Press Release: Landmark EUR
| New ban imposed on regulating global warming gases. The Bush administration is trying to make sure in its final days that federal air pollution regulations will not be used to control the gases blamed for global warming. |
| Carbon hedge fund to launch in early 2009 LONDON (Reuters) - London-based CF Partners will launch early next year a new 50 million euro ($70.06 million) hedge fund aiming to profit from volatility in carbon markets. The European Union’s emissions trading scheme may be a surer investment following final EU endorsement on Wednesday of climate goals reaching out to 2020, and recent volatility in commodities markets has opened shorting opportunities. |
| African ministers say share water to combat hunger SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - African states lack the resources to deal alone with climate change and must share water better to feed growing populations, government ministers said at a water conference in Libya on Wednesday.The world’s poorest continent has failed to feed a fast-growing population due to under-investment, bad farm management and more frequent droughts and floods, leaving it hooked on food imports. |
| Warm summer brings high bleach risk for Barrier Reef. Predictions of a long, hot summer may please many Australians, but it is not good news for one of the country’s top tourist attractions. |
| Energy Day and Night from Solar/Fuel Cell Combination Splitting Water by efficient, catalyzed electrolysis to give hydrogen and oxygen gases, and combining this with solar cells for the generation of electricity; See video link. |
| EPA ruling stalled by ethanol debate. Questions about the impact ethanol has on the environment are keeping the EPA from making a ruling about how much biofuel the U.S. should produce. |
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