Green news and articles from around the web:
The carbon footprint of nuclear war. “Almost 700m tonnes of CO2 would be released into the Earth’s atmosphere by even the smallest nuclear conflict” writes the Guardian’s Environment blog. The stats are a result of a study by Stanford University’s Mark Z Jacobson, who has calculated the environmental costs [pdf] of developing various power sources, and argues that developing more nuclear power stations increases the risk of nuclear conflict.
Solar power slated for northern China. Two Chinese companies have announced plans to build one of the largest ever photovoltaic solar plants, with an aim to generate 1gigawatt of power.
Thinking twice about climate change. Foreign Policy takes a blunt look at some myths and misconceptions about climate change.
Greening the ghettos. Could a green economy fight both climate change and poverty by creating millions of new “green” jobs? Van Jones thinks so.
