News: ‘Climate & Energy’ Archive
‘The bill calls for a 20 percent reduction, by 2020, in greenhouse gas emissions over 2005 levels, and an 80 percent reduction by 2050. That goes further than the House bill, which established a 17 percent emissions reduction target for 2020.’
via Reactions to the Senate Climate Bill – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com.
‘BANGKOK (Reuters) – Developing countries are standing their ground against demands by rich nations to add steps to curb carbon emissions into a formal registry or appendix as part a broader pact to fight climate change.’
via Poor hit back at rich over new carbon emission demands | Green Business | Reuters.
‘WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency took steps Wednesday to control the emissions blamed for global warming from power plants, factories and refineries for the first time.’
‘LONDON Reuters – U.S. and China markets are driving recovery in the global clean energy industry, after a sharp fall in investment this year, but uncertainty over government support is clouding the 2010 outlook.’
via Wind, solar execs eye U.S., China for growth | Green Business | Reuters.
‘Almost 10% of the World’s mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish are at risk of extinction, says an Australian report.
The animals face threats including habitat loss and climate change.’
via BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Census reveals extinction threat.
‘Scientists at the University of Calgary have found a way to reduce bat deaths from wind turbines by up to 60 percent without significantly reducing the energy generated from the wind farm.’
via Scientists Find Successful Way To Reduce Bat Deaths At Wind Turbines.
‘SAN FRANCISCO Reuters – Global investment in clean technology roared back in the third quarter, driven by solar power and a public offering that underscores growing enthusiasm for the sector, Greentech Media reported on Monday.’
via Clean tech investments soar worldwide: report | Green Business | Reuters.
‘A Phoenix company said it has created a solar cell that combines gallium-nitride with silicon, an unusual approach that achieves an efficiency of 25 percent to 30 percent.’
via Greentech Media: Nitride With Silicon: Think Solar Cells With 30% Efficiency.
‘WASHINGTON Reuters – World leaders pledged last week to step up efforts to reach a U.N. deal to fight climate change, but they will have to match rhetoric with rapid action to break a crippling deadlock before a December deadline.
via Promises? Leaders must act to spur climate talks | Green Business | Reuters.
‘Climate researchers now predict the planet will warm by 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century even if the world’s leaders fulfill their most ambitious climate pledges, a much faster and broader scale of change than forecast just two years ago, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations Environment Program.’
via New Analysis Brings Dire Global Warming Prediction – washingtonpost.com.