On Tuesday, five potato farmers rang the bell of the New York Stock Exchange, kicking off a marketing campaign that is trying to position the nation’s best-selling brand of potato chips as local food.
News: Archive for May, 2009
When ‘Local’ Makes It Big – NYTimes.com
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Article: Climate change mitigation and co-benefits of feasible transport demand policies in Beijing
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Academic article on China’s increasing transportation and related issues. Argues for a ‘road charge’ to mitigate congestion.
From the abstract: “Urban car transportation is a cause of climate change but is also associated with additional burdens such as traffic congestion and air pollution. Studies of external costs and potential impacts of travel demand management help to define policy instruments that mitigate the damaging impact of transportation. …We show that a road charge could not only address congestion but also has environmental benefits.”
U.S. climate bill unlikely to pass this year: experts | Green Business | Reuters
Friday, May 8th, 2009NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. climate change legislation is unlikely to pass this year due to concerns about the recession and contention over the implementation of the program, according to energy and carbon market experts.
via U.S. climate bill unlikely to pass this year: experts | Reuters.
Miniaturizing Solar Technology With Flexible Photovoltaic Cells – NYT
Thursday, May 7th, 2009PHOTOVOLTAIC cells are already a familiar sight on rooftops. But one day, miniature cells may also be found in more unconventional places: power-generating windows, car sunroofs or even awnings.
via Miniaturizing Solar Technology With Flexible Photovoltaic Cells – NYTimes.com.
New U.N. climate deal: not much bolder than Kyoto? | Reuters
Thursday, May 7th, 2009OSLO (Reuters) – A planned new U.N. climate pact is shaping up to be a mildly tougher version of the existing Kyoto Protocol rather than a bold treaty to save what U.S. President Barack Obama has called a “planet in peril.”
via New U.N. climate deal: not much bolder than Kyoto? | Green Business | Reuters.
Obama budget seeks end to Yucca nuclear waste dump | Green Business | Reuters
Thursday, May 7th, 2009‘WASHINGTON Reuters – The Obama administration said Thursday it wanted to officially terminate the Yucca Mountain nuclear storage waste site..’
via Obama budget seeks end to Yucca nuclear waste dump | Green Business | Reuters.
US city to charge polluting firms | BBC
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009New rules have been passed in the San Francisco Bay Area that will require businesses to pay fees for the amount of carbon dioxide they emit.
via BBC NEWS | Americas | US city to charge polluting firms.
UC Berkeley Professor Dan Kammen calls for a cost of carbon
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009Video of Professor Dan Kammen speaking before the Copenhagen Climate Congress (March 11, 2009), where he argues that it is more important that some mechanism of carbon cost is quickly implemented than for the world to loose more time debating over which cost mechanism is best (cap and trade, cap and dividend, or a carbon tax).
China to have 100 GW wind power energy capacity by 2020 : Xinhua
Monday, May 4th, 2009BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) — China plans to finish 100 gigawatts of wind power capacity by 2020 and expand its renewable energy consumption to 40 percent of the energy market by 2050.
via China to have 100 GW wind power energy capacity by 2020_English_Xinhua.
China triples wind power capacity goal: AFP
Monday, May 4th, 2009BEIJING (AFP) — China has more than tripled its target for wind power capacity to 100 gigawatts by 2020, likely making it the world’s fastest growing market for wind energy technology, state press said.