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11/6/2013
Using
wood for
energy is considered cleaner than fossil fuels, but a Dartmouth College-led study finds that logging may release large amounts of carbon stored in deep forest soils.
Global atmospheric studies often don't consider carbon ...
29/5/2013
Follow this if you can:
Wood from U.S. trees is being shipped over to the U.K., where coal power plants burn it, producing more greenhouse gas emissions than when those same plants generate an equivalent amount of electricity by burning ...
28/5/2013
They say that every cloud has a silver lining. If future
energy consumption (which is mostly fossil fuel) drops because of a financial collapse brought on by high oil prices and other limits, then, at least in theory, climate change should be ...
9/5/2013
The chief of the UK's £3bn green investment bank is preparing to move the bank to borrowing and raising debt, in order to vastly expand its scope in bringing forward renewable
energy and other environmental projects across the ...
5/5/2013
Jacky Aignel, the leader of Saint Gouéno council in Brittany, looks at the cranes hoisting blades to the top of a wind-mast: "We've been waiting so long for this," he sighs. The wind turbine is finally nearing completion, the result of a lengthy ...
3/5/2013
Last year, the RSPB, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace published a report, called Dirtier than coal?, that shone a light on some evidence that the
biomass industry would prefer was kept hidden.
We revealed two important ...
25/4/2013
Finally, there’s some good news on reducing climate change, which is great news as far as I’m concerned. I’m a climate skeptic. It’s not that I’m skeptical about the existence of climate change, but I’m extremely skeptical about mankind’s ...
24/4/2013
Plans to convert the UK's largest coal plant to run on
biomass have been given a multi-million pound boost, after the Treasury confirmed Drax would be the first company to receive a loan guarantee from its new scheme designed to drive investment ...
18/4/2013
Chevron Corp. (CVX) helped write the first-in-the-nation rule ordering reduced carbon emissions from cars and trucks. Its biofuels chief spoke at the ceremony where California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the executive order in 2007, the ...
17/4/2013
The National Trust has revealed a plan to generate half of its power from renewable sources by 2020.
The trust already has 150 individual renewables schemes, but the new document projects how fossil fuel will be reduced across its ...
12/4/2013
Among the first sights to greet visitors to Denmark on the descent to Copenhagen's airport is a sweeping arc of wind turbines rising from the harbor. From the airport, passengers can board an automatic Metro line that hustles them to the city ...
5/4/2013
Smoldering embers beneath pots and skillets around the world spew acrid plumes of greenhouse gases and aerosols, polluting lungs and warming the planet. More than half of the world's population cooks food using these types of rudimentary stoves, ...
2/4/2013
By most measures of environmental policy and progress, Ontario, Canada ranks well. Over the last half-century, Canada’s most populous province required cities and industries to treat every gallon of wastewater, dramatically reduced the level of ...
1/4/2013
Almost four million people die each year from household air pollution (HAP) caused by exposure to the combustion of
biomass fuels (wood, charcoal, crop residues, and dung), kerosene, or coal. These individuals are among the tens of millions who ...
26/3/2013
Over the past 250 years, we have become increasingly reliant on fossil fuels. Coal, oil and natural gas powered the industrial and technological revolutions and to this day remain the world’s most dominant source of
energy.
But when ...
19/3/2013
The United States could cut petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 for light-duty vehicles through the use of alternative fuels and strong government policies aimed at overcoming high costs and influencing ...
18/3/2013
A panel convened by the National Academy of Sciences has concluded that deep cuts in oil use and emissions of greenhouse gases from cars and light trucks are possible in the United States by 2050, but only with a mix of diverse and intensified ...
18/3/2013
A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light-duty vehicles -- cars and small trucks -- via a combination of more ...
13/3/2013
The Bagpipe, a
woody knoll in northern Hesse, can only be recommended to hikers with reservations. This here is lumberjack country. Broad, clear-cut lanes crisscross the area. The tracks of heavy vehicles can be seen in the snow. And there is a ...
23/2/2013
When Maryland and the District set floors requiring electric utilities to use increasing amounts of renewable
energy, environmentalists cheered the prospect of money going to new solar and wind projects.But today, several years after the ...
31/1/2013
Environmental campaigners ClientEarth and BirdLife International are taking legal action against the European Commission over its failure to publish a review of greenhouse gas emissions from
biomass.
The groups have filed an application ...
28/1/2013
The US biofuel industry is facing uncertainty over its future policy landscape, after a court ruling on Friday effectively scrapped a 2012 target governing the use of second generation cellulosic biofuel.
The D.C Circuit Court upheld a ...
25/1/2013
A U.S. federal court on Friday struck down a 2012 target for refiner use of cellulosic biofuels, but upheld the government's goal for use of other advanced fuels.
The divided ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court allowed oil refiners to claim ...
23/1/2013
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Moms Clean Air Force
by Marcia G. Yerman
Trashed is a documentary featuring its executive producer, actor Jeremy Irons. It examines the encroaching problem of global waste.
Director ...
10/1/2013
Global strategist, trained educator, and international lecturer Daniel Rirdan set out to create a plan addressing the future of our planet. His book The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse, published last year, does just that.
"It has ...