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No Nukes Germany to Shutter All Reactors by 2022
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has committed to shut- ting down all 17 of Germany’s nuclear reactors by 2022. Eight will be permanently switched off by the end of this year, including
seven that were disconnected for safety inspections in March. The country plans to compensate for the closures with a plan to reduce electricity consumption by 10 percent and double the share of renewable energy sources to 35 percent by 2020. A new report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Im- pact Research and the International Institute for Applied System Analysis revealed that Europe’s overall renewable energy capac- ity rose 30 percent in 2010.
European Union Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger said that Germany could achieve its goals only if it also invests in better grid infrastructure, storage capacity and forward plan- ning, as well as more renewable energies. Merkel defended the decision, saying, “Our energy system has to be fundamentally changed and can be fundamentally changed. We want the electricity of the future to be safer and at the same time, reliable and economical.”
Source:
BusinessGreen.com
GPS Biking Mapnificent Will Show the Way
Want to know how far it’s possible to travel by biking or using public transit in under 15 minutes? There’s a map for that. Mapnificent shows the areas one can reach from any point in a city at any given time.
Stefan Wehrmeyer, a Berlin-based software architect, has
developed a tool that uses public transit data to help users decide on where to live, work or meet up. Using data from the GTFS Data Exchange and overlaying the extracted information on a Google map, Mapnificent visualizes the reach of public transport in the selected city. This becomes especially useful for decision-making purposes, rather than trip planning. “Let’s say you found a job in San Francisco and want to
move there,” Wehrmeyer explains. “Where can you live so that you need less than 30 minutes to go to your work place? Mapnificent is able to answer that question.” Mapnificent is available in public beta and can be used for major cities in the United States.
Source:
TheCityFix.com
www.AwakenFair.com October 2011
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DoubleTree Hotel, Tarrytown NY Nov. 19, 2011 from 10 am to 5 pm
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Body-Mind-Spirit-Green Fair North of NYC
Our 10th anniversary year!
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