Denvers Climate Plan In-Depth: Incentivize Energy Conservation
| Philippine tuna industry feels pinch of global warming, economic woes. Global warming and the economic crisis are far from far-fetched stories. Tuna industry players have already felt the pinch of them in this southern Philippine city. |
| Weather bureau says heatwave is a taste of the future. The weather bureau has linked the extreme heat across southern Australia with climate change. |
| Denvers Climate Plan In-Depth: Incentivize Energy Conservation On May 17, the Mayors Greenprint Advisory Council announced the release of Denver’s draft climate action plan. It offers a set of solutions to bring the city toward a 10 percent reduction in per capita greenhouse gas emissions from the 1990 rate by the year 2012, in conformity with the U.S. Mayors Climate Agreement.We [.] |
| Some Of Earth’s Climate Troubles Should Face Burial At Sea, Scientists Say Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues EUR the stalks and such left after harvesting EUR and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 15 percent a year, according to just published calculations. |
| Mayor Hickenlooper on Colorado Matters Mayor Hickenlooper is a guest on today’s episode of Colorado Matters - a daily production of Colorado Public Radio. With host Ryan Warner, he discusses details of the Greenprint Denver Advisory Council’s recommendations, shares his thoughts about the proposals, and examines next steps. Listen live this evening at 7 p.m. on KCFR 1340 AM, or [.] |
| Denver Recycles Begins Residential Compost Pilot Denver Recycles is asking Denver residents to sign up for a new residential composting pilot program for yard debris, food and soiled paper. The program will test collection services at 3,300 Denver homes. Each home will be provided with a green, 65-gallon composting cart and a small kitchen pail to collect organic material inside the home. Carts will be serviced biweekly through the winter. Learn more. |
Barack Obama on Renewable Energy Barack Obama has been elected as the 44th President of the USA and with his election, Solar Integrated Technologies rose by 30% yesterday after increases of 22% by Renewable Energy Corporation and 16% by the wind turbine maker Vestas. Barack Obama promised to spend $150 billion over the next 10 years developing alternative [.]Posted in: Economy, Industry, Politics |
Converting waste into a renewable energy sources Consider a technology that not only keeps your surroundings clean it also produces renewable energy at a low cost. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., a U.S. pioneer for municipal waste-to-energy technology, wants to make sure that your waste doesnt go waste. Literally. Wheelabrator’s waste-to-energy facilities produce steam and electricity by burning large quantities of municipal trash [.]Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Waste Energy |
| Study: Warming climate to hurt California bird species. In California, scientists worry that the quickly warming climate might not only force certain species to move northward, but wipe out others that are not quick to adapt. |
| Big Boost to Alternative Energy, Clean Tech If Obama Stimulus Passes Senate The House of Representatives passed President Obama’s “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” Wednesday evening, legislation that it’s projected can create some 4 million jobsEUR |