Global Warming, Climate Change and Recycling

UK government branded Climate Criminals over Coal Power Plant Plans

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:07:23 +0000

A global protest against the UK's plans to build new coal power plants was launched on Saturday by campaigners from more than 40 developing countries accusing the government of being a "climate criminal". The 27 groups, including campaigners from India, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines and Uganda, say they are "alarmed" that the UK government is considering allowing new coal plants to be built, including one at Kingsnorth in Kent

U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions to be regulated by EPA

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:05:40 +0000

President Obama promised change when he was elected, and now it appears that he has enabled a big one. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce within months that for the first time it will regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The move would serve as an official recognition of global warming as an environmental threat. And, frankly, we can't believe it took so long.

U.S. Energy Secretary, Chu Backs Green Energy, Overhauls Loan Systems

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:46:29 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C.--A day after President Obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus package with $58 billion set aside for energy-related spending and tax incentives, his new secretary of energy, Steven Chu, vowed to overhaul the government's notoriously slow process for funding new electric grid projects.

Permafrost Thawing in Northern Sweden.

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:43:29 +0000

Areas with lowland permafrost are likely to shrink in northern Sweden. Warmer summers and more winter precipitation are two of the reasons. This is shown in a new dissertation from Lund University in Sweden.

China offers Tax Rebates on Hybrid Cars

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:53:55 +0000

China state radio said on Tuesday the government would offer cash rebates of up to 600,000 yuan ($87,719) to buyers of alternative energy passenger cars and buses in 13 major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai. These rebates, if they actually materialize, are more generous than anything in the United States

Solar Power and Photovoltaic cells becomming cheaper

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:18:11 +0000

Production of photovoltaics (PV) jumped to 3,800 megawatts worldwide in 2007, up an estimated 50 percent over 2006, according to the Earth Policy Institute in Washington, DC. Growing by an impressive average of 48 percent each year since 2002, PV production has been doubling every two years, making it the world's fastest-growing energy source.

UK Environment Agency sets rules for dismantling French Aircraft Carrier

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:40:53 +0000

The Environment Agency has put in place rigorous regulatory controls to ensure that the Q790 is dismantled in an environmentally sound manner.

The Environment Agency has put in place the some of the world’s most rigorous regulatory controls to ensure that the former French naval vessel - the Q790 (formerly Le Clemenceau) - is dismantled and recycled in a safe and environmentally sound manner.

U.S. Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar blocks Oil Exploration off America

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:38:38 +0000

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has barely had time to settle into his new office, but he is already making his presence felt. Salazar temporarily blocked a Bush administration plan to expand offshore drilling for oil and gas along America’s coasts, which Bush officials pushed through just four days before President Obama took office.

Solar Power to feature as alternative energy source for California

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:42:56 +0000

The desert outside of Los Angeles is about to get a system of solar thermal plants that will, at maximum output, produce 1.3 gigawatts of power. Which, commentators have cited, will be more than a nuclear pwer plant.

George W. Bush and Global Warming

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:16:45 +0000

We all know the score by now... something to do with us killing our own home... literally bleeding it dry of natural resources, sweeping away it's tender green forests to make way for our sprawling suburban chaos. replacing thousand year old trees with crops that will last a year, devouring land for natural non-renewable resources, all for a short lived profit

What is Global Warming?

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:14:24 +0000

Global warming is a direct result of Carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere. Carbon Dioxide is like a modern day smog, retaining or trapping the Suns rays or infrared heat in the atmosphere- that's one of the reasons we don't freeze to death when the sun goes down. Global warming can be directly correlated to an increase in Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere. Charting carbon dioxide against average global temperatures prooves a direct correlation between CO2 output (percentage of atmosphere made up of CO2) and average global temperature increases. MORE...

Recycling Games- Londoners encouraged to recycle

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:12:16 +0000

Londoners are being encouraged to starve their bins in a new electronic game that they can play on the move.

Recycle for London's latest publicity campaign, which is funded by the London Waste and Recycling Board, is using a mobile phone game to spread the word. MORE....

Australia wakes up to Climate Change issues

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:11:02 +0000

Weekend bushfires in Australia that killed 173 people are a "climate change" wake-up call for the public and politicians and a window to the future, experts said on Tuesday.

Canada Dumps Vital Renewable Energy Incentives for “Clean” Coal

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:10:13 +0000

Canada's Conservative government released a federal budget last week that would kill off the country's main program for developing renewables and channel most of the money from a new "Green Infrastructure Fund" into carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, or so-called "clean" coal. MORE....

Barrack Obama and Climate Change

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:09:02 +0000

Obama says fighting climate change is one of the “greatest moral challenges of our generation.” Obama has proposed a plan that would invest $150 billion over 10 years to advance biofuels and promote renewable energy.