The following stories include news articles, events and announcements about and by RAEL lab members.
Media
Renewable Energy Policy Uncertainty Stalls A Fossil Fuel-Free Future, Experts Say
February, 2013
Huffington Post
From his solar panel manufacturing facility in Marysville, Wash., Gary Shaver can see and hear passing coal trains.
"The tracks are maybe a block away, and this is not a Texas block," said Shaver, president of Silicon Energy, LLC.
To get to and from his factory, workers and clients have to cross those tracks, which may soon become heavily trafficked if proposed Pacific Northwest ports are given the go-ahead and begin exporting coal to China.
Meanwhile, China continues to ship solar panels to the U.S.
Kammen & Riordan: Coal's no way to make the job market hop
January, 2013
Crosscut
If Peabody Energy, SSA Marine and Goldman Sachsreally want to stimulate Washington jobs, as they claim, they can find much better ways to do so than build a sprawling $665 million coal terminal northwest of Bellingham. They could use the money instead to fund energy-efficiency and renewable-energy projects. Per dollar invested, efficiency and renewables generate many more jobs than fossil fuels.
Controversial al Jazeera Show on Climate, Carbon, and the World Bank
November, 2012
al Jazeera
Extreme heat waves, declining food stocks, and a life-threatening sea level rise: it's a sobering vision of the future by one of the world's largest and most powerful institutions.
A report issued by the World Bank earlier this month warns of severe consequences if global warming is not dealt with. But the international organisation may itself be contributing to climate change.
More on the story and Professor Kammen's response in the al Jazeera video and article.