In response to deadlocked talks on a new international agreement to fight global warming, a new draft that circulated Tuesday at the United Nations sponsored climate change conference does not feature any targets for carbon cuts or financing.
The new draft also fails to provide any long-term goals for emissions reductions, the peaking of emissions, and [...]
Kudos to Phoenix, Arizona, for becoming the US’ second city with an all-hybrid fleet of taxis. The company Clean-Air Cab boasts slightly lower rates than conventional taxi companies according to a press release, and will join Washington D.C. based Envirocab in offering a greener alternative to the traditional Ford Crown Victoria taxi. Furthermore, “In addition [...]
Filed under: News on October 21st, 2009 @ 1:28 pm
Tagged with: Carbon neutral, Clean Air, emissions, Envirocab, hybrid vehicles, sustainability
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
‘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.