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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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Photovoltaic Energy: Ecologists vs Environmentalists

Posted on 11. Jun, 2010 by Ross.

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The road to fighting climate change is an increasingly torturous one, with traditional allies standing on different sides of the battle lines. Just about every option of how reduce the global carbon footprint has caused another division, whether it’s been nuclear power, wind turbines, population control, vegetarianism, energy efficiency, carbon offsetting, biofuels, carbon capture and [...]

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Climate Change Technology Transfers Will Explode With New Green Patent Database

Posted on 07. May, 2010 by Ross.

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Climate change is a global problem which needs global solutions, but the myriad of green patents which could help developing countries in their attempts to control emissions and utilise renewable energy are littered across multiple databease and are increasing in number exponentially, making tracking down rights holders an impossible task.
Until now.
The European Patent Office (EPO) [...]

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Italy And Spain Aim For Energy Efficient Cities

Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Ross.

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Whilst the rest of the world continues to be locked in inaction in the aftermath of the failed Copenhagen Conference, Europe is still forging ahead with its plans to forward with greater energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Now, 500 European cities, particularly from Italy and Spain, have pledged to take this even further and do even [...]

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After Copenhagen, The Carbon Tariff Trade Wars Begin

Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Ross.

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In the aftermath of the global economic collapse, the industrialised world looked back at the lessons of the 1930s and realised that the fastest way out of recession was to avoid protectionist trade wars and to keep international markets as open as possible, in order to try to keep trade flowing as freely as possible [...]

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Copenhagen Results In Higher Energy Prices

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Ross.

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Whilst power companies in the USA’s Ostrich Block are relaxing in the aftermath of a weak Copenhagen deal, their European counterparts are warning consumers that higher energy prices lay ahead as a result of the feeble international agreement on climate change and its direct effect upon the carbon market, and are calling for the market [...]

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Copenhagen Conundrum 5: Funding The Fight In Developing Countries

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Ross.

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The developing world holds developed countries responsible for the impending effects of climate change, given that industrial revolutions in the Western world and the subsequent economic activity is responsible for most of the world’s atmospheric carbon dioxide. The historic emissions from the USA alone amount to 30% of the world’s atmospheric carbon.
This had led to [...]

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What Is The Carbon Footprint Of The Large Hadron Collider?

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Ross.

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The Large Hadron Collider is the highest profile science experiment on the planet, promising scientists insights into the creation of the universe and the nature of matter. It is a circular tunnel 27km (17 miles) in circumference running under the surface of France and Switzerland through which particle beams circle at almost the speed of [...]

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Copenhagen Is A Business Opportunity: Barroso

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Ross.

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Low-carbon marketplaces which will emerge in the aftermath of the Copenhagen conference this December will present a wealth of business opportunities.
That’s the verdict of European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, given in a speech to the BusinessEurope Conference on Climate Change in Brussels.
Copenhagen is important because it represents a business opportunity. By moving towards a [...]

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Copenhagen: There Is No Plan B

Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by Ross.

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At a time when the US is stalling for more time in order to bring it’s own (rather unambitious) climate change cap-and-trade legislation to the negotiating table, UK prime minister Gordon Brown has delivered the European view.
The Copenhagen climate change talks are still the last chance: we have 50 days to set the course of [...]

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Brighter Future For Interoperable Smart Meters And Energy Efficient Appliances

Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by Ross.

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Hopes are growing that smart meters might start to live up to their billing as agents of increased energy efficiency, rather than smart meters just benefiting energy companies looking to lay off staff and charge people more quickly.
This week three leading smart meter manufacturers, Iskraemeco, Itron and Landis+Gyr, have agreed interoperability standards across markets in [...]