pm ET BRASILIA (AFP) – Flooding that has left 44 dead in northern Brazil and the worst drought in eight decades in the south of the country are signs of climate change, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday. "Brazil is feeling climate changes that are happening in the world, when there is a deep drought in a place where there's never been one, when it rains in places where it never rains," he said in his weekly radio program. He was speaking as northern Brazil struggled with flooding that left more than 180,000 people homeless in a region better known for being dry. The government has estimated the damage at 500 million dollars. Two southern states were, meanwhile, victim of a drought that has affected much of Brazil's cereal output. news.yahoo.com