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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
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Tetley Tea To Be 100 Percent Rainforest Certified By 2016
from Reuters
The world's second biggest tea company Tetley will source all of its branded tea from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms by 2016, both groups said on Wednesday.
The first certified products will be sold in the United Kingdom foodservice sector by this April and in Canada by early 2011. |
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
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Hottest Temperature Ever Heads Science To Big Bang
from Reuters
Scientists have created the hottest temperature ever in the lab -- 4 trillion degrees Celsius -- hot enough to break matter down into the kind of soup that existed microseconds after the birth of the universe.< |
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
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Big business leaves big forest footprints
from BBC - Andrew Mitchell
Burning tropical forests drives global warming faster than the world's entire transport sector; there will be no solution to climate change without stopping deforestation
When was the last time you had a "rainforest picnic"? Or even, perhaps, an "all-day Amazon breakfast"?
Next time you are in a supermarket picking up a chicken sandwich for lunch, or fancy tucking in to a hearty breakfast of eggs, sausage and bacon before setting off for work, spare a thought for the Amazon. |
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
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GUATEMALA: Anti-Mine Activists Encouraged by Canadian Ruling
from ipsnews
Ecologists in Guatemala see a recent ruling by Canada's Supreme Court, which ordered Canadian mining companies to carry out rigorous environmental assessments, as a positive precedent that could help improve environmental controls over the mining industry in this Central American country.< |
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 |
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GM Puts Its Money Into Electric Motor Business
from reuters
DETROIT - General Motors Co said on Tuesday it will set up a $246 million facility backed by funding from the U.S. government to build electric motors to power hybrids and possibly pure electric vehicles.< |
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 |
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Italy To Unveil New Solar Incentives
from reuters
ROME - Italy's government will unveil a much-awaited plan for new incentives for a rapidly growing solar energy sector on Feb. 11, Economic Development Undersecretary Stefano Saglia said on Tuesday.
Italian and international investors who piled into Italian solar industry lured by the current generous scheme have been on tiptoes to find out details of the new plan which would reduce incentives as the government aims to ease the budget burden.< |
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Saturday, 26 September 2009 |
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California Sets Biggest Energy Efficiency Plan
from reuters
California said it had approved the most aggressive energy efficiency plan among U.S. states on Thursday, earmarking $3.1 billion to retrofit homes and other programs that will cut power needs equivalent to three medium-sized power plants.< |
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Saturday, 26 September 2009 |
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Storing CO2 In Soil Should Be On U.N. Agenda: Gore
from reuters
UNITED NATIONS - Developing emissions markets to encourage farmers in poor countries to store more carbon dioxide in soil should be a key topic on the U.N. climate talks agenda, global warming activist Al Gore said.< |
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Saturday, 26 September 2009 |
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Perhaps finally real progress from World Diplomats?
from fairfax
EVEN as a red dust storm was reminding Sydneysiders yesterday of climatic threats to life on Earth, hopeful signs of a change in the global diplomatic climate were emerging in New York.
Only incurable optimists are confident this week's one-day climate summit at the United Nations headquarters has ensured success at the December Copenhagen talks that are supposed to produce a more effective international deal to replace the deficient Kyoto Protocol, expiring in 2012. |
