‘NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cyprus has moved closer to reaching the European Union’s renewable energy target by 2020, with the birth of the first wind park on the island.’
via Cyprus unveils mammoth wind farm | Green Business | Reuters.
News: Archive for October, 2009
Cyprus unveils mammoth wind farm | Reuters
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009Throwaway GPS Data Reveals Snow Depth | Reuters
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009‘By analyzing the way the GPS signals are transformed as they travel through snowpack, a team of scientists from the University of Colorado, Boulder, may have found a cheap, easy way to optimize an important variable in climate models.’
via Throwaway GPS Data Reveals Snow Depth | Green Business | Reuters.
Solar Panel Tariff May Strain U.S.-China Trade Relations – NYTimes.com
Friday, October 2nd, 2009‘HONG KONG — Companies that import solar panels to the United States are facing up to $70 million in unexpected tariffs.’
via Solar Panel Tariff May Strain U.S.-China Trade Relations – NYTimes.com.
Is Meat Bad for the Environment? – The Atlantic Food Channel
Friday, October 2nd, 2009‘…environmental statistics about meat production are often misunderstood. Take global warming. Because the greatest portion of meat’s global warming contribution comes from deforestation in Latin America, India, and Asia, domestically-produced meat is unconnected to those emissions. Additionally, livestock raised without being fed fertilized crops are unrelated to another large part of the global warming equation: fossil fuel-based agricultural chemicals.’
via Is Meat Bad for the Environment? – The Atlantic Food Channel.
New technologies may grab carbon right out of air | Reuters
Friday, October 2nd, 2009‘WASHINGTON Reuters – As the world wrestles with how to cut greenhouse gas emissions, new technologies are gearing up to grab climate-warming carbon right out of the air.’
via New technologies may grab carbon right out of air | Green Business | Reuters.
Reactions to the Senate Climate Bill – NYTimes.com
Thursday, October 1st, 2009‘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.
Poor hit back at rich over new carbon emission demands | Reuters
Thursday, October 1st, 2009‘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.
EPA moves to regulate smokestack greenhouse gases
Thursday, October 1st, 2009‘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.’
Plan Outlines Removal of Klamath River Dams – NYTimes.com
Thursday, October 1st, 2009‘SAN FRANCISCO — A draft plan to remove four aging dams along the Klamath River in Oregon and California was released Wednesday, a long-awaited step toward ending a protracted dispute over the waterway.’
via Plan Outlines Removal of Klamath River Dams – NYTimes.com.
Wind, solar execs eye U.S., China for growth | Reuters
Thursday, October 1st, 2009‘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.