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Global warming evidence grows: UN expert (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| AAP: Evidence that humans are to blame for global warming is rising but governments are doing too little to counter the threat, the head of the UN climate panel said. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), also said costs of braking climate change in coming decades might be less than forecast in the IPCC's last report in 2001. "If one looks at just the scientific evidence that's been collected, it's certainly becoming far more ... |
Brazil and Japan give fuel to ethanol market (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Nature: Rising oil prices and apprehension about global warming are prompting governments to rethink their energy supply policies. Brazil has recently carried out negotiations with Japan to export ethanol produced from sugarcane. That's comes after Japan authorized the substitution of up to 3% of gasoline with ethanol to help meet its Kyoto Treaty commitments. Indeed, burning ethanol recycles atmospheric carbon instead of releasing fossilized carbon into the atmosphere, thus reducing the ... |
Green energy sales seen quadrupling in decade (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Reuters: Global annual sales of renewable energies such as wind, solar and biofuels could more than quadruple in a decade to nearly $170 billion if oil prices remain high and technology costs fall, according to a study. Global sales of green sources of energy more than doubled in 2005 to $39.9 billion, according to California research and publishing firm Clean Edge. Sales could grow to a $167.2 billion by 2015, according to Clean Edge, whose forecasts on renewable energy have been met ... |
Next Hurricane Season Could Match 2005, or Worse - UN (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Reuters: This year's hurricane season could match the record breaking destruction caused by storms in 2005, the United Nations warned. In 2005, an unprecedented 27 tropical storms, 15 of which became full-blown hurricanes, battered Central America and the US Gulf coast, killing more than 3,000 people and causing tens of billions of dollars in damage. "We have reason to fear that 2006 could be as bad as 2005," Jan Egeland, the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs ... |
EPA Seeks to Ease US Ethanol Plant Pollution Rules (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Reuters: In a move that could boost much-needed US ethanol supplies for blending into gasoline, the government is proposing to allow corn milling facilities that make ethanol for fuel to spew more pollution before certain clean air rules are triggered. Ethanol is produced at corn milling plants for use as a fuel additive in gasoline or for human consumption in liquors. However, the facilities have different emission rules depending on the type of ethanol they produce. The Environmental ... |
Failure to report on climate change in South (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| SciDev.Net: A survey of four developing countries says their media have a poor understanding of climate change, and place a low priority on reporting it. Yet, the effects of climate change will be most severely felt in developing countries. Panos London says its survey, published last week (1 March), shows that the media, policymakers and scientists must encourage an "urgently needed" public discussion of the issues. Panos interviewed 47 journalists in Honduras, Jamaica, ... |
Scientist: US may lose environmental satellites (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Associated Press: Budget cuts and poor management may be jeopardizing the future of our eyes in orbit -- America's fleet of environmental satellites, vital tools for forecasting hurricanes, protecting water supplies and predicting global warming. "The system of environmental satellites is at risk of collapse," said Richard A. Anthes, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. "Every year that goes by without the system being addressed is a ... |
States Appeal to U.S. Top Court on CO2 Car Emissions (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Reuters: A dozen U.S. states appealed to the Supreme Court Friday on a case that seeks to force the U.S. government to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks, an environmental group said. The states, three cities including New York, and several green groups had sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to regulate the car emissions most scientists link to global warming. Last August the full bench of the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, ... |
UK warned against nuclear 'quick fix' (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| United Press International: Increasing Britain's nuclear power capacity is not the answer to concerns over energy supply or climate change, a government advisory panel warned Monday. The Sustainable Development Commission cautioned the government against viewing nuclear power as "an easy fix," saying even doubling nuclear capacity would lead to only a small reduction in carbon emissions. The report, compiled in response to the government's own energy review, to be published later this year, ... |
US Government Plans Steps to Advance Nevada Nuclear Dump (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Reuters: The Bush administration is planning steps to advance its long-stalled proposal to build a nuclear waste dump in the Nevada desert, officials told Congress Wednesday. The government's plan to build an underground waste dump in the Nevada desert about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas is more than 10 years behind schedule and still plagued by scientific foul-ups and political stonewalling. Paul Golan, an acting director at the Department of Energy, did not tell the Senate ... |
United Kingdom: 'No quick fix' from nuclear power (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| BBC: Building new nuclear plants is not the answer to tackling climate change or securing Britain's energy supply, a government advisory panel has reported. The Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) report says doubling nuclear capacity would make only a small impact on reducing carbon emissions by 2035. The body, which advises the government on the environment, says this must be set against the potential risks. The government is currently undertaking a review of ... |
Bush faces opposition at home after India nuclear deal (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation: TONY JONES: President George W Bush returned from his historic visit to India last week to face a sceptical congress. Hardline conservatives have joined forces with liberal Democrats to oppose his deal to pass on US civil nuclear technology to a renegade nuclear power. Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency has just begun a meeting to discuss Iran's refusal to wind back its nuclear activities. Its chairman of that organisation, Mohamed ElBaradei will submit a report to that ... |
Scientists Find Antarctic Ice Shrank Significantly (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Reuters: The Antarctic ice sheet shrank significantly during the past three years, according to the findings of a NASA study. Using data from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), scientists concluded that Antarctica's ice sheet decreased by about 152 cubic kilometers annually from April 2002 to August 2005. The estimated loss was enough to raise global sea level about 1.2 millimeters (0.04724 inch) during the study period or about 13 ... |
