(Reuters) - Energy efficiency offers one of the best tools for tackling the world's debt and social crises as sustainable development comes in from the margins to the mainstream of economic debate, the European Union's climate chief said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Sustainable energy the answer to EU's problems? NOT!
(Reuters) - Energy efficiency offers one of the best tools for tackling the world's debt and social crises as sustainable development comes in from the margins to the mainstream of economic debate, the European Union's climate chief said on Tuesday.
A resilient planet can only come from sustainability says the UN
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 31, 2012 (ENS) - A panel of current and former heads of government, ministers and lawmakers Monday launched a plan for world leaders to propel an "ever-green" energy revolution that could wean the world off fossil fuels, when they meet in Brazil later this year. The report of the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability links the United Nations' goals of reducing poverty and inequality to promoting the use of wind, solar and other renewable energy sources to power the economies of rich and poor nations alike.
Ethanol Futures Gain as Corn Advances on Export Sales Increase
Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Ethanol futures gained in Chicago, paring a third monthly decline, as corn rose on signs of increased export demand. Futures advanced after the Agriculture Department reported that export sales of corn jumped 26 percent last week from the previous week. Ethanol in the U.S. is made mostly from the grain.
55 EU Airports Endorse Carbon Program
Fifty-five major European airports accounting for over half of all passenger traffic on the continent are now part of a program aimed at cutting carbon emissions, Airports Council International said Tuesday. Airports are changing airport vehicles and buses to electric or hybrid power, and installing solar panels to generate the airport's own electricity, among other measures. Specific taxiing techniques are used to reduce fuel burn, and ground power is provided to parked airliners instead of having them leave their engines running.
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Silver Powering 20 Million Homes as Glut Subsides
Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Record industrial demand for silver and resurging investor interest is diminishing a supply surplus, driving the metal used in everything from solar panels to batteries into its best start to a year in almost three decades.
Summary House of Commons Report on the EU Emissions Trading System
DocuBase Article: The EU Emissions Trading System
The inclusion of aviation in the EU Emissions Trading System from 1 January this year is a welcome sign that the EU is willing to flex the muscle of its market power to compel other countries to adopt climate change mitigation measures. Unilateral and courageous action by the EU created a carbon price for over half of the world’s aviation emissions for the first time. In this Report, we argue that unilateral action at the EU level can produce real environmental benefits within the EU and encourage other countries to adopt their own emissions reduction measures.
For complete text of volumes one and two of the report go to the miscellaneous section of the filing cabinet at Robert Charles Carbon Free Webpage
For complete text of volumes one and two of the report go to the miscellaneous section of the filing cabinet at Robert Charles Carbon Free Webpage
Estonia wants to trade credits for hybrids
The government may sign another carbon credits deal with an unnamed Japanese corporation, in exchange for 150 hybrid cars for public sector employees. In 2011, the government traded 10 million carbon credits to Mitsubishi for 507 fully electric cars intended for the use of social workers. Later last year, the Cabinet signed a cooperation agreement with Mitsubishi for co-financing green energy projects.
8 of Companies in the Global Green 100 - Technorati Technology
Eight U.S. companies are among the most sustainable in the world according to Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based media company.
Change your light bulbs, get paid
Jan 31 (Reuters) - German insurer Allianz SE and U.S.-based C-Quest Capital LCC said on Tuesday they will finance the installation of about 8.5 million energy-efficient lightbulbs in India in return for U.N.-backed carbon offsets. The 10-year project will fund the installation of compact fluorescent lightbulbs in Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and northern Delhi, Armin Sandhoevel, chief executive of Allianz Climate Solutions, told Reuters in Singapore. He said the project would cut about 3.7 million tonnes of carbon emissions over the decade, about the equivalent of the annual pollution from one million cars, and earn 3.2 million internationally tradeable U.N. offsets called certified emission reductions, or CERs.
90 Unusual Technoldoiges for Capturing Carbon
SAN DIEGO, Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Prize Capital, LLC today released a supplement to its groundbreaking Carbon Capture and Recycling (CCR) Industry Overview report that profiles emerging technologies that capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial facilities. This captured CO2 can subsequently be used by CCR technologies as a feedstock in the production of valuable products such as fuel, building materials, animal feed, specialty chemicals, and plastics, among others, providing end-to-end solutions for industry members.
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Cap and Trade Funding Proposed for High Speed California Rail Project
Speaking to media in Los Angeles on Sunday, Gov. Jerry Brown told reporters that California’s high-speed rail project would be funded with $1 billion from the state cap and trade program which is not yet in operation. Brown also stated that the $100 billion cost estimate for the project was “way off.”
California’s Cap and Trade Rules Land In Court
WASHINGTON – An article in yesterday’s Washington Post assessed California’s efforts to modify the standards of gasoline. The state’s proposition, to lower the amount of carbon in fuel sold in the state, has sparked a public battle that to date has prevented the rule from being enforced. And in light of a strong opposing lobbying effort as well as tight state budgets, the Post speculated the “ambitious climate policy” might not ever get off the ground. “To us, it’s the most credible and powerful mechanism we can put in place,” said Dan Sperling, a member of California’s Air Resources Board. “It’s an incentive to invest in other things besides oil.”
2011 Livestock Report - 51% of Worldwide Emissions Attributable To Livestock
A widely cited 2006 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Livestock's Long Shadow, estimates that 18 percent of annual worldwide GHG emissions are attributable to cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, pigs, and poultry. But recent analysis by Goodland and Anhang finds that livestock and their byproducts actually account for at least 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent of annual worldwide GHG emissions.
Cow Power™ development thriving
Contact - Steve Costello – (802) 747-5427
CVPS Cow Power™ development thriving, new customers needed - Central Vermont Public Service, which recently brought its 10th CVPS Cow Power™ project online, today announced an energy production surplus from its award-winning farm-generation program and put out a call for new customers large and small.
Coal Fuels a Fight
PORTLAND, Ore.—Environmentalists who scuttled development of a coal-export terminal in Washington last year are back at it in Oregon, trying to keep two ports from becoming transit points for coal shipped to the Far East.
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