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Canada oil sands allegedly threatening millions of birds
From: The Times of India - December 03, 2008 Read Full Article: Canada oil sands seen threatening millions of birds | Flora & Fauna | Earth | The Times of India CALGARY, Alberta: A coalition of North American environmental groups says the development of Canada's oil sands region threatens… Read more
Moody's revises Petrotrin's outlook from 'stable' to 'negative…
From: Reuters - December 19, 2008 Read Full Article: Moody's revises Petrotrin's outlook to negative | Markets | Reuters Moody's Investors Service changed the rating outlook for Petroleum Company of Trinidad & Tobago (Petrotrin) to negative from stable. The negative rating outlook is based… Read more
UK: £12m to encourage biomass heat
From: World of Cogeneration - December 22, 2008 Read Full Article: World of Cogeneration.com - News - £12m to encourage biomass heat UK, Capital grants totalling £12 million are to be made available for the installation of biomass boilers, the government has announced. The money, which will be… Read more
"India will have to reduce energy consumption by 20%"…
From: World of Solar Thermal - December 22, 2008 Source: 'India will have to reduce energy consumption by 20%’ CHENNAI: Some sections view the current economic meltdown as a direct fall-out of consumption exceeding money supply. Power policy makers of the country seem to have stuck on the analogy… Read more
Google "Search" for Cleaner Energy
Reuters, 1 October 2008 - Read Full Article: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Google aims to do for the power grid what it did for the Web. Having conquered the market for Web search by first simplifying how it is done and then making sales of related advertising more… Read more
UK urged to ditch "unreliable" wind turbines for nuclear…
From: Greenbang Clean Tech & Business News: November 25, 2008 Read Full Article: http://www.greenbang.com/6573/uk-urged-to-ditch-unreliable-wind-turbines-for-nuclear-power/ The government should shift its investment in renewable energy away from ‘unreliable’ wind power to nuclear and carbon… Read more
UN Climate Chief Lowers Expectations For 2009 Deal
From: Carbon Finance - December 10, 2008 Read Full Article -> UN climate chief lowers expectations for 2009 deal UN climate change head Yvo de Boer said that talks to reach a new agreement by December next year are unlikely to lead to a “fully elaborated long-term response to climate change… Read more
Nanotechnology - not that green?
From: Nanowerk Spotlight - October 22, 2008 Read Full Article: http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=7853.php There is a general perception that nanotechnologies will have a significant impact on developing 'green' and 'clean' technologies with considerable environmental benefits. Uses of nanotechnology… Read more
HSBC to curb palm oil lending, review oil sands
Reuters - December 02, 2008 Read Full Article: http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MzI2OTc Environmental concerns have caused HSBC to scale back lending to forestry schemes in Malaysia and Indonesia and review links with Canadian oil sands, the British… Read more
Degraded grasslands better option for biofuels
Degraded grasslands better option for biofuels for palm oil production relative to rainforests, finds study From: World of Bioenergy - December 03, 2008 Read Full Article: World of Bioenergy.com - News - Degraded grasslands better option Producing biofuels from oil palm plantations established… Read more
Wind, Water and Sun superior to Biofuels, Nuclear and Coal for…
From: ScienceDaily - December 11, 2008 Read Full Article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210171908.htm The best ways to improve energy security, mitigate global warming and reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution are blowing in the wind and rippling in the water… Read more
Bjork: Iceland must use crisis to return to green roots
From: AFP, October 28, 2008 Read Full Article: AFP: Iceland must use crisis to return to green roots: Bjork Iceland should use the global financial crisis to reject economic domination by foreign corporations and promote small-scale green-friendly enterprise, its most famous pop singer Bjork… Read more
Venture capital to drop, but clean tech OK - survey
From: Reuters - December 17, 2008 - Read Full Article: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Venture capitalists, who have seeded new ideas for everything from Google to smart electric meters, expect increased investment in clean technology despite the recession, a survey… Read more
Recession Helping, Not Hurting, Green IT, Surveys Find
From: Information Week - December 17, 2008 Read Full Article: Recession Helping, Not Hurting, Green IT, Surveys Find - Green Computing Blog - InformationWeek Corporate purchases of green IT equipment will remain fairly strong amid the economic crisis, separate reports from IDC, Forrester Research… Read more
2012 ban on low-efficiency light bulbs in EU
EU bans low-efficiency light bulbs from 2012 From: ENDS Europe Daily - December 08, 2008 Read Full Article: EU bans low-efficiency light bulbs from 2012 | World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) EU governments have agreed a phase-out timetable to remove from the market all… Read more
US-Ukraine Nanotechnology Research Center to Focus on Energy…
From: Meridian Institute - December 23, 2008 Read Full Article: US-Ukraine Nanotechnology Research Center to Focus on Energy Efficiency | NDN A new research center in Ukraine will focus on fundamental and applied research in nanotechnology for energy efficiency such as cathode, solar-electric… Read more
Era Of Cheap Gas Coming To An End, Warns Putin
From: RTT News - December 23, 2008 Read Full Article: RTTNews - Era Of Cheap Gas Coming To An End, Warns Putin Addressing a meeting of ministers from the world's major gas-exporting countries in Moscow on Tuesday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that the era of cheap gas is coming to… Read more
NASA Study Links Severe Storm Increases, Global Warming
From: ScienceDaily - December 28, 2008 Read Full Article: NASA Study Links Severe Storm Increases, Global Warming The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics - the type associated with severe storms and rainfall - is increasing as a result of global warming, according to a study… Read more
Coffee as a source of biofuels?
From SciDev.Net - December 31, 2008 Read Full Article: Coffee next in line as biofuel source - SciDev.Net Coffee grounds — currently wasted or used as garden compost — could become a cheap and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel and fuel pellets, says a study. Spent coffee grounds contain… Read more
World Crops Threatened by Strengthening La Nina Cooling
From: Bloomberg.com - December 26, 2008 Read Full Article: World Crops Threatened by Strengthening La Nina Weather Pattern | Bloomberg.com Grain and oilseed crops may be threatened next year by a weather pattern known as La Niña, according to a private forecaster. La Niña conditions have developed… Read more
EU negotiators close to deal on biofuels
ENDS Europe Daily - November 19, 2008 Source: http://www.endseuropedaily.com/articles/index.cfm?action=article&ref=26614 MEPs and EU governments are close to reaching a deal on proposals to boost consumption of biofuels within the bloc, as part of ongoing negotiations on a draft EU renewable… Read more
Middle East: The Next Renewable Energy Frontier?
From: GreenTech Media - October 29, 2008 Read Full Article: Greentech Media | Is the Middle East the Next Renewable Energy Frontier? Oil-rich nations are showing a growing interest in renewable-energy developments and backing it up with investments. There's no question the Middle East is a world… Read more
Renewable Energy Race 1.0: Barack Obama vs. Dmitry Medvedev
From: LifeGen.de - Living facts for life sciences - November 11, 2008 Read Full Article: -> Renewable Energy Race 1.0: Barack Obama vs. Dmitry Medvedev | LifeGen.de It’s time for change. So far, everyone – even outside the US – understood the message coming from Barack Obama. But facing… Read more
New Research Expected To Make Photovoltaics More Efficient
World of Photovoltaics - November 15, 2008 Full Article: World of Photovoltaics.com - New Research Expected To Make Photovoltaics More Efficient University of Chicago scientists have induced electrons in the nanocrystals of semiconductors to cool more slowly by forcing them into a smaller volume… Read more
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