So how are we getting on at saving the planet? Could do better (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Guardian: Love is all around: love for our fellow humans, the environment, animals. Ethical living is manifesting itself across our lives, from coffee chains which only sell Fair Trade brew, to the incipient fashion for organic clothes, to vegan film stars in fuel-efficient Toyotas. Not long ago, ethical choices were regarded as the idiosyncrasy of people who opted out of consumer society. Helped by celebrity endorsement, dramatic climate change, publicity for poverty, and recognition that ... |
UN pleads for food as drought grips Kenya (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Observer: The United Nations food agency will run out of the supplies it needs to keep 3.5 million drought-stricken Kenyans alive because it has received just over a tenth of the required funding, officials said yesterday. The situation in El Wak and other parts of Kenya was 'as bad as it gets', said James Morris, executive director of the World Food Programme. 'There is just no alternative if lives are going to be saved - the world has to provide food,' he said. Dozens of people are ... |
United Kingdom: A wind farm too far (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Sunday Times: The rejection last week of plans for a giant wind farm in Cumbria has provoked predictably angry reactions. A public inquiry had already turned down the proposed farm, consisting of 27 wind turbines, each 12ft higher than St Paul's Cathedral. The question was whether the government would endorse that rejection or force the plan through against local objections, led by luminaries such as Sir Chris Bonington and Lord Bragg. Thankfully ministers did the right thing, and the Whinash wind ... |
Can our way of living really save the planet? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Observer: After a week in which Amex launched its red card, David Cameron said he was going for wind power and the Lonely Planet pleaded for less air travel, Robin McKie, Amelia Hill, Juliette Jowit and Nick Mathiason ask if the shopper in the street can make more difference than politicians On the surface, Kendal Murray's life looks utterly average. Each morning, she showers, makes toast and drops her children off at nursery before going to work. Only on closer inspection do the details ... |
Carbon credits: India to emerge as a big player (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Sify: India is emerging as a serious player in the global carbon credits market. This has prompted EcoSecurities, originator, developer and trader of carbon credits, to set up office in India. At a conservative level, EcoSecurities has estimated the Indian market at $40-50 million annually. But the company is proceeding cautiously, Dr Pedro Moura Costa, EcoSecurities Founder, President and COO, said. "In India, gates have just opened for CDM projects, so there is a bit of euphoria. ... |
Corn fuel could be fix to oil addiction (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Miami Herald: If you're driving a new or late-model Chevrolet Tahoe or Ford Taurus or Dodge Stratus -- or one of dozens of other cars and trucks dating back to 1998 -- you may have a vehicle capable of helping curb what President Bush calls America's oil addiction. And chances are you didn't even know it. Such flexible fuel vehicles are among as many as 5 million cars and trucks now on the nation's roads that can run on either gasoline or a fuel called E85 -- a mix of 15 percent gasoline ... |
United Kingdom: One is hated, one is feted, but which is greener? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Sunday Times: The government is about to spend thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money on a string of unremarkable looking mid-sized hatchbacks it hopes will boost its green credentials. Ageing Rovers and Vauxhalls are to be retired from the car fleet used to take cabinet ministers to meetings. Some will be replaced by the Toyota Prius, a petrol-electric hybrid that ministers believe will help the problems of global warming and dwindling oil reserves. Sales of the Prius (meaning "before" or ... |
China to reform energy, power prices but retain controls - premier (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| AFX: China will reform its energy and utility pricing mechanisms, but such reforms will be gradual and the country will not abandon price controls, Premier Wen Jiabao said. 'We will focus on gradually streamlining and improving the pricing mechanism for resource products and related factors of production,' he told parliament. 'In doing so, we need to take into account the interests of all parties and pay particular attention to the needs of low-income people,' he added. ... |
Even with our clouds, solar water heaters are a viable option (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Seattle Times: Think of it as your revenge on those endless gloomy Northwest winter days. You can put the sun to work for you, to help the environment and reduce your energy bill. It's no joke – Washington state has become a hotbed for solar energy. And the best way to start is to jump into hot water. For the average Western Washington homeowner, a solar water-heating system has the fastest payback of any solar technology. By greatly reducing the costs of water heating, a solar hot-water ... |
Nepal: Himalayan melting risk surveyed (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| BBC: A new weather station is expected to show the extent of warming in the Himalayas, one of the world's biggest deposits of ice and a key source of fresh water. It has been installed on the longest Himalayan glacier, in the Everest region of Nepal. There have been numerous reports of glacial retreats in the Himalayas over the years, but this weather station will be able to quantify changes to the local climate. One part of it has been set up on the Nguzumpa Glacier to ... |
Australia: Major parties not planning for climate change: Milne (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A Tasmanian Greens Senator has accused the major parties in the South Australian election campaign of failing to provide adequate plans to deal with climate change. Both Labor and the Liberals have spent the day talking up their green credentials. The Opposition is promising new laws on littering, while Premier Mike Rann has announced a $6 million forest along a stretch of the River Murray. "Which is part of our way of dealing with issues such as erosion and dry ... |
Nuclear Pact with India Seen as Surrender (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-06-2006 at 06:00:12
| Inter Press Service: While U.S. President George W. Bush hailed Thursday's nuclear accord with India as a major breakthrough in forging a "strategic partnership" with the South Asian giant, the pact has been broadly denounced by non-proliferation experts here as a devil's bargain. The agreement, which must still be approved by the U.S. Congress, marks a significant blow to the prevailing international non-proliferation regime, according to the critics, who have argued that it effectively ... |
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