Wind Energy Use to Jump, Then Soar: Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth. [Discovery]
China’s Silver Lining: Why smoggy skies over Beijing represent the world’s greatest environmental opportunity. [The Atlantic]
Floor plans: The first deep-sea mining machines - for extracting gold, silver and copper deposited near volcanic fissures on the ocean floor - are being built by a British engineering company. The pioneering designs, which will resemble giant, abrasive vacuum cleaners, are at the forefront of an emerging underwater mineral extraction industry that is sounding alarm bells among marine biologists and environmental scientists. [Guardian]
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