Monthly Archives: March 2009
China Demands Obama Carbon Pledge at UN Climate Talks
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Bloomberg: China and India called on wealthier countries to accept numerical cuts of greenhouse-gas emissions at United Nations climate talks, a change in policy for the new U.S. team of negotiators. The world is running out of time to tackle global warming and needs pledges by industrialized countries to release less [...]
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Wind industry expects its slowdown to be only temporary
News Tribune: Michael and Sharon Medwid did what other family businesses are trying around the country: They invested in a new shop and machinery to build parts for wind turbines and to reap the benefits of America’s expansion of wind energy. Then the recession clobbered them. Now they’re running lean to survive until credit [...]
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Glacier dust key to past climates
BBC: Ancient dust buried deep in Antarctic ice sheets could hold information about climate change, a study has suggested. Research by Edinburgh, Stirling and Lille universities indicated that Patagonian glaciers were acting as an "on/off switch" for releasing dust. Researchers said during the coldest periods of the last ice age, these glaciers were [...]
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United Kingdom: Green economy ‘could create jobs’
BBC: Up to 15,000 jobs could be created each year in London by 2025 as a result of Boris Johnson’s plans to cut energy and tackle climate change, says a report. The report, by Ernst & Young, bases its figures on the mayor’s plans to make buildings more energy-efficient and building waste and recycling [...]
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New plan to reduce planes’ C02 emissions
Associated Press: Aviation groups in Europe announced a plan Tuesday to change the way commercial planes land in order to reduce their global-warming emissions of carbon dioxide. By 2013 some 100 European airports will allow planes to descend all the way from cruising altitude to the runway in one smooth glide, saving up to [...]
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Areva signs euro700M deal to sell wind turbines
Associated Press: French engineering giant Areva SA said Tuesday its wind turbine subsidiary Multibrid has agreed the sale of 80 turbines to Germany’s Wetfeet Offshore Windenergy GmBH for more than euro700 million ($923 million). Delivery is scheduled for 2011-2012. The windfarm, known as Global Tech 1, is located 90 km (56 miles) from the [...]
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South Africa: A Clever Plan to Trap and Store Carbon Emissions
Business Day: AS TEMPORARY measures go, the idea of a South African carbon capture and storage (CCS) effort in mitigation of the greenhouse effect and climate change would seem reasonable were it not for the inherent constraints to the process. If CCS is to significantly reduce SA’s contribution of greenhouse gases to the earth’s [...]
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U.S. Seeks to Reduce Emissions From Ships in Coastal Areas
New York Times: The United States and Canada have asked the International Maritime Organization to designate their coastal regions as areas where oceangoing ships would face strict controls on emissions of sulfur, particulate matter like soot and other pollutants that endanger human health. Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, [...]
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China passes 500 mark for U.N. clean energy projects
Reuters: China, the world’s top greenhouse gas polluter, has passed a milestone in the number of U.N.-backed clean energy projects, with the world body approving more than 500 such schemes so far. China has the highest number of such projects, which yield tradable carbon credits for investors in wind farms, solar power, small hydro, [...]
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Google searching for clean tech investment
Business Green: Google has announced a new arm of its business, Google Ventures, a technology investment fund that will target early stage firms including clean tech start ups. The search giant said it had started Ventures as a way of opening up its own resources to new technology development, and will seek out and [...]
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United Kingdom: Boris Johnson to slash London environmental team in half
Guardian: The team in charge of London’s bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase recycling and biodiversity is to be cut in half in a major shake-up that calls into question the commitment to the environment of the mayor, Boris Johnson. Leaked documents seen by the Guardian show that the Greater London authority [...]
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China: Remote island gets wave, wind and solar power plant
SciDev.Net: A remote Chinese island is installing a power station that will harness the wind, sun and waves to produce energy and fresh water. Situated on Dangan Island in the South China Sea, the station should provide 80 per cent of the energy requirements of its 300 inhabitants. A desalination facility will provide 10,000 [...]
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House Democrats unveil pollution reduction plan
iAssociated Press: Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday proposed cutting greenhouse gases by one-fifth over the next decade, a faster clip than urged by President Barack Obama. Their plan, seen as the first step toward Congress enacting climate legislation this year, was crafted to attract broader support among centrist Democrats. It includes measures to spur energy [...]
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Nitrate stimulates greenhouse gas production in small streams