Those who spruik the benefits of emissions trading should be transparent about questions of how anticipated carbon prices over the next decade will transform our energy sector.
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Changing climate of climate change meet
It is that time of the year when most of the world leaders appear worried about the fate of planet Earth, while during the rest of the 50 weeks it is mostly business as usual.
Continue readingCleantech Investments by U.S. and China
The Cleantech revolution has gained momentum at a staggering pace during the past year. The potential scale and political urgency of emerging cleantech industries is beginning to bear a semblance to the Space Race.
Continue readingImproving Food Security by Strategically Reducing Grain Demand By Lester R. Brown
After several decades of rapid rise in world grain yields, it is now becoming more difficult to raise land productivity fast enough to keep up with the demands of a growing, increasingly affluent, population.
Continue readingChina to sell 1 million electric vehicles by 2015
It’s aiming for annual sales of 1 million units of electric cars, by 2015. As of October this year, the country had earmarked 970 million yuan to subsidize electric vehicles.
Continue readingIEA: Shift fossil subsidies to renewable energy
The IEA also offered a simple policy prescription: take the money now directed toward supporting consumption of fossil fuels and switch it to supporting renewables.
Continue readingGreenhouse Gases Reach Record Levels
The main greenhouse gases have reached their highest levels recorded since pre-industrial times, according to the World Meteorological Organization?s 2009 Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.
Continue readingCuritiba is Latin America?s greenest metropolis
Latin American Green City Index measures sustainability of 17 major cities in eight countries.
Continue readingChina invests $30b in emission cutting in 5 years
The Chinese government has allocated a total of $30.12 billion from its central budget for energy conservation and emission cutting from 2006 to 2010, said an official with China’s top economic planning body.
Continue readingIndia incentivises electric vehicles
The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles said it expects electric two-wheeler market to witness 100 per cent growth following a Rs 95-crore incentive package for the remaining part of the 11th Plan.
Continue readingWho’s wining the clean technology race?
Annualised capital investment in a low carbon market would grow from $460 billion in 2010 to $1.5 trillion in 2020, with the biggest market expansion expected in Asia.
Continue readingBarack Obama promotes electric vehicles
U.S. President Barack Obama sits in the drivers seat of the Opel Ampera electric vehicle on display at the NATO Summit in Lisbon.
Continue readingChinese climate envoy wants ‘progress’ at talks
China will play an active and constructive role at the upcoming Cancun climate conference and work toward a new global deal to reduce carbon emissions next year in South Africa, said Huang Huikang.
Continue readingGlobal CO2 emissions back on the rise in 2010
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions ? the main contributor to global warming ? show no sign of abating and may reach record levels in 2010, according to a study led by the University of Exeter (UK).
Continue readingEnergy from the desert
Extensive construction of wind power and solar thermal plants is planned in North Africa as part of the desert electricity project, DESERTEC.
Continue readingKoch Industries receives uncoveted Snake Oil Award
Koch Industries, the privately held, Wichita, KS-based oil & gas giant, was ?honored? last week by the renewable energy advocacy group Repower America with its ?Snake Oil Award.?
Continue readingEC Releases Fleet Electrification Roadmap
Top CEOs including FedEx’s Frederick W. Smith Unveil Plan for 16 Million Fleet Vehicles, Discuss Current State of Electrification Efforts.
Continue readingUse of copper in wind power and solar energy
New-energy-related industries will be the main contributor to growth in copper consumption during the next five years, according to the International Copper Association.
Continue readingImproving Food Security by Lester R. Brown
After several decades of rapid rise in world grain yields, it is now becoming more difficult to raise land productivity fast enough to keep up with the demands of a growing, increasingly affluent, population.
Continue readingSpanish PM Zapatero places faith in green economy
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Thursday expressed his faith in the green economy to help resolve the unemployment crisis in Spain.
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