Carbon
[subscribe]
Warning over 'clean' power plans [Full Story]
UNFCCC: Climate Change Headlines 1 Hour AgoSource: BBC News - New gas and coal-fired power stations should not be approved without guarantees carbon capture technology will work, UK government advisers said. The Sustainable Development Commission has submitted a paper to the Scottish Parliament's climate change committee. It warns carbon Add A Comment »
Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2008 [Full Story]
blog.wired.com via @enzo 1 Hour Ago« Jobs' Health Message Makes Little Sense, Experts Say | Main | Milky Way 50 Percent Larger, Astronomers Discover » Add A Comment »
RGGI States to Develop Low Carbon Fuel Standard [Full Story]
GreenBiz.com 4 Hours AgoThe 10 states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, plus Pennsylvania, will follow in California's footsteps to develop the standard to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. Add A Comment »
What Global Warming [Full Story]
the2008elections.allelectionresults.com via @PolitoStan 4 Hours AgoWhich admittedly only goes back to 1979, but still throw away 30 years of “global warming” misinformation. Add A Comment »
Exclusive analysis, Part 1 [Full Story]
Gristmill 4 Hours AgoBy Joseph Romm A new study [PDF] puts the generation costs for power from new nuclear plants at from 25 to 30 cents per kilowatt-hour -- triple current U.S. electricity rates! This staggering price is far higher than the cost of a variety of carbon-free renewable power sources available today -- and Add A Comment »
Team of rivals blah blah [Full Story]
Gristmill YesterdayBy David Roberts Last week John Broder wrote in The New York Times about contrasting views on climate policy among two top Obama administration officials: economic team leader Larry Summers, who favors "safety valves," slow phase-ins, and caution, and climate/energy czar empress Carol Browner, who favors Add A Comment »
Global Warming - Clean Development Projects Booming Around World [Full Story]
climatechange.me YesterdaySource: EP Magazine - The number of Clean Development Mechanism projects — known as CDM projects — around the world boomed in 2008, jumping from 60 in 2004 to several thousand. The brand-new figures come from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s year-end snapshot of CDM projects & Add A Comment »
Renewable Energy : Will the UK’s Windfarm Hype Become Reality? [Full Story]
subjoin.su.funpic.de via @subjoin YesterdaySubjoin Bookmarking Manager Home » Automotive » Renewable Energy : Will the UK?s Windfarm Hype Become Reality? Add A Comment »
How To Lessen Your Carbon Footprint While Blogging! [Full Story]
keetsa.com via @m38967 YesterdayKeetsa Mattress Store - Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green News » Blog Archive » How To Lessen Your Carbon Footprint While Blogging! Add A Comment »
Failed [Full Story]
www.scotsman.com via @scotsmandotcom YesterdayPUBLIC buildings run by the Scottish Government have failed miserably to achieve acceptable standards of energy efficiency, The Scotsman can reveal. Add A Comment »
The staggering cost of new nuclear power [Full Story]
Peak Oil News (3) YesterdayA new study puts the generation costs for power from new nuclear plants at from 25 to 30 cents per kilowatt-hour ? triple current U.S. electricity rates! This staggering price is far higher than the cost of a variety of carbon-free renewable power sources available today ? and ten times the cost of energy Add A Comment »
Josie [Full Story]
Earth2Tech YesterdayHome on the Carbon-Offsetting Range: Rangeland sequestration projects, which involve paying landowners to trap carbon dioxide underground by keeping grass unmowed, are on the cusp of a major boom. — Scientific American DOE Unveils Marine Energy Database: The U.S. Department of Energy released a Add A Comment »
Nuclear Energy More Expensive Than Some Clean Power, Study Says [Full Story]
Earth2Tech YesterdayGrowing support for nuclear energy in the U.S. has hinged on three key arguments in recent years: It offers a carbon-free alternative to coal; a domestic alternative to petroleum; and a supposedly cheaper, more reliable alternative to renewable sources like wind and solar. But according to a new analysis Add A Comment »
Millennium Planet.org Taking Action to Reduce CO2 Emissions by 1 Million Tons in 2009 [Full Story]
www.prweb.com via @KooDooZ YesterdayPRWeb, a leader in online news and press release distribution, has been used by more than 40,000 organizations of all sizes to increase the visibility of their news, improve their search engine rankings and drive traffic to their Websites. Add A Comment »
Will conservatives be Obama's 'best allies' in the climate fight? [Full Story]
Gristmill YesterdayBy David Roberts In last weekend's New York Times, conservatives Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) and Arthur Laffer had an op-ed claiming that a revenue-neutral "tax shift" would make conservatives "the new administration's best allies on climate change." Color me skeptical. Laffer, of course, is Add A Comment »
10 Ways To Reduce Your Blogging Carbon Footprint [Full Story]
performancing.com via @jangelo YesterdayThe new year has come, and among some bloggers' resolutions include being more environment-friendly. Sure, oil prices have plummeted, partly because of the worldwide economic crunch. But this doesn't mean you shouldn't start being more efficient in your energy use. TIME Magazine's latest feature tells Add A Comment »
UK Conservatives Aim to Rival Silicon Valley on Cleantech [Full Story]
Earth2Tech YesterdayThe Conservative Party in the UK is ringing in the new year with a call to boost funding for clean technology startups, create cleantech incubators across the country and establish a Low Carbon Index for publicly-traded companies on the London Stock Exchange and the LSE’s Alternative Investment Add A Comment »
Top 10 Reasons Why Climate Legislation Will Be Passed in 2009 [Full Story]
NRDC: Switchboard YesterdayThe following is a list of 10 reasons why enacting a "cap, invest now and recover" strategy, that uses revenues from future carbon auctions to finance low carbon initiatives today, should be passed in 2009 and can provide the additional stimulus needed to help Add A Comment »
Todd Myers Is Right, Sort Of [Full Story]
Sightline's Daily Score YesterdayOver at Washington Policy Center, Todd Myers had a post a couple of weeks ago that gets something importantly right. Free allocation of carbon permits in a cap and trade system is a bad idea. Take it away, Todd: This system was used in Europe and led to some companies being given large excesses Add A Comment »
Dead People Will Provide Heat to Crematorium Facilities [Full Story]
GreenOptions YesterdayIf you’re dead and worried about the carbon emissions created from your cremation, relax. The Swedish town of Halmstad has a solution . After an environmental review showed that Halmstad’s crematorium was pumping too much smoke into the air, the facility’s director decided to re-use Add A Comment »
