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CRC Deadlines: 4 Weeks To Register, 7 Months To Escape

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Ross.

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The green media has been reporting that, a month before D-day for CRC registration, 1698 organisations of the 3-4000 CRC participants have already registered, putting the energy-efficiency scheme’ on course’ for the vast majority to register before heavy fines kick in.
What they remain unaware of, is that the same companies only have 7 months left [...]

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The Financial Case For CFL and LED Light Bulbs

Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by Ross.

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Manufacturers of LED lighting are quick to trumpet the benefits of their lights versus incandescent bulbs, but are usually careful to avoid similar comparisons with compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) bulbs which are similarly energy efficient. Here we do just that: contrasting the financial case for CFL and LED light bulbs from the same manufacturer.
We’ve chosen [...]

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Climate Change Crop Yields Will Lead To Starvation

Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Ross.

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With all-time record temperatures being set worldwide this year, and the trend likely to continue as the world warms under climate change, the question of how such temperatures will affect us all is an obvious one.
The current headlines coming out of Russia are similar to those generated by the 2003’s European heatwave - the deadliest [...]

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Record Temperatures And Record Energy Use

Posted on 10. Aug, 2010 by Ross.

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17 countries around the world have recorded all-time national record temperatures this summer, giving people from different corners of the world more of an idea of what to expect from future climate change.
With the Russian 37°C heatwave currently doubling Moscow’s death rate, and Pakistan suffering from cataclysmic flooding, these warm weather patterns are bringing more [...]

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The Ugly Face Of Climate Compensation: Saudi Arabia And Equador

Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by Ross.

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One of the key negotiating points in the continuing grudge match of international climate change diplomacy surrounds the demands of developing countries for western nations to foot the bill both for climate adaptation and low-carbon growth.
The argument generally goes like this: developed nations have caused climate change by polluting the atmosphere in their quest for [...]

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Endangered Species vs Climate Change: You Can’t Have It Both Ways

Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Think that an adorable doe-eyed animal will help you to save the world? Think twice before relying on it to bring about change (unless it happens to have super powers and similarly noble instincts!)
Environmentalists have always looked to warn of the dangers of climate change through the eyes of a cuddly mammal whose life is [...]

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International Climate Negotiations Are Dead (Thanks America), But That’s Not Stopping China

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Whatever lingering hopes the most blindly optimistic of climate negotiators had of finding further progress in the wake of the Copenhagen disaster was extinguished by the announcement that the US Senate was to abandon its attempts to pass some form of carbon emissions regulation. However, other countries including China are continuing with their decarbonisation strategies [...]

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Ocean Acidification Occuring Too Fast For Adaptation

Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Firstly, some good news. Ocean acidification, the evil twin of climate change, has happened in the past and creatures of the period adapted their physiologies to survive.
The bad news is that the current rate of ocean acidification far outstrips what has gone before, making generational adaption to the current rising oceanic pH far more unlikely [...]

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New CRC Strategy Guide: The Art Of CRC

Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Wondering what strategy you need to get to the top of the CRC league table? Are you still focused on the accounting side of the scheme formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment, and haven’t looked ahead to what’s on the horizon? Haven’t you run any numbers yet, and not spotted the finer detail which [...]

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Energy Efficiency Twice As Powerful As Clean Energy

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Still doubting whether using energy efficient lighting can really help save the planet?
Well, Australians seem to think so now. The Energy Efficiency Council of Australia issued a report which estimates that under current trends and investments, energy efficiency will deliver 65% of global carbon reduction by 2020 and 53% by 2030.
That means that over the [...]

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UN Business Case For Protecting Biodiversity Is Nonsense

Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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After the success of energy efficiency scaling it’s way onto the agenda of corporate boardrooms across the world by connecting green credentials to a solid business case, other areas of environmental concern have begun to try to emulate that success. Renewable energy, sustainability and biodiversity protection have all been trying to connect their agendas to [...]