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US halts solar energy projects over environment fears. Telegraph article here

The US government is putting a hold on new solar energy projects on public land for two years so it can study the environmental impact of sun-driven plants.

House Democrats Introduce National Feed-in Tariff for Renewable Energy Projects.  Article here.

U.S. Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), and Mike Honda (D-CA) introduced landmark legislation [PDF] on Thursday that will provide security for investments in the renewable-energy sector by guaranteeing rates for renewable-energy generation.

The Climate Time Machine from JPL.  It’s an online flash app that lets you display avg global temp, sea level, CO2 emission, and ice melt during any time in the past century or so.

An article from National Geographic about our impact on the oceans.  From the article, an ocean mapping study done by Ben Halpern of U.C. Santa Barbara has shown that:

” Every area of the oceans is feeling the effects of fishing, pollution, or human-caused global warming, the study says, and some regions are being affected by all of these factors and more.”