Monthly Archives: December 2008

Luxury Goes Green

By | Published: December 31, 2008
Lexus Hybrid cars…luxury goes green. Keeping with today’s environmental concerns Lexus helps lead the way in the hybrid car market. Original post by miscellaneous
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Global warming affecting migratory birds, says Indian ornithologist

By | Published: December 31, 2008
iAsian News International: Indian ornithologist has said that global warming and the rising temperatures have brought about an imbalance in the timing of the winter arrival of migratory birds and the food stock available to them. World over experts have been saying that rising temperatures could wipe out more than half of the earth’s [...]
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Climate change increases problems for Florida reefs

By | Published: December 31, 2008
Miami Herald: The last, largest stands of ancient elkhorn coral survive in shallow waters off North Key Largo, where rough seas sometimes expose thick golden branches reaching toward the sunlit surface. Forty years ago, elkhorn grew in dense forests that would cover parking lots. Now, the biggest clump would barely fill one space. [...]
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Available water many not meet Oregon’s needs

By | Published: December 31, 2008
Associated Press: The words "Oregon" and "rain" often appear together, but results of round-table talks indicate Oregonians doubt there will be enough water for everyone as the state’s population grows and summers become drier with climate change. The five sessions were held in September and October. Two-thirds of those surveyed at the roundtables across [...]
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Turkey should promote wind, solar investment -IEA

By | Published: December 31, 2008
Reuters: Turkey, dependent on Russia for 65 percent of its gas supply, should boost wind and solar energy investments as part of efforts to diversify energy resources, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) chief economist said. Fatih Birol said the country was also dependent on Russia for power as half of Turkey’s electricity was produced [...]
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United Kingdom: Oak tree deaths herald new pest threat to traditional plants, Kew curator warns

By | Published: December 31, 2008
Telegraph: Dozens of oaks, many of them as old as 150 years, have had to be cut down at Kew in the last few years because of a beetle infestation which leaves the inside of the trunk looking "like honeycomb". Outdoor vegetable patches have been under attack all year round from pests previously only [...]
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Coal-Ash Spill May Cost Utilities Billions in Rules

By | Published: December 31, 2008
Bloomberg: U.S. power companies may face billions of dollars a year in new costs after last week’s coal- sludge spill in east Tennessee if the accident results in regulating their wastes as toxic. The accident that unleashed a billion-gallon outpouring from a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant on Dec. 22 may revive efforts in [...]
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China: Bacteria In Ice May Record Climate Change

By | Published: December 31, 2008
ScienceDaily: To many people, bacteria and climate change are like chalk and cheese: the smallest creature versus one of the biggest phenomena on earth. Not really. Scientists with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences and coworkers recently reported that small bugs deposited in ice and snow might tell how our [...]
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Breezy Great Lakes could be ideal source for wind power

By | Published: December 31, 2008
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Tom Nelson is mostly bald but maximizes the hair he does have by sporting a ponytail. Nelson likes to use what he’s got. His open-air restaurant on Madeline Island, called Tom’s Burned Down Cafe, is built from the remains of a charred beer hall and erected on a foundation of [...]
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Nuclear power has key role in fight against climate change

By | Published: December 31, 2008
Age: THE Rudd Government’s white paper on the final design of its emissions trading scheme has triggered a vigorous debate that will certainly continue into the new year. In defending the 2020 emission reduction target range of 5-15 per cent, Climate Minister Penny Wong said she was "acting in the national interest" and protecting [...]
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U.S. Traders Head to EU for Carbon Market Work Experience

By | Published: December 31, 2008
ClimateBiz: Growing numbers of U.S. financial firms have started to play on the European Climate Exchange (ECX) as they seek to gain experience of how carbon markets operate ahead of the launch of a U.S. cap-and-trade scheme. Sara Stahl, business development director for the ECX, said the second half of the year had seen [...]
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Environmentalists challenge SC power plant permit

By | Published: December 31, 2008
Associated Press: A coalition of environmental groups is challenging a state-issued air pollution permit for a coal-fired power plant in Florence County, the organization said Wednesday. Lawyers with the Southern Environmental Law Center don’t think a permit should’ve been issued earlier this month for state-owned utility Santee Cooper to build a power plant on [...]
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How underground ‘hot rocks’ could power America’s future

By | Published: December 31, 2008
iChristian Science Monitor: Could hot rocks miles below the earth’s surface be the "killer app" of the energy industry? Google thinks so. It’s investing more than $10 million to develop new technology that would make this subterranean resource a widespread, economically viable competitor to fossil fuels. Geothermal heat could meet 10 percent of [...]
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Report: Overall Utah environment improving

By | Published: December 31, 2008
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;KSL: An inversion intensifies on the Wasatch Front as we wait for wind to clean out the air. Despite the smog today, a new report from the Department of Environmental Quality shows improvement in the environment for 2008. It’s a yellow-air alert today, but there are improvements in the forecast and [...]
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Kansas governor dissolves energy policy group

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Associated Press: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius dissolved a state energy group Wednesday, following months of criticism from even some members that its unwieldy size made it ineffective in influencing policy. Sebelius said the Kansas Energy Council had provided a "solid foundation" for others’ discussions and noted that four other task forces or committees are [...]
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