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Climate Change Means More Heatwaves, Premature Deaths, Scientists WarnBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 11, 2010
Climate change is a serious health hazard that the United States must prepare for, according to government and university scientists from across the country. Dust storm in Queensland, Australia, September 2009. (Photo by Tom Fletcher) They advised Thursday that climate... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Disaster , Education , Environment , Health , Labor , Politics , Social Issues , Technology |
Japan to Stop Purchasing Carbon Emission Credits Overseas, Yomiuri ReportsBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 10, 2010
Japan’s government will stop purchasing greenhouse gas emission credits from other nations, the Daily Yomiuri newspaper said, without citing anyone. The government wants to stimulate local industries and expand employment by increasing domestic efforts to reduce... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment |
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.. |
Kashmir Youth Fight – to Save the EnvironmentBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 9, 2010
Using the bigger space for community participation given the better security situation, young people in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir have been busy organising festivals and creative campaigns to drum up awareness of environmental woes. Among their causes are... 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.. |
Analysis: Who benefits from 2-year moratorium on forest clearing?By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 8, 2010
It didn’t take long for palm oil producers to respond to Norway’s recently signed US$1 billion grant, given in exchange for a two-year moratorium on any new clearing of Indonesia’s rainforest and peatlands. Association of Palm Oil Producers secretary-general Joko Supriyono... Read more.. |
Company aims to keep costs low and increase fuel economy over Toyota and HondaBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 8, 2010
Nissan Motor Co. plans to double the mileage (in comparison with gasoline engines) on its most recent mass-market hybrid vehicle, the gasoline-electric Infiniti M sedan (also known as the Nissan Fuga), expected to be released later this year. While Nissan is a little... Read more.. |
Western Climate group sees carbon cuts and savingsBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 8, 2010
The analysis by the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) said the effort to foster a clean-energy economy can significantly reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases linked to climate change and achieve about $100 billion in net savings by 2010. California, British Columbia... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment |
NZ launches ETSBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 8, 2010
New Zealand has launched an Emissions Trading Scheme, which will see companies trading in carbon credits referred to as New Zealand Units. Under the Kyoto Protocol, New Zealand agreed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2012 or pay for any excess... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment |
UN 'won't deliver' on climate changeBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 8, 2010
UN 'won't deliver' on climate change Subject Tags: Business , Environment |