Johns Hopkins to spend $74M to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half.
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More Solutions StoriesEditorialsGlobal warming challenge.The possibility of suspending California's Global Warming Solutions Act, a law unlikely to change temperatures but certain to wreak economic havoc, appears to have increased dramatically. Orange County Register 12 Mar Going green vs. going broke.Will cutting carbon kill jobs in California? Republicans say California can't afford its global warming law. But the real question should be: Can we afford not to cut pollution? Los Angeles Times 11 Mar In climate change hot seat: Van Schalkwyk may be able to make a difference.Does Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk have what it takes to bring together a deeply divided world long enough to agree to a legally binding global climate accord in two short years? Johannesburg Business Day 11 Mar Obama's energy 'deal'.President Obama used his January State of the Union speech to promise "a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants" and "new offshore areas for oil and gas development." Judging by its recent decisions, we'd say his Cabinet hasn't received the memo. Wall Street Journal 11 Mar Go slow on push to cut 'footprint.'Even if you concede the contention that climate change is being caused by humans ---- and that debate will continue ---- we could eliminate our carbon output entirely yet have a minimal effect on the world's climate. San Diego North County Times 07 Mar Raising the gas tax might be the only way to wean americans off oil.Surprisingly, climate proposals in Washington, such as the House-passed Waxman-Markey bill, wouldn't do all that much to slash American oil consumption in the near future. Washington Post 05 Mar Cars homes projects to lower carbon emissions by 355,000 tonnes.Three separate sustainable energy projects set to be implemented by the Government, assisted by the Inter-American Development Bank, will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 350,000 tonnes, in addition to saving the Bahamas Electricity Corporation $1.36 million per annum in fuel imports. Nassau Tribune 05 Mar Lift the moratorium on nuclear plants.We support removing Minnesota's moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants. We believe nuclear power, which is good on greenhouse gases but which carries other risks, has to be part of the discussion of the nation's energy future. St. Paul Pioneer Press 04 Mar OpinionNuclear is a safe and efficient way to meet rising energy demands.What would help create hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs, bring millions of dollars to federal and state treasuries, provide clean air, and enable America to be less dependent on foreign oil? Building more nuclear plants. McClatchy Newspapers 12 Mar Noel Kempff project is 'saving the forest' by forcing destruction elsewhere.One-off carbon offsetting projects do not deliver real benefits to the atmosphere unless governments undertake much wider efforts to curb deforestation. London Guardian 12 Mar Energy Secretary Chu looks ahead.The US needs to step up and lead in the global clean tech energy revolution. Climate Central 12 Mar Climate surprise and empty desert vistas.Climate change requires us to respond by building large numbers of renewable energy facilities in lieu of burning carbon-based fuels. That is the only direct route to resolving our overarching environmental challenge: to directly reduce CO2 emissions. San Diego Daily Transcript 12 Mar Solar PV has failed in Germany and it will fail in the UK.Against my instincts I have come to oppose solar photovoltaic power in the UK, and the feed-in tariffs designed to encourage it, because the facts show unequivocally that this is a terrible investment. London Guardian 12 Mar Save the planet. But maybe not right now.Doomsaying precludes the possibility of ingenious solutions – and indicates a morbid vanity that we must be the saviours. London Guardian 12 Mar Battle over biofuel strategy.One of the few points of agreement is that current biofuels policy looks like a serious mistake. BBC 11 Mar Aviation emissions: Understanding the carbon offset market.We've got to start offsetting and we've got to do it today. It's easy to do it and there are plenty of opportunities to do it. We share one planet and we haven't got a spare one. Fast Company 11 Mar |
Clean Water Act deal opens path to acidification abatement.
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U.S. EPA settled a lawsuit yesterday by agreeing to use the Clean Water Act to address ocean acidification – a move that some see as opening a side door to federal curbs on greenhouse gases that scientists link to problems in the marine environment. Greenwire 13 Mar Putin in deal to build nuclear reactors for India.
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India and Russia today signed a nuclear co-operation agreement, which paves the way for the building of about a dozen nuclear reactors in India, with Russian help, over the next few decades. London Guardian 13 Mar Leno engineers a rerun.
