Krispy's Blog

De voortgang van de VVD als smeuïg familiedrama. De redactie van de Groene Amsterdammer weet er wel raad mee. Vermakelijk geschreven.

Rita Verdonk presenteert deze week haar politieke beweging Trots op Nederland. Nadat eindelijk zijn film Fitna te zien was geweest, moest Geert Wilders weer aan het politieke handwerk. Wat is zes jaar na Pim Fortuyn nieuwe politiek?

New research has dealt a blow to the skeptics who argue that climate change is all due to cosmic rays rather than to man-made greenhouse gases. The new evidence shows no reliable connection between the cosmic ray intensity and cloud cover.

6 auteurs met 6 verhalen in 6 weken. Klassiekers herverteld door nieuwe acteurs met behulp van gamedesigners.

In the efforts to start a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions there is much discussions about the question if it should include a “safety valve.” This guarantees companies they pay no more than a certain amount for every ton of CO2.

The safety valve has political appeal since it essentially caps the upside costs of a cap and trade system, and the climate fight was thought to be a marathon and not a sprint. However new climate science points to the need for deeper action sooner.

California has told car makers to produce at least 58,000 “plug-in” hybrid vehicles for sale in California between 2012 and 2014. These vehicles can be plugged into the electricity mains.

Minister Gerda Verburg (Landbouw) komt de Nederlandse Vissersbond tegemoet die haar in een brandbrief heeft gevraagd om een grootschalig natuuronderzoek naar de mogelijk schadelijke effecten van alle vormen van visserij op de natuur.

Boeiend artikel over economische bubbles. Met als slotvraag wat wordt de volgende bubble? Cleantech?

Electrorides prepares to debut its electric truck, and will offer an option to trick it out with an engine that uses vegetable oil or biodiesel.

De varkenshallen van de Thoolse boer Ad van Duinhoven ruik je straks niet meer. Een biofilter moet de door stedelingen zo gehate ammoniaklucht weghouden.

Clean air markets include market-based regulatory programs designed to improve air quality by reducing outdoor concentrations of fine particles, SO2, NOx, and mercury. This site provides information and tools about these market-based programs.

Brazil, India, and China, which together count for more than a third of the world’s population, all voted against Office Open XML in voting last week before the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stre