Business leaders are meeting today in Copenhagen for the World Business Summit on Climate Change. They will be joined by academics, politicians and Al Gore to discuss how industry can help fight global warming. May I suggest they stop hampering? New studies clarify the challenge climate change will pose for ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in May, about Agriculture & Food, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Weather
Wales has announced ambitious plans to become self-sufficient on renewable energy within 20 years, as well as reduce waste to zero by 2050. The government proposals would make it one of the only three countries with legally binding sustainability targets in the world. Japan has pledged $528 million of climate ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in May, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Politics & Government, Transport
A new study suggests bioelectricity, made from biomass, is more a more efficient and environmentally friendly way to power transportation than using straight up biofuels like ethanol in the fuel tank. Transparent solar cells!!! Need I say more? These flexible plastic cells can be used to make power generating windows ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in May, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Solar (1 comment)
A new bill is introduced in the US congress that will implement a strategic plan in order to address the public health impacts of climate change, garnering praise of environmental and health groups. In less encouraging news, the Obama administration announced its decision to keep the Bush era ruling on ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in May, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Health, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution
Global warming has been known to fuel some interesting discussions. The latest of which centers not on how to solve it, but rather, on how to phrase it, since apparently, "global warming" has become rather demode. So, what shall we do about our deteriorating atmosphere, then? Another type of climate ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in May (2 comments)
China is studying the introduction of a carbon taxes, with a set of proposals being expected to come out within a month. Although Beijing remains non-committal, it is still a clear step towards carbon regulation. In response to one of conservationists' leading concerns regarding wind power, one Texas wind farm ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in May, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
In an unsurprising turn of events, the news has come out on how global warming deniers took a page out of the tobacco industry's book and ignored their own climate scientists on the danger of global warming. Hilarity and lawsuit ensued. Global warming and its rising seas are taking ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in April, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Poverty & Development
The EU is planning to introduce some serious energy use standards for a wide range of "energy-related" goods. From appliances to windows and showerheads - inefficient products will effectively be banned from the market. In the UK, a major reversal in terms of energy policy brings about the end of the ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in April, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Energy Saving, Politics & Government, Transport
Your guide to what happened this week... it's Friday Linkfest... The ups and downs of global warming: A new study brings hope that the worst can still be avoided if greenhouse gases are cut by 70% by the end of the century, as Europe and the US intend, limiting ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in April, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Computing, Environment & Wildlife, Lifestyle & Behavior, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
Little improvements here and there (we take what we can get): EU's industry emissions dropped between 4 and 6% in 2008, after consecutive increases over the previous years. But is it the carbon trading system or the economic slump? Also down in 2008 were US power plant emissions partly ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in April, about Climate Change, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Industry & Business, Politics & Government
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