Archive for November, 2009

New LED Replacement for A-Type Lights

Great Barrier Reef ‘will die’ unless carbon emissions slashed.Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will be severely bleached and eventually die unless the world’s industrialised nations drastically cut carbon emissions by up to 90 per cent by 2050, a leading coral scientist has warned.

World has only ten years to control global warming, warns Met Office.In the first […]

Americas Most Toxic Cities List Released With Surprising Results

Press Release: Brown Pelicans 40-Year Recovery Victory for Supporters of Environmental ProtectionsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Dan Cronin, Environmental Defense Fund, (202) 572-3354, dcronin@edf.org David Ringer, Audubon, (601) 661-6189, dringer@audubon.org Maura Wood, National Wildlife Federation, 225-205-2804, woodm@nwf.org (Washington, DC – November 11, 2009) National conservation groups focusing on the restoration of coastal Louisiana are hailing today’s announcement by […]

Smart Grids: The Pecan Street Project

Making the Case for On Farm Anaerobic DigestersOn farm anaerobic digesters can transform noxious polluting waste streams of farming operations into useful products like biogas and high quality fertilizer, promoting sustainable agricultural practices and helping to combat global warming.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Cap & Trade IssueThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce may actually have a better […]

In Japans Managed Landscape, a Struggle to Save the Bears

Multiyear Arctic ice is effectively goneThe multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished, a startling development that will make it easier to open up polar shipping routes, an Arctic expert said on Thursday.

Australia’s ‘get-out’ clause on bushfire slammed.Australia has been accused of pushing for a ”get-out clause” on climate change that would grant […]

U.S. Climate Bill Will Create Jobs, True or False?

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Study says global warming cant be undone for 1000 years

Multiyear Arctic ice is effectively goneThe multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished, a startling development that will make it easier to open up polar shipping routes, an Arctic expert said on Thursday.

Toyota Makes Jumbo PriusToyota Sai - Jumbo PriusJust as Honda has re-entered the hybrid market with the new design Insite, which […]

U.S. and Cuba, Working Together to Protect Shared Resources

Carbon Market Growth Stalls in 2009The world carbon market will be worth $122 billion in 2009, just $3 billion higher than last year. The forecast, from UK research group New Energy Finance, marks a severe drop in growth amid the global economic downturn.

All GOP senators to boycott climate hearing.The boycott illustrates the difficulty for Democrats […]

Mass-market U.N. carbon scheme finds favor in India.

Commercial Flights Approved for Biofuels by 2010 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) wants to reduce its carbon footprints. Thats why they announced their quest to find a biofuel by 2010 for its commercial flights. Paul Steele was in New Delhi, India. He said to the reporters that IATA is serious about biofuels for commercial […]

Climate change will burn Yosemite.

Cash Incentives for Solar Energy in California It seems the California Governor is making an all-out effort to encourage people to switch over the renewable source of energy. Assembly Bill 920, authored by Assemblyman Jared Huffman, D-Marin, and signed by the governor of California, requires utilities to pay solar customers who produce more energy than […]

Water Use in the US Less in 2005 Than in 1975