News: Archive for September, 2009
‘LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The United States and China are in a head-to-head race to become the world’s top market for solar power, and panel makers are wasting no time making plans to cash in on the growth promise of both markets despite the global recession.’
via China, U.S. to dominate solar market | Green Business | Reuters.
‘BEIJING Reuters – China will have to retool its engines of economic growth to help the world avoid increasingly dangerous levels of greenhouse gas emissions in coming decades, a leading expert on the economic impact of climate change said.’
via World must help China shift to clean growth: Stern | Green Business | Reuters.
Reuters video of climate scientist Gavin Schmidt, describing possible outcomes of Copenhagen CO2 reduction targets for 2020 and 2050 as “commensurate with the scale of the problem we face”.
‘NEW YORK (Reuters) – First Solar Inc said on Tuesday it plans to build the world’s largest solar plant in China in the first major foray by a U.S. company into the Asian nation’s fast growing alternative energy sector.’
via First Solar to build huge Chinese solar plant | Reuters.
‘OSLO Reuters – The share of renewable energy will have to rise “dramatically” if the world is to have a chance of limiting global warming to a maximum 2 Celsius 3.6 Fahrenheit temperature rise, a leading expert said Wednesday.’
via Dramatic rise in renewables needed for 2 Celsius goal | Green Business | Reuters.
‘NAIROBI Reuters – Kenya launched a $400 million appeal with the U.N. Environment Programme UNEP on Wednesday to save the Mau Forests Complex, the country’s biggest closed-canopy forest and a vital water catchment area.’
via Kenya launches $400 million appeal to save Mau Forest | Green Business | Reuters.
This new food and ag film will be shown at Whole Foods Stores, listed as a proud partner on the movie website, http://www.herewegrowmovie.com/.
This partnership for healthier food takes on added significance considering the recent controversy surrounding Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, who came out opposing Obama’s health care plan:
Here We Grow Trailer (may be dated – see the current version on their site)
‘SYDNEY (Reuters) – The chances of a global agreement to fight climate change at U.N. talks in Copenhagen in December are only 50:50, said Australia’s leading environmentalist, who warned of “full climactic destabilization” without a pact.’
‘LONDON (Reuters) – Lobbyist pressure will not weigh on a U.N. panel’s decision whether to award carbon finance worth about 100 million euros ($144 million) to Chinese wind power projects, said the chair of the panel on Tuesday.’
via U.N. panel to rule on $144 million China wind projects | Green Business | Reuters.
‘OSLO (Reuters) – Prospects for a new U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen have brightened but negotiations must speed up to meet a December deadline, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Tuesday.’
via Prospects for U.N. climate deal brighter: de Boer | Industry Summits | Reuters.