News: ‘Actors & Narratives’ Archive
‘A strict Chinese limit on ultra-thin plastic bags significantly reduced bag-related pollution nationwide during the past year. The country avoided the use of 40 billion bags, according to government estimates’
via Worldchanging: Bright Green: China Reports 66 Percent Drop in Plastic Bag Use.
‘SAN FRANCISCO Reuters – Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced on Thursday $3.9 billion in “smart grid” funding aimed at making power transmission around the country more flexible.’
via U.S. to spend $3.9 billion on smart power grid: Chu | Green Business | Reuters.
‘WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on Friday on one of the most significant environmental bills in history — a sprawling measure that aims to wean industry off of carbon-emitting fuels blamed for global warming.’
via House Democrats push for Friday climate vote | Green Business | Reuters.
‘WASHINGTON AFP – US President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Thursday to pass a historic global warming bill, amid down-to-the-wire campaigning on the eve of a tense vote in the House of Representatives.’
‘WASHINGTON – Concessions to farmers and lawmakers from rural areas erased a major obstacle facing a massive climate bill before the House but divided environmentalists, some of whom now oppose the legislation.’
via Controversial deals behind climate bill – Climate Change- msnbc.com.
‘LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Europe has started moves to help China develop technology to trap and bury carbon dioxide (CO2) underground in the fight against global warming.’
via EU to help China bury carbon in climate fight | Green Business | Reuters.
‘LONDON Reuters – The cleantech industry is poised to grow this year although 2009 could be a “bloodbath” for the solar sector due to falling module prices and limited credit, the managers of a new megatrends fund launched this month said.’
via New megatrends fund sees 2009 solar bloodbath | Green Business | Reuters.
‘HONG KONG Reuters – Beijing's bid to boost the solar energy sector could draw more than $10 billion in private funding for projects and put China on track to become a leading market for solar equipment in the next three years.’
via Incentives add shine to China solar drive | Green Business | Reuters.
‘A group of 20 German firms is forming a consortium this July to begin raising $555 billion for the much-discussed Afro-European solar research project known as Desertec, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung revealed this week.’
via Holy Solar Funding: Project Desertec to Get $500 Billion Cash Infusion? | SolveClimate.com.
The Copenhagen Climate Congress Synthesis Report from the meetings this year in Denmark March 10-12 has now been published. It was launched at a press conference in Bruxelles, Belgium, on June 18, 2009, where it was handed over to the host of COP-15, the Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen. Download the Synthesis Report here (pdf).