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Saturday, 27 June 2009 |
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Solar Australian Roadblock just as technology matures
from indymedia
Australian support for the solar industry is faltering just as the technology promises to deliver baseload power.
Recent breakthroughs in concentrating solar power technology allow heat energy to be stored almost indefinitely - in molten salts - and dispatched as needed.< |
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 |
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Thousands rally for 100% renewables by 2020
from indymedia
Thousands took the streets on June 13 for the National Climate Emergency Rallies. Protesters declared a climate emergency and demanded the Australian government take emergency action on climate change. |
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 |
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Combined Heat and Power for the Home Now a Reality
from Triple Pundit
The generation of most electricity produces enormous amounts of heat which is typically wasted - literally up the chimney. Cogeneration - or "Combined Heat and Power" systems make use of this otherwise wasted heat to warm buildings. |
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 |
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Meet the new dirty dozen - Australia's worst polluters
from Clive Hamilton - crikey.com.au
The fossil fuel lobby was on such intimate terms with the Howard Government and worked so assiduously to see it re-elected that many assumed it would lose influence once Labor took government.
That was certainly my view when I crafted my first list of members of the Greenhouse Mafia in 2006, 12 people I dubbed the “dirty dozen”; but how wrong I was.< |
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 |
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Australian Carbon Plan Hits Political Roadblock
from reuters
Australia's landmark carbon trade scheme, being watched around the world in the lead up to global climate talks in December, hit a political roadblock on Thursday when parliament delayed a vote on the plan until August.< |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 |
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Amazon deforestation brings economy boom,then bust
from The World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Chopping down forests in the Brazilian Amazon produces a boom-and-bust economy that draws poor people to newly-cleared land but ultimately leaves them no better off, researchers reported on Thursday.
Environmental activists have long contended that this was the case but a new study in the journal Science quantified the phenomenon by tracking different stages of deforestation that have been occurring for decades.< |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 |
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Australian Farm Irrigators Face Another Grim Year
from reuters
Australia's major river system, the Murray-Darling, has recorded its third-lowest water intake in 118 years, due to a long-running drought that will continue to suppress production of export crops such as cotton.< |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 |
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A world of Zero-emission vehicles
from reuters
A car that has neither an engine nor a muffler will debut on the Japanese market next month. Developed by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. the "i-MiEV" is the world's first mass-produced zero-emission minicar that does not need an internal combustion engine because it runs on a motor charged with electricity.< |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 |
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7 Low-Cost, Low-Emissions Foods
from http://www.treehugger.com
Did you know that our food system is responsible for 1/3 of our green house gas emissions? So yes, there can be serious harm in grabbing a quarter-pounder, fries, and a Coke. You may have been there: You are starved, the drive through is right there, and you're tempted to succumb to that deliciously salty, greasy fry smell -- don't do it! Your personal carbon footprint depends on it. |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 |
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India Plans more Solar Power than the rest of the world combined!
from reuters
India will submit plans within weeks to slow its rise in carbon emissions significantly and to generate more solar power by 2020 than the whole world generates now, a senior climate official said on Thursday.< |
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Friday, 22 May 2009 |
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Drain rice fields to cut methane, say scientists
from Science and Development Network.
[BEIJING] Global methane emissions from rice paddies could be cut by 30 per cent if fields are drained at least once during the growing season and rice crop waste is applied off-season, according to a study.M |
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Friday, 22 May 2009 |
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New auto standards: the start of Obama's green revolution
from Christian Science Monitor
President Obama's announcement on tailpipe emissions Tuesday reaffirmed a commitment that goes beyond regulation of the auto industry. The move is part of a broader White House strategy to confront the risk of global warming while making green-collar jobs a centerpiece of the economy.< |
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Friday, 22 May 2009 |
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Cement Makers Eye Big Cuts To Greenhouse Gases
from reuters
BRUSSELS - Nearly a third of the world's cement industry has united on a strategy to cut global warming gases in a way that will not slow a construction boom in poor countries, backers of the initiative said on Wednesday.< |
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 |
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A sustainable Sydney needs bikes and trams
from Clover Moore
Around the world, smart cities are remaking themselves. They are investing in sustainable public transport and creating pedestrian-friendly environments, reducing their greenhouse emissions, cleaning the air, and providing places for people to meet and congregate.< |
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 |
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'Green jobs' at heart of Obama's Earth Day push on energy
from NY times
The Obama administration is using Earth Day for launching another all-out effort to sell the American public and key lawmakers on "green jobs" as the solution for the United States' environmental and economic woes.< |
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 |
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Meditation provides hope for people with depression
from Oxford Uni UK
People with severe and recurrent depression could benefit from a new form of therapy that combines ancient forms of meditation with modern cognitive behaviour therapy, early-stage research by Oxford University psychologists suggests.< |
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 |
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Earth's tribes unite against climate threats
from New Scientist
From Arctic Inuit to Pacific Islanders, indigenous peoples from 80 countries are meeting at a summit in Anchorage, Alaska (pdf), this week to forge a common position on climate change. They want an official voice alongside national governments in upcoming negotiations to agree a successor to the Kyoto protocol.< |
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Sunday, 5 April 2009 |
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The Obama's go organic
from Fairfax
The Obamas' vegie patch, a symbol of the US President's focus on the environment, is alarming conservatives, writes Anne Davies in Washington.
