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What's My Carbon Footprint?By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 17, 2010
I'm a reasonably green guy - I recycle, buy mostly organic, a "residential vegetarian" (no meat in my fridge), walk or bike to work more days than not, keep lights and power strips off when not in use, compost...is it enough? Am I doing my part? Just about... Read more.. |
UN eyes private help in $100 billion climate aidBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 14, 2010
UNITED NATIONS A pledge by rich nations in Copenhagen to provide as much as $100 billion a year of climate-related aid to developing countries by 2020 may depend in part on the generosity of private donors and other non-governmental sources. Secretary-General Ban Ki-... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Entertainment , Environment , Health , Politics , Social Issues , Technology , United Nations |
Obama sticks with clean-energy goalsBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 13, 2010
There is so much demand for the clean-energy tax credits that the program is oversubscribed. The White House is asking Congress for an additional $5 billion. "There's solar facilities that will mean 1,000 jobs here. Another plant there, that's another 300 jobs. These... Read more.. |
What Others Are Saying | 'Climategate' derails science of global warming; run, don't walk, away from cap and tradeBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 12, 2010
Eight months after a trove of e-mails from climate researchers appeared on the Internet, two inquiries into “climategate” reported their findings. Neither report does anything to weaken the case for acting to limit carbon emissions. Greenhouse gases still warm planets... Read more.. Subject Tags: Entertainment , Technology |
Major Asia Pacific Photovoltaic Markets Expected to Grow 85% in 2010By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 11, 2010
Asia Pacific photovoltaic markets are poised to make a significant contribution to global photovoltaic (PV) market growth in 2010 following improvements in the policy environment in most of the key countries in this region. According to the Solarbuzz® Asia and Pacific... Read more.. Subject Tags: Entertainment , Technology |
Put Solar On It campaign challenges heads of stateBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 10, 2010
Climate activists have launched a campaign calling on world leaders to take tangible clean energy action by putting up solar panels on the presidential digs. The advocates are enlisting the public’s help in the Put Solar On It movement by providing a way to send an... Read more.. |
Obama Science Czar Called for Carbon Tax to Redistribute Wealth from Global 'North' to 'South'By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 9, 2010
ohn P. Holdren, who then-President-elect Barack Obama nominated as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in December 2008, called just five months before his nomination for a global climate-change agreement that would allow wealth to be... Read more.. |
IMF raises 2010 global growth forecastBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 8, 2010
The IMF has raised its estimate for global growth this year by 0.4% to 4.6%, reflecting a stronger-than-expected first half. Its forecast is the largest jump in global growth since 2007, while the projection for 4.3% growth next year is unchanged from the April... Read more.. Subject Tags: Entertainment , International Monetary Fund |
Major Asia Pacific Photovoltaic Markets Expected to Grow 85% in 2010By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 8, 2010
According to the Solarbuzz® Asia and Pacific Major PV Markets 2010 report, the key emerging country markets of China, India, South Korea and Australia, together with the long established Japanese market, contributed 0.9 GW of installations in 2009, or 12% of world demand.... Read more.. |
IPCC report into global warming 'played down positive impact of climate change'By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 6, 2010
A key global assessment of climate change played down the positive effects of global warming, according to a new review. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) key 2007 report also contained a number of minor errors and was criticised over a lack of... Read more.. Subject Tags: Entertainment , Technology |