These toys are harming the planet
The team behind environmental documentary TV series Years of Living Dangerously, broadcast on the National Geographic channel, are the people responsible for these nightmare dolls.
Launched to coincide with the Republican party convention in July, these "climate inaction figures" are likenesses of some of America's most prominent right-wing deniers of climate change. There are eight in all, if you count the double-head Koch brothers as one.
The others include the usual suspects — Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, etc — and all come with a special accessory, a fact-defying weapon of choice.
For the Kochs, it's a huge chest of money, while former House of Representatives speaker has a cloak of denial, wields an anti-science shield, and Christie has a selective vision helmet. ? The Republican nominee for US president relies on Twitter to recycle his climate change myth message.
Example provided: "It's snowing and freezing in NYC. What the hell happened to global warming?"
You can find out more from the team's website, theclimatesolution.com.
UNITED STATES FIGURES AND FACTS
80% The proportion of internal nacelle components in US wind turbines that are imported, mainly from Europe
2MW Average nameplate capacity of turbines installed in the US during 2015, a 180% increase on 1998-99
86% Proportion of installed capacity in the US in 2015 featuring turbines with a rotor diameter of at least 100 metres. As recently as 2008 the figure was zero
85% Proportion of new installed capacity in the US in 2015 owned by independent power producers. This equates to 7.3GW
(all from US Department of Energy, Wind Technologies market report)
FOOTBALL FRENZY
France's wind industry used the holiday season for a five-a-side football tournament, featuring 73 team from 50 wind-power firms.
The event, which started in 2011, has now become a regular fixture in the industry calendar, a welcome opportunity to meet and simply have some fun. This year they raised EUR23,500 for the WWF wildlife charity.
The matches, which last about ten minutes each, were hard-fought. The winners' trophy for mixed teams, a golden blade, went to DNV GL, while Akuo Energy won the women's event. The staff of Eoliennes en Mer (Dieppe-Le Treport) were voted best supporters.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
"We have an inexhaustible supply of reliable and clean power right on our doorstep, and competitively priced offshore wind now offers a mature part of the solution for the UK's energy mix" - Huub den Rooijen, director of energy, minerals and infrastructure, UK Crown Estate.
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