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United Kingdom: A bright idea: How changing light bulbs helps beat global warming (and cut bills) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Independent: The simple use of current technology could have a dramatic impact on global warming, if only we would adopt it. The low-energy light bulb and other efficient lighting systems could prevent a cumulative total of 16 billion tons of carbon from being added to the world's atmosphere over the next 25 years, according to a report by the International Energy Agency. The agency said it would not need any technology that is not already widely available and - far from costing money - it would ... |
Big costs seen for small carbon credit projects (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Reuters: Measuring greenhouse gas emissions can be costly and this expense may prevent small carbon trading projects from getting off the ground, a leading South African researcher said on Monday. Under the Kyoto Protocol, which aims to cut emissions of gases linked to climate change, projects in developing countries can trade or sell credits, from reductions they make in carbon emissions, to companies in developed nations that have to meet Kyoto-enforced limits. Covering landfill sites ... |
Great Lakes' waters drop (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Associated Press: Several large vessels have run aground on Michigan's Saginaw River this shipping season, caught in shallow waters a few miles from Lake Huron. The river port is as shallow as 13 feet in a passage that is supposed to be 22 feet deep, a sign of low water levels in North America's five Great Lakes -- Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Water levels declined in 1998 and have remained low, forcing ships to take on lighter loads and sparking concern about shorelines and ... |
United Kingdom: Climate change brings new options for UK farming (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Reuters: Climate change provides many new opportunities for British farmers, like tea and energy crops, but also poses challenges including the threat of new insects and diseases, a British government minister said. "We want to see farmers seize opportunities for new crops that a changing climate is going to bring," junior environment minister Ian Pearson said on Sunday. "Farmers have grown the first tea crop in Cornwall which has sold for high prices in the London ... |
Climate change could cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, scientists say (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Canadian Press: So the warnings of harsher heat waves, stronger hurricanes and rising seas fail to impress. How about volcanic eruptions in the Arctic, or a tsunami off the coast of Newfoundland? The latest scientific discipline to enter the fray over global warming is geology. And the forecasts from some quarters are dramatic - not only will the earth shake, it will spit fire. A number of geologists say glacial melting due to climate change will unleash pent-up pressures in the ... |
Climate Counterattack (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| E Magazine: The field of global warming skeptics is thinning as rapidly as Greenland's glaciers, but it hasn't stopped them from rallying for a counterattack every now and then. The most recent target of their ire was an Associated Press report by Seth Borenstein, reprinted in the Washington Post among other outlets on June 27, entitled "Scientists OK Gore's Movie for Accuracy." The story is straightforward enough. The AP contacted more than 100 top climatologists by e-mail and phone (including ... |
Confidence in ability to control weather dries up (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Reuters: China says its scientists make enough rain to fill the Yellow River; Moscow claims credit for sunshine for Red Square parades -- but confidence in other nations that humans can alter the weather has almost dried up. If it worked reliably, the use of aircraft and rockets to spread tiny chemical particles into the sky to "seed" or disperse clouds could be the answer to famine, drought, desertification, even global warming. However, lack of proof that it works means that ... |
Global warming: Crisis for Earth? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| BBC: The BBC is to gather expert evidence this week on whether human-induced climate change is a crisis for planet Earth, as James Lovelock believes. The originator of the Gaia concept wrote in his recent book "...the fever of global heating is real and deadly". He says nuclear power is the only short-term way to provide enough energy without causing more climatic harm. The BBC has commissioned a panel of scientists to review Professor Lovelock's evidence and opinions. ... |
United Kingdom: Livingstone takes drought campaign to the garden (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Reuters: With southeastern England in the grip of a drought, London mayor Ken Livingstone has taken his water-saving campaign into the city's gardens. At this year's Hampton Court Palace flower show which opens on Tuesday, Livingstone has put his name to a garden designed to cope with the reduced levels of water that will become the norm as global warming turns the English climate Mediterranean. "The problem will not go away -- Londoners are going to have to reduce the amount of ... |
The Race to Replace Fossil Fuels (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| OneWorld US: Wind power is "poised to become to become the foundation of the new energy economy," claims a new survey by the Washington, D.C.-based Earth Policy Institute. According to the environmental group, global wind electricity-generating capacity increased by 24 percent in 2005 to 59,100 megawatts--a twelvefold increase from a decade ago, when world wind-generating capacity stood at less than 5,000 megawatts. The report says wind power is the world's fastest-growing ... |
