Last week, the New York Times’ DotEarth blog published excerpts of a conversation between Richard Branson, airline tycoon and space-travel enthusiast, and Alan Murry of the Wall Street Journal. Branson is a self-made billionaire with a flare for the exotic, but he also seems to have a relatively keen awareness of energy issues as well.
Some [...]
Filed under: News on October 19th, 2009 @ 11:16 am
Tagged with: algae fuel, clean fuel, climate change, Copenhagen, emissions, entrepreneur, isobutanol, Obama, politics, Richard Branson, Virgin
Although this week’s climate summit in Bangkok has been without any major commitments from the major developed nations, Norway made news today by announcing it would cut its greenhouse gas emissions 40% by the year 2020. This figure is based on 1990 emission levels, but signifies a major step forward.
Canada, one of the biggest per [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on October 16th, 2009 @ 11:27 am
Tagged with: Canada, climate change, emissions, Finland, greenhouse gases, Huffington Post, Norway, Sweden
“Climate Week” kicks off at the UN tomorrow. Representatives from the world’s 17 biggest carbon emitters will meet to decide on the groundwork for a global strategy to reduce greenhouse gases.
Filed under: Environment, News on September 16th, 2009 @ 7:56 pm
Tagged with: climate change, energy, kyoto, policy, un
In a new analysis conducted by The Nature Conservancy, scientists predict that the states that will experience the greatest impacts of rising temperatures are not entirely coastal, as most generally assume. Instead, states like Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska will apparently see the biggest increase in overall temperatures, an unexpected consequence that could be potentially disastrous [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on August 28th, 2009 @ 1:02 pm
Tagged with: agriculture, analysis, climate change, economy, farming, global warming, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, President Obama, Waxman-Markey Act
Even though the African continent has the least least negative impact on the environment, many scientists believe Africa will probably be the hardest hit by the consequences resulting from climate change.
Ten African nations, including South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria, will be discussing the best ways forward for the continent in a summit this week. They [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on August 24th, 2009 @ 3:36 pm
Tagged with: Africa, climate change, debate, discussion, energy, global, Green, infrastructure, investment, research, sustainability, sustainable energy
Permafrost, a popular buzzword in the current discussion of global warming, is the layer of ice that exists beneath the surface of soil in Arctic regions. It appeared on the national radar during the last year’s presidential campaign, and stuck due to the negative connotations that it carries – once the ice begins to thaw as [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on August 4th, 2009 @ 4:00 pm
Tagged with: carbon dioxide, climate change, communication, Community, discussion, effective, global, methane, permafrost, the economist
In an article on FastMoney.com, head of Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Rajendra Pachauri was quoted as saying that the current costs undertaken by companies looking to cut their carbon footprint “would be negative overall because of the monetary benefits of cutting carbon emissions.” This comes on the heels of an announcement last week that discount [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on July 22nd, 2009 @ 1:49 pm
Tagged with: biofuel, Business, carbon emissions, climate change, Exxon, IPCC, Rajendra Pachauri, the Gazette
So it seems Obama is again playing the climate card, but asking for $15 billion in emergency aid for developing and impoverished nations to improve their carbon emissions is going to be a hard sell. Why not try another investment strategy with a little more emphasis on non-governmental assistance? The magic number for achieving better [...]
Filed under: News on July 11th, 2009 @ 9:29 am
Tagged with: climate change, government, investment strategy
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.
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