THE most visible symbol of the green-tinged Obama Administration has been the sight of Michelle Obama, spade in hand, turning the first sod for the White House organic vegetable garden last week.< |
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Sunday, 5 April 2009 |
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The Startling Effects of Going Vegetarian for Just One Day
from Kathy Freston, Huffington Post
Sometimes, solutions to the world's biggest problems are right in front of us. The following statistics are eye-opening, to say the least.
I've written extensively on the consequences of eating meat -- on our health, our sense of "right living", and on the environment. |
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Sunday, 5 April 2009 |
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Hyundai To Go Ahead With Eco Cars
from Reuters
Hyundai Motor Group, the world's No. 5 automaker, will go ahead with plans to develop environment-friendly cars despite the segment's low profitability and an industry downturn, a senior executive said on Thursday.< |
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Saturday, 28 February 2009 |
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Renewables May Be Cost-Effective For South Africa: WWF
from Reuters
Investing in renewable energy could be a cost-effective solution for South Africa, dependent on coal for more than 90 percent of its power generation, a World Wildlife Foundation report said on Thursday.< |
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Saturday, 28 February 2009 |
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Fires Release Huge Amount Of CO2
from Reuters
Bushfires that have scorched Australia's Victoria state released millions of tons of carbon dioxide and forest fires could become a growing source of carbon pollution as the planet warms, a top scientist said on Thursday.< |
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Saturday, 28 February 2009 |
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"Gaia" Scientist Says Life Doomed By Climate Woes
from Reuters
Climate change will wipe out most life on Earth by the end of this century and mankind is too late to avert catastrophe, a leading British climate scientist said.
James Lovelock, 89, famous for his Gaia theory of the Earth being a kind of living organism, said higher temperatures will turn parts of the world into desert and raise sea levels, flooding other regions.< |
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Saturday, 14 February 2009 |
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Volkswagen, Toshiba To Develop Electric Car
from reuters
Volkswagen AG will team up with Toshiba Corp to develop an electric-powered version of its subcompact Up! concept car after signing a letter of intent on Thursday, Europe's largest carmaker said.
"The objective is a cooperation for the development of electric drive units and the accompanying power electronics for Volkswagen's planned new small (car) family," it said in a statement.< |
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Saturday, 14 February 2009 |
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CO2 Hits New Peaks, No Sign Global Crisis Causing Dip
from reuters
Atmospheric levels of the main greenhouse gas are hitting new highs, with no sign yet that the world economic downturn is curbing industrial emissions, a leading scientist said on Thursday.
"The rise is in line with the long-term trend," Kim Holmen, research director at the Norwegian Polar Institute, said of the measurements taken by a Stockholm University project on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard off north Norway.< |
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Saturday, 14 February 2009 |
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Australia Fires Spark Calls For Climate Action
from reuters
Firefighters called on the Australian government on Thursday to take a tougher stance against climate change in an effort to avoid more deadly bushfires like those that killed 181 people this week.
"Without a massive turnaround in policies, aside from the tragic loss of life and property, we will be asking firefighters to put themselves at an unacceptable risk," United Firefighters Union of Australia said in an open letter.< |
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Thursday, 5 February 2009 |
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Insulating against recession: how it will work
from fairfax
Australian households will be able to choose between a $1600 government rebate for roof insulation or a solar hot water system but they will not be able to pocket both.
As part of the Federal Government's proposed $42 billion economic stimulus plan, about 2.7 |
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Thursday, 5 February 2009 |
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Indian Ocean linked to Australian droughts
from Reuters
Droughts in Australia have traditionally been linked to El Nino events in the Pacific Ocean, but a new study says the key driver of major droughts has been a warming and cooling cycle in the Indian Ocean.< |
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Thursday, 5 February 2009 |
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Adding salt to the wound as the Lower Murray chokes
from Crikey
Yesterday Environment Minister Peter Garrett ordered an environmental assessment into the flooding of South Australia's parched lower lakes with saltwater.
We are certainly facing a dilemma, it is widely called a crisis, and locals call it Australia’s greatest environment disaster.< |
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 |
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Eat Chips, Save Trash: One L.A. Guy's Almost Zero-waste Year
from Siel - green LA girl
Think hardcore environmentalism requires living like a monk? Not if you ask Dave Chameides, a steadicam operator living in L.A. who collected all his trash for a year and blogged about the project. Dave created less trash in all of 2008 than an average American family throws out in a week. |
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 |
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Contaminated Water Kills 27 Children In Nigeria
from reuters
At least 27 children in a village in southeastern Nigeria have died from gastroenteritis after drinking contaminated water from a communal pool, the local health commissioner said Wednesday.
An emergency medical team had been sent to the village of Ndiaegu-Amaegu in Ebonyi state but residents reported the outbreak too late for doctors to prevent more cases, state health commissioner Sunday Nwangele told Reuters.< |
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 |
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Sun-Reflecting Crops Could Ease Global Warming
from reuters
Farmers could help produce cooler temperatures and limit global warming if they grow crop varieties that reflect more sunlight into space, British researchers said on Thursday.
Using a global climate model, they found this strategy could cool much of Europe, North America and parts of North Asia by up to one degree Celsius during the summer growing season, enough to make a difference in easing heat waves and drought.< |
