Science and Technology:
¶ A new nanotube technology may make it feasible to harvest power generated from osmotic flow from differences in salinity between salt water and fresh water. [Science Daily]
World:
¶ World subsidies for fossil fuels exceeded $620 billion in 2011. Subsides for renewable energy were $88 billion in the same period. [eco-business.com]
¶ The WHO is being criticized for its report saying there would be a slight increase in cancer rates for those near the Fukushima Disaster, and no increase elsewhere. [BigPond News]
¶ Post-Fukushima safety upgrades of Japanese nuclear power plants are expected to cost $10 billion. [United Press International, Asia]
US:
¶ A bill has been filed in the Texas House to eliminate that state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards. [TownSquareBuzz.com]
¶ A plan for a wood-fired generating plant in Vermont still needs a contract with a utility to be able to be counted as potentially contributing to the state’s renewable energy goals. [Rutland Herald]
¶ Democrats in Ventura County, California, have passed the first major resolution calling on California’s pension funds and colleges to divest themselves of fossil fuel stocks. [Motherboard]
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