Monthly Archives: July 2008

U.S. Utilities Advance Solar Projects

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window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;ENN: Several major U.S. utility companies may accelerate plans to integrate solar power into their electricity mix following a fact-finding trip to Germany. Twenty-three electric utilities were represented on the trip to Germany, the world’s leading producer and installer of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells. All of them may now advance [...]
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The climate change clock is ticking

By | Published: July 31, 2008
Guardian: The UK is in denial about its real carbon emissions, suggests a report from the Stockholm Environment Institute. The academics conclude that if "outsourced" emissions produced in countries like China on goods which are imported into the UK are included in our total carbon footprint, this country’s total greenhouse gas emissions are 49% higher [...]
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United States: State’s global warming solutions should produce good jobs

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window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;San Francisco Chronicle: Today is the final day for public comments on the draft plan for implementing AB32, California’s global warming solutions plan, and one area that has still received far less attention than it should is the key role California’s workers must play in restructuring our economy to reduce our carbon [...]
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Green pond algae ‘could be made into biofuel’

By | Published: July 31, 2008
Telegraph: The green algae floating on top of ponds could be transformed into fuel for cars and planes in the future, an energy company has claimed. The liquid fuel would be chemically identical to crude oil but would not contribute to climate change when it was burnt, Sapphire Energy say. The so-called ‘green [...]
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Global shakeup ‘behind diversity shift’

By | Published: July 31, 2008
InTheNews.co.uk: London’s watery past may provide the answers to conservation challenges posed by climate change, it has been claimed. An international team of researchers publishing their study in today’s Science journal claims their findings help explain how the hub of marine life on Earth has shifted over time. Fifty million years ago a [...]
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United Kingdom: EDF decision sets back UK nuclear power plans

By | Published: July 31, 2008
Guardian: Gordon Brown’s plans to initiate the construction of a new generation of nuclear power stations suffered a setback today after the dramatic collapse of a £12bn takeover deal for British Energy. The French power giant EDF abandoned its plans to buy British Energy, the nuclear power group, after negotiations broke down unexpectedly at [...]
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United Kingdom: Climate change means more floods for a drying Thames basin

By | Published: July 31, 2008
WWF: A drying Thames river basin in the UK would still face five times the current risk of flooding by 2080, a recent assessment of the effects of climate change has found. The Thames Vulnerability Assessment Report prepared by WWF-UK also found dire results for fish and wildlife, the lawns and flowerbeds of the [...]
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Brazil: Biodiesel to Bring Electricity to Amazon Villages

By | Published: July 31, 2008
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Inter Press Service: Oil from native tucuma, ouricurí and murumurú palm trees will be used to provide electricity to isolated communities in the depths of the Brazilian Amazon, which are too remote to supply with power by conventional means. A research team is preparing to start producing biodiesel this year at [...]
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2 Reports Raise Hopes on Energy

By | Published: July 31, 2008
New York Times: Storing energy is a crucial but expensive component of plans to turn intermittent sources of energy, like wind and sun, into reliable replacements for coal and natural gas. But two new scientific papers show progress in materials science and chemistry that could cut the cost. The advances apply to the [...]
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United Kingdom: £12bn nuclear deal collapses

By | Published: July 31, 2008
Press Association: The UK’s nuclear power strategy is mired in uncertainty after a takeover of generator British Energy collapsed at the 11th hour. The £12 billion swoop by state-owned EDF of France had been seen as a key step towards the proposed construction of new nuclear power plants in the UK. But EDF’s [...]
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Wis. governor says no to coal for power plants

By | Published: July 31, 2008
Associated Press: Gov. Jim Doyle says the state should lead by example and move away from using coal at state-owned power plants in Madison. Doyle said Friday the state must lower greenhouse gas emissions and encourage new alternative energy sources. The governor’s comments come after a global warming task force he [...]
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The Climate Costs of a Glass of Milk

By | Published: July 31, 2008
Inter Press Service: A simple glass of milk on the breakfast table can carry high environmental costs. Because of this, some farmers and scientists are looking for ways to reduce the impacts of agriculture and livestock, which are responsible for 12 to 14 percent of global emissions of greenhouse gases. There are already studies [...]
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Solar breakthrough simplifies storage

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window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Marketplace: Kai Ryssdal: Think about this fact for a second as you consider the high price of fossil fuels: Enough sunlight hits this planet every hour to meet its energy needs for an entire year. Energy crisis solved, right? Not to mention global warming, too. Except it’s not that easy. The [...]
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New source of ocean methane discovered

By | Published: July 31, 2008
Environmental Expert: Scientists searching for an explanation for high levels of the potent greenhouse gas methane in the oceans have discovered a new means of production, which could explain the source of previously unaccounted for methane. The discovery has great significance for understanding the ocean’s role in global warming. Methane is a potent greenhouse [...]
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United Kingdom: Incinerator targeted in climate change protest

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window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Kent Online: Green activists will be laying a wreath at a controversial incinerator in a bid to highlight the health concerns associated with it, Yourmaidstone reports. Maidstone Green Party will be joining a convoy of caravans making their way to Allington Incinerator tomorrow as part of Climate Camp week, where the [...]
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