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"Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is reviving the turbine-powered EcoJet: "In 1963, Chrysler Corporation produced a batch of turbine cars and took them on test drives around the world. In countries where people were still riding bicycles and donkeys, Americans were driving jets." New York Times 13 Mar Made in the U.S.A.: Efficiency materials.While solar and wind manufacturers in the United States struggle to fend off Chinese competition, energy efficiency equipment seems to have no such problem. New York Times 13 Mar Tree planting for carbon raises questions.Officials signed up villagers for East Africa's first tree carbon project, with funding from the World Bank to pay for storing carbon in newly-planted trees. But the project led to some unintended consequences. Living On Earth 13 Mar Hungary sells used CO2 permits, sparks EU concern.Hungary is selling 2 million U.N.-backed carbon emissions permits which have already been surrendered by companies, it said on Friday, raising concern that their buyers could use them again to comply with the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme ETS. Reuters 13 Mar £3bn coal power plant will test strength of Ed Miliband's environment rules.A new plant in Scotland will have to prove that carbon capture technology works. London Guardian 13 Mar Honda drives toward home solar hydrogen refueling.Coming not so soon and probably not to a house near you is the home solar hydrogen refueling station -- Honda Motor Co's latest idea in its drive to make hydrogen the fuel of choice for zero emission cars. Reuters 13 Mar British Columbia OKs 19 projects in clean power push.British Columbia has given the green light to 19 private-sector clean energy projects that together will generate more than 2,400 gigawatt hours of electricity annually, enough power to supply nearly 218,000 homes in Canada's Pacific Coast province. Reuters 13 Mar Progress seen on forest scheme, Germany to join.Around 60 countries pushed ahead on Thursday with a multi-billion-dollar scheme to reduce climate-changing emissions from deforestation, to which Germany added its support, British minister Joan Ruddock said on Thursday. Agence France-Presse 13 Mar Forest carbon counts: Flannery.Prominent climate change scientist Professor Tim Flannery last night sent out a message to Tasmania's three major political parties one week out from a state election: that forest carbon is precious. Launceston Examiner 13 Mar World Bank to partner with Caribbean on renewable energy options.On Thursday, the President of the World Bank met with the heads of government of CARICOM countries in Rouseau, Dominica. Small island states face unique challenges, and the Bank is exploring opportunities to support renewable solutions. Kingston Jamaica Observer 13 Mar Kenya approves new mega wind farm.The government has approved Gitson Energy Ltd's plans to build a 300-megawatt wind farm at Bubisa in Marsabit. Turkana Windpower also plans to build a 300 MW wind farm at Turkana. Nairobi Daily Nation 13 Mar Sunshine is free, so can photovoltaics be cheap?Here's how to make a solar cell from silicon: take one solid block of doped silicon, saw it into thin wafers, layer said semiconductors beneath a panel of transparent glass, connect them to a metal electrode that can channel away the electrons knocked loose by incoming photons. Scientific American 13 Mar Scottish Power wins carbon capture technology funding.Scottish Power has won "tens of millions of pounds" in government funding to develop new technology to tackle climate change. BBC 13 Mar Scots energy giant given grant to help plan 'clean' power station.Energy firms ScottishPower and E.ON have been awarded funding to design power plants which can trap and store carbon emissions permanently underground. Edinburgh Scotsman 13 Mar State support key to U.S. nuclear revival.Full support from state regulators is viewed as critical to keep the U.S. nuclear revival moving forward, utility executives said this week at the IHS CERA energy conference in Houston. Reuters 13 Mar White House finalizing rules to cut car emissions.The White House is finalizing rules on the first U.S. greenhouse gas emission standard for automobiles, which would raise average fuel economy 42 percent by 2016, in a bid to slash oil imports and fight climate change. Reuters 12 Mar A second wind for German industry?Green tech is a broad and slippery concept. Just about anything can be done more cleanly - and it would be surprising if Germans were not the first to do it in industries they lead. Economist 12 Mar Industries hoarding greenhouse gas emission permits.Companies across Europe are hoarding permits to produce greenhouse gas emissions worth hundreds of millions of pounds. The saved permits can be used to meet future targets to cut the greenhouse gas emissions. London Guardian 12 Mar Burning wood as renewable power draws scrutiny in Oregon and nationwide.The modern incarnation of civilization's oldest form of generating energy is seen as one of Oregon's best sources for generating reliable, home-grown electricity that doesn't come from fossil fuels. Portland Oregonian 12 Mar More funds needed to fight deforestation: Sarkozy.Rich nations must contribute more to a climate change fund and help fight deforestation, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said at a 64- nation conference Thursday on saving the world's forests - a key defense against global warming. Associated Press 12 Mar Western U.S., Canada go own way on carbon trading.As U.S. prospects for a national climate change bill fade, five U.S. states and Canadian provinces are on track to start a cap-and-trade market for carbon dioxide in 2012, say officials who see fading federal momentum boosting regional efforts. Reuters 12 Mar Exxon chief doubts natural gas in cars is viable move.Exxon Mobil Corp. chief executive Rex Tillerson isn't just promoting his own petroleum products – he's investing billions of dollars to boost Exxon's natural gas production. He just thinks we'll need more natural gas for power generation, not for cars and trucks. Dallas Morning News 12 Mar Home efficiency program poised for growth.A widely praised program to encourage homeowners to add solar panels and make their houses more energy efficient is on the verge of a ramp-up. New York Times 12 Mar |