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Australia: Nuclear no cure for climate change, scientists warn (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| Sydney Morning Herald: AUSTRALIA could not develop a domestic nuclear power industry in time to stave off the effects of climate change and such a program would be prohibitively expensive, energy experts say. The cost of building the large number of nuclear power stations needed to even partly replace coal as a source of electricity would be so heavy no private investor would take on the risk without huge government subsidies, they said. The Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, warned at the weekend ... |
Market forces put brake on gas-guzzlers (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| Times (UK): IT'S always instructive when people diverge from the national stereotypes that we have, in our tidy minds, assigned to them. Evidence of assertiveness among Canadians, organisation among Italians or self-deprecation among Frenchmen tells us something that we have overlooked about native characteristics and forces us to revisit our assumptions. The current American frenzy over oil prices is the latest fine example. By and large, we assume that Americans are free-market sort of ... |
Canada: Alberta's heavy oil industry should pay for huge fresh-water use: report (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| Canadian Press: The heavy oil industry should pay for the huge volumes of fresh water it uses to tap Alberta's rich oilsands reserves, says a report by an environmental think-tank. The Pembina Institute report released Monday also calls for a moratorium on new oilsands mines until the Alberta government figures out how much fresh water the industry should be able to take in the face of climate change. If the province and corporations fail to act, Alberta could run out of fresh drinking water ... |
NOAA: Greenhouse gases continue to rise (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| Associated Press: The greenhouse gases widely blamed for raising the planet's temperature are still building up in the atmosphere. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday there was a continuing increase in carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide in the air last year, though methane leveled off. The agency said and there was a decline in two chlorofluorocarbons, gases blamed for the ozone hole over the Antarctic. Overall, NOAA said, its annual greenhouse gas index ... |
Three quarters 'back climate law' (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| BBC: Three quarters of the UK population would support a new law aimed at combating climate change, according to a survey by Friends of the Earth. Some 1,233 people were asked if they would back a law requiring annual reductions in UK CO2 emissions. While 75% said they would, 5% said they would not, with 19% of respondents saying they did not know. The government recently revealed the UK is unlikely to meet its target of reducing CO2 emissions by 20% by 2010. The ... |
Ethanol's Promise (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| New York Times: The political scramble to find quick answers to rising oil prices has produced one useful result, which is to get people talking about substitute fuels that could make us less vulnerable to market forces, less dependent on volatile Persian Gulf oil producers and less culpable on global warming. That, in turn, has focused attention on the fuel that seems to have the best chance of replacing gasoline – ethanol. President Bush mentioned ethanol in his State of the Union address. ... |
Solar Energy has a Bright Future (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| Voice of America: The recent run-up in oil prices has increased interest in alternative energy sources, especially ones that are not subject to changing political fortunes, that are renewable, and that pollute less. VOA's Zulima Palacio reports on one source that appears endlessly renewable. If it is not, the consequences will go far beyond energy supplies. Amy Katz narrates. The sun shines for everybody. Some days are better than others, but as long as the sun is out, solar panels work, producing ... |
Why a Gas Tax Is Good for You (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| USA News & World Report: Twenty months ago, when plenty of folks were reeling at $48-per-barrel oil, energy economist Philip Verleger predicted that the price was headed for $60. A prolific author, Verleger served in the Treasury Department under President Carter. He now runs a consulting business out of Aspen, Colo., and is a visiting fellow with the Institute for International Economics. Verleger explains why more pain could be ahead at the pump. President Bush is going to stop adding crude oil to the ... |
Canada: Debate on Global Warming Helps Produce a Brisk Seller (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| New York Times: Canada's Conservative government, which was elected in January, has been distancing itself from the greenhouse gas emission cuts the country promised to make under the Kyoto Protocol, the climate treaty requiring reductions. And along the way, the environment minister, Rona Ambrose, has helped turn an obscure science-fiction novel about global warming into a widely known book title in Canada. "Hotter Than Hell" describes a war between Canada and the United States ... |
Canada: Goldman Sachs sees green in biofuel firm (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| Globe and Mail: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has agreed to take a large minority stake in a Canadian alternative fuels company, the first time that one of Wall Street's big players has made a significant investment in the promising cellulose ethanol industry. Goldman Sachs will announce today that it has invested $30-million (Canadian) in Ottawa-based Iogen Corp., considered the global leader in cellulose ethanol technology. The investment bank will join Royal Dutch/Shell PLC, Petro-Canada and the ... |
Gorbachev Calls G8 to Invest in Solar Energy (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| MosNews: The first and last Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev, has called the leaders of the world's largest industrialized nations (G8) to invest in solar energy. Gorbachev, founder and chairman of Green Cross International, sent a letter to heads of state and leaders of parliaments in the G8 nations as they prepare for the upcoming G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. He explained his idea of "Energy Security." "This idea reflects our vision of a way of helping the energy ... |
Plants' role in global warming re-examined (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2006 at 09:00:12
| United Press International: U.S. scientists say estimates of higher plant respiration due to global warming may be overstated by not considering their ability to adjust to conditions. A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory suggests about 9 percent more carbon will be stored in plants and soil with the acclimation of plants included in the model. While the amount is relatively small compared with different climate-carbon simulations, the authors note the ... |
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