Thinktank condemns EU carbon trading 'nightmare' (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Guardian: The EU's carbon trading scheme is an "administrative nightmare" and has put British firms at a disadvantage, a thinktank claimed today. OpenEurope said the union-wide emissions trading scheme (ETS) had allowed overall emissions to rise and was unfair because member states do not make equal sacrifices. The ETS, introduced at the start of 2005, was designed to be the centrepiece of the EU's drive to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gases. Under the ... |
UK among 11 to miss emission targets deadline (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Guardian: The EU's ambitious greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme (ETS) is in further disarray as 11 of its 25 governments, including Britain, face warnings of legal action from the European commission for failing to meet last Friday's deadline for submitting their plans to cut carbon dioxide between 2008 and 2012. The ETS is basic to Europe's claims to be leading the battle against global warming. It was undermined in May when emission permit prices plunged after Brussels admitted that the ... |
We need regulation to reduce this waste of energy (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Independent: This report illustrates yet again what we all know but somehow fail to address: it is often not the demand for energy, but waste of energy that is driving us towards radical climate change. We can all take steps individually: turning off lights when we are not using them and installing energy-saving light bulbs. However, we do not have the luxury of time to allow individuals to save the world by their action. Governments must act to ensure that we see a peak and then a decline in ... |
Wild Wisconsin weather on the way? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Capital Times: A recent study by the National Academy of Sciences verified that the Earth is the warmest it has been for at least 400 years, and several analyses say it will continue heating up. Whether human activities such as emission of heat-trapping carbon dioxide are the major cause, or whether natural climate cycles are a bigger factor, is still debated. But scientists agree that the Earth is warmer, and some say that heat is already causing more extreme weather - stronger hurricanes and ... |
Will These Birds Vanish from Scotland? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Scotsman: THE Scottish populations of seven species of bird have significantly declined in the past decade, according to a new report. Numbers of kestrel, lapwing and curlew plummeted by between a quarter and almost half between 1994 and 2005 while oystercatcher numbers fell by 22 per cent and the meadow pipit saw a drop of 18 per cent. All five birds are on the "amber" warning list because of fears that their populations will decline further in future. The Breeding Bird ... |
A changing climate for nuclear energy (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:17
| Financial Times: The government has been dropping broad hints of its new enthusiasm for privately funded nuclear power plants. The latest one was implicit in last week's announcement of unexpectedly tough caps on carbon dioxide emissions from 2008-12. The government is steadily restricting the supply of tradeable permits to emit carbon. This is the most cost-effective way of reaching any given emissions target because it means that those who can easily clean up their act will do so while those who are ... |
Asia is set to go nuclear (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:18
| Times (UK): ASIAN markets have not been kind to investors this summer – many are still 20% off the highs they hit this year. But amid all the drama, it's worth remembering why so many people poured so much money into Asia in the first place – to try for a piece of the extraordinary economic growth of the past five years. Then it's worth remembering that stock markets and economies are different things. The fact that equity markets have fallen sharply does not necessarily say anything ... |
EU countries miss CO2 emissions trading deadline (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:18
| EU Politix: Just 11 member states had drawn up new national allocation plans - part of the EU's emissions trading scheme - by the due date. France, Germany and Spain were among the countries that missed the deadline; in contrast, the UK's plan was published several months ago. But the European commission cannot sanction countries for failing to meet the deadline - though it does have the right to veto the action plans. EU governments allocate CO2 emission rights to heavy ... |
United States: Gore finds believers here on global warming (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:18
| Capital Times: After viewing "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's gripping documentary on global warming, Roger Ebert wrote: "In 39 years, I have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are: You owe it to yourself to see this film. If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to." I happen to share those sentiments. And I'm elated not only that the film's gotten overwhelmingly positive reviews, but that it's already ... |
Hurricane warning of $100bn loss (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:18
| Guardian: Insurers can expect to lose up to $100bn (£55bn) from the next hurricane to hit Florida after a surge in property values, according to Lloyd's of London. Only last year Lloyd's was estimating losses at $60bn but constant migration to coastal districts and the increasing severity of the storms is putting ever more pressure on insurers. Lloyd's says that its 200-plus syndicates could expect at least another five or 10 years of severe hurricanes lashing Florida and towns on the Gulf of ... |
My new Prius: strictly a calculated business decision (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 09:00:18
| Mercury News: I just bought a Toyota Prius, the most fuel-efficient car on the market, for exactly the right reason. Not to save the planet by lowering tail-pipe emissions. Not to send a message to the oil companies, or to appear environmentally hip while tooling down the highway. I bought the Prius because of money, and that's important for the future of Silicon Valley, as I'll explain below. Specifically, I got a new car at least a year earlier than I'd previously planned because of ... |
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