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Major Economies Forum: No Progress Or Climate Ninjas?
Posted on 25. Jun, 2009 by Ross.
After weeks of countries announcing carbon emissions targets in the run up to the Copenhagen conference, this week’s meeting of the world’s biggest polluters at the Major Economies Forum in Mexico was notably silent, with very little news from the proceedings find its way to the media.
So was there no progress at all, or were [...]
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US Renewable Energy Drive Will Aid Drought-Stricken South
Posted on 05. Jun, 2009 by Ross.
Continual droughts across the southern states of the US will be lessened by the same projects which will secure America’s low-carbon future - wind and solar power stations.
Water supplies across much of the American south have been pushed to breaking point from a combination of inefficient usage, increased agricultural and industrial demand, and poor rainfall [...]
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EPA Ruling Signals Beginning Of The End For Corporate Carbon
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Ross.
After 2 years of deliberations and obstructions, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday finally released its proposed endangerment findings to the public on the subject of whether greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are a danger to public health. The verdict:
Climate change is a health hazard
The agency’s finding is based on rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific [...]
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Environmental Protection Agency To Use Water To Regulate Carbon
Posted on 17. Apr, 2009 by Ross.
Not content with taking action against carbon dioxide emissions by declaring it a pollutant, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now considering taking a more leftfield approach by also declaring it a water pollutant, according to E&E Publishing’s Greenwire.
Back in March, the EPA decided to act on the US’s continuing growth in carbon dioxide emissions [...]
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Kyoto 2.0 Set To Fall At The First Hurdle
Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by Ross.
With eight months to go before representatives from 170 countries attempt to agree on a follow-up to the Kyoto Climate Protocol at the Copenhagen Climate Convention, the early indications are that insurmountable differences between key players will prevent any dramatic new action to curb global carbon dioxide emissions.
Whilst much has already been made of the [...]
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Canadian Forestry On The Financial Brink
Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by Ross.
The downturn in the global economy has had a massive effect on the price of timber as demand for materials has plummeted, leaving the Canadian timber industry unable to predict anything but doom and gloom. The emerging Asian markets have disintegrated, and their staple sales to the US have plunged with the housing market. Until [...]
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Governments Seek Green Solution To Credit Crunch
Posted on 27. Jan, 2009 by Ross.
As the world continues to slide into recession, many would have predicted that environmental initiatives would have been amongst the first for the governmental policy chop. As country after country has announced their plans to fight against the downward spiral, however, the green agenda seems to have been furthered by politicians looking to combine Keynesian [...]
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Efficiency Could Save U.S. 22% on Future Power
Posted on 23. Jan, 2009 by Ross.
A report from the Electric Power Institute Energy has concluded that efficiency programs in the United States could save the country 236 billion kilowatt hours by 2030
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