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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Biomass in Austria: An adventure in pictures The human-scale, renewable, domestic power systems reviving rural Austrian economies	David Roberts	16 Jul 2008	Gristmill
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in Salzburg, we took a field trip to a few examples of biomass in rural Austria. The country is over 40 percent forested, and over half of the forest is owned by small farmers with less than 40 hectares (just under 100 acres), so the government has put a priority on encouraging biomass use as a substitute for fossil fuels. I ...
Topics: Austria, cogeneration, energy, energy efficiency, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Salzburg: day two Netherlands' response to climate change	David Roberts	11 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Don't have much time to write -- another starting already! -- but I just saw an extraordinary presentation from Pavel Kabat, who ... well, he's got a resume longer than my arm, but he's a scientist and a lead author on both the IPCC report and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The talk was on the Netherlands' response to climate change. Not only is th ...
Topics: Austria, climate, climate change mitigation, Netherlands (all these topics)

Salzburg: day one The unglamorous work of change at the local level	David Roberts	10 Jul 2008	Gristmill
I arrived here too late to catch the whole day today, but I did see some people presenting work from Eastern Europe, Sweden, Connecticut, Harvard, and Cambridge, Mass. It was a bit of a random grab bag, but these are all people working close to the ground in local communities -- rather than, say, talking about Perfect Pony Plans like we ...
Topics: Austria, energy, energy efficiency, investing (all these topics)

Salzburg: the arrival Observations from a freshly minted Germanic expert	David Roberts	10 Jul 2008	Gristmill
One of my favorite things to do when I go to other countries is to make wild generalizations about them based on the tiny sliver of exposure I get -- like if someone from India flew to, say, Poughkeepsie and reported back, "Americans seem to love cheese fries!" Today, I flew into Munich and took a shuttle to Salzburg, stopping ...
Topics: Austria, placemaking (all these topics)

Salzburg Global Seminar: prelude Dave heads to where the hills are alive	David Roberts	08 Jul 2008	Gristmill
On Wednesday, I leave for Salzburg, Austria, where -- thanks to the generosity of a Knight Foundation Fellowship -- I will be attending a session of the Salzburg Global Seminar on "Combating Climate Change at Local and Regional Levels: Sustainable Strategies, Renewable Energy." I am of course excited about the substance of the event, ...
Topics: Austria, climate, climate change mitigation, movies, music, video (all these topics)

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Dependence on Foreign Energy Sources? Austria embraces renewable energy		14 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Dependence on Foreign Energy Sources? Austria embraces renewable energy Austria is yodeling up a new tree: the biofuels tree (oh, what are you, the metaphor police?). Like other hip countries, Austria is giving renewable energy a big bear hug -- nearly 70 percent of its domestic power production came from renewables in 2003. Taking advantage of what is readily available right within its own b ...
Topics: Austria, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

Czech Your Nukes at the Door		17 Jul 2001	Daily Grist
Czech Your Nukes at the Door Germany has asked the Czech Republic to shut down the Temelin nuclear power plant near the borders of Germany and Austria. Austria became nuke-free in 1978, and German utilities agreed last month to close their 19 nuclear plants within 20 years. The Temelin plant, which began operating last fall, has provoked major protests from local enviros, as well a ...
Topics: Austria, Czech Republic, energy, European Union, Germany, nuclear power (all these topics)

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