Monthly Archives: December 2009

Global warming blamed for rise in malaria on Mount Kenya

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Times (UK): Global warming has caused a seven-fold increase in cases of malaria on the slopes of Mount Kenya, a British-funded research team has found. A 2C increase in average temperatures around the mountain in the past 20 years has allowed the disease to creep into higher altitude areas, where the local population of [...]
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United Kingdom: John Gummer quits as MP to force more passion out of West on climate change

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Times (UK): John Gummer is to leave the House of Commons to lead a new international campaign to make Britain, the US and other developed countries take more responsibility for fighting climate change. The former Conservative Agriculture Minister and Environment Secretary — who famously tried to feed his daughter a burger to convince people [...]
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Poor Rainfall Worsens Food Insecurity

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Business Daily: The European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) has raised a red flag over the worsening food security situation in the Horn of Africa. Mr Karel De Gucht, the European Commissioner in charge of development and humanitarian aid, attributes the disastrous situation to the terrible potential of climate change. "Large parts of [...]
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No rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide fraction in past 160 years, new research finds

By | Published: December 31, 2009
ScienceDaily: Most of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activity does not remain in the atmosphere, but is instead absorbed by the oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. In fact, only about 45 percent of emitted carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere. However, some studies have suggested that the ability of oceans and plants to absorb [...]
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‘Lifeless’ prions can ‘evolve’

By | Published: December 31, 2009
BBC: Scientists have shown for the first time that "lifeless" prion proteins, devoid of all genetic material, can evolve just like higher forms of life. The Scripps Research Institute in the US says the prions can change to suit their environment and go on to develop drug resistance. Prions are associated with 20 [...]
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Canada pipeline report may help unlock federal funds

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Reuters: A regulatory panel’s conditional support for the Mackenzie gas pipeline in Canada’s Far North could kick-start plodding talks between Ottawa and the project’s backers over an expensive fiscal support package, a top Northwest Territories minister said on Thursday. Those discussions have dragged on for nearly a year since Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice [...]
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EPA questions New York state plan to drill for shale gas

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Reuters: Original post by miscellaneous
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Regulators: ND wind power grew quickly in 2009

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Assiociated Press: North Dakota regulators say the state’s wind power resources almost doubled in 2009. Four major projects began operating. They’re capable of generating about 547 megawatts. North Dakota Public Service Commissioners Tony Clark and Kevin Cramer say the state’s wind power capacity is now almost 1,200 megawatts. Clark says at the [...]
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China to be 3rd biggest wind power producer

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Agence France Presse: China is set to become the world’s third largest wind power producer in 2009, state media reported, as the Asian giant seeks various ways to expand energy supply to power its economic boom. The country’s installed wind power capacity will reach 20 gigawatts this year, said Shi Lishan, vice [...]
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Agence France Presse: The Red River that divides Hanoi is at its lowest level in more than a century, and global warming could be a factor, a Vietnamese official said on Thursday. "The level of the Red River was measured at only 0.66 metres (2.2 feet) on Tuesday morning, the lowest level [...]
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Northeast, mid-Atlantic states set low-carbon goal

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Assiociated Press: Original post by miscellaneous
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Climate change increasing malaria risk, research reveals

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Guardian: Rising temperatures on the slopes of Mount Kenya have put an extra 4 million people at risk of malaria, research funded by the UK government warned today. Climate change has raised average temperatures in the Central Highlands region of Kenya, allowing the disease to creep into higher altitude areas where the population has [...]
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Toyota’s hybrid Prius faces US probe over brakes

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Agence France Presse: Toyota is facing a potential safety issue with its highest profile vehicle, the Prius, the latest in a plague of quality problems that forced it to recall four million vehicles in 2009. A growing number of owners allege that the brakes on the third-generation, 2010 Toyota Prius can malfunction [...]
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South Korea to ramp up clean tech investment in 2010

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Business Green: South Korea is set to continue its quest to establish the country as one of Asia’s leading clean tech hubs during 2010, with the government predicting that South Korean manufacturing companies will invest more than $3.4bn in the clean technology sector over the next 12 months, up from $2.7bn in 2009. Earlier [...]
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Clean tech investors predict bumper 2010

By | Published: December 31, 2009
Business Green: Investment in clean technologies is set to increase over the next 12 months and is unlikely to be unduly hampered by the weak agreement delivered at the Copenhagen Summit earlier this month, according to a major survey of leading investors from investment bank Jefferies. The survey of 200 clean tech investors representing [...]
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