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Plantations may do more harm than good, says CSIRO (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2006 at 12:00:36
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A global study on the use of forest plantations for carbon sequestration has found they may not always benefit the environment. The study of large-scale plantations found that plantations can have an adverse effect on water supply, soil nutrition and salinity, even if they do have some benefit against gases causing global warming. CSIRO Land and Water researcher Dr Damien Barrett says even though plantations are only a stop-gap against reducing emissions, it is important to ... |
Australia: Govt 'lagging' on climate change (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2006 at 03:00:18
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Australia's green think tank, the Australia Institute, has accused the Federal Government of fiddling on climate change while Australia burns. Institute executive director Clive Hamilton says the Government is pandering to the fossil fuel industry, allowing greenhouse gas emissions to continue to rise unchecked and contribute to global warming. He says recent scorching temperatures are a sign of what is to come, with the CSIRO predicting drought conditions will become the ... |
Australia: Coalition urged to cool a hot pollution problem (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2006 at 03:00:18
| Age: EXTREME weather at the weekend that fanned devastating bushfires shows serious measures are needed to tackle global warming, a think tank has warned. The Australia Institute urged the Federal Government to act. "CSIRO projections indicate Australian cities can expect a doubling in the number of very hot days in coming decades and drought conditions to become the norm," executive director Clive Hamilton said. But "the relentless growth in carbon pollution from ... |
Alternative energy turns big business (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2006 at 03:00:18
| United Press International: After starts and stops over the last 30 years, alternative or renewable energy may have finally moved from a U.S. cottage industry to big business. With oil and gas prices soaring, the allure of alternate energy sources is apparent and some industry analysts say it may not only become a darling of Wall Street, it may offer a bubble for investors, the New York Times reported Sunday. For example, some of the most in-demand initial public offerings recently have been of solar ... |
U.S. Government Encourages Renewables on Outer Continental Shelf (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2006 at 03:00:18
| Environment News Service: WASHINGTON, DC, January 2, 2006 (ENS) - Development of wind, wave, current and solar power projects on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf is now being structured by the federal government agency with oversight of oil and gas development. The Minerals Management Service (MMS), part of the Department of the Interior, was empowered by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to assume authority for renewable energy projects, such as wave, wind or solar power on offshore lands. The agency is ... |
It's like a sauna for fauna (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2006 at 03:00:18
| Sydney Morning Herald: ANTS ran as fast as their many little legs could carry them, hot-footing it in crazy turbo-charged dashes across the searing footpath. Birds did not call, blowflies did not buzz, butterflies hung motionless beneath wilting leaves, and the garden skinks retreated into the deepest shade. Even the indefatigable bees quit their labours to fan their hives en masse and save their young. The desert visited itself on Sydney on Sunday, ushering in the new year with a blazing sun ... |
Spain: Spain's Appetite for Carbon Credits (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2006 at 03:00:18
| Inter Press Service: Spain is staking its bets on Latin America for a place in the global "carbon market", with the hope of counterbalancing its emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases, which continue on the rise. Spanish companies are already working in several Latin American countries on clean energy projects, which would allow the European nation to "buy" credits equivalent to the carbon dioxide that would otherwise have been produced from the burning of fossil fuels, ... |
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