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Endangered Elements: Threat to Green Energy.8 Feb, 2011 11:00 am Demand for rare earth elements (REEs) is projected to exceed current supply, 97% of which comes from China. Since neodymium and dysprosium are needed for...Planet burning: Russia fires threaten climate19 Aug, 2010 11:19 am Besides causing 700 extra deaths a day in Moscow alone - due to the smoke from forest fires, according to its top health official - the smoke has quickened...Putting US Energy Security At Risk7 Jul, 2010 01:17 pm If the Congress is serious about enhancing United States' energy security, then it should focus its efforts on reining in consumption,...Can the grid go green (The Agenda)18 Jan, 2010 10:42 am Are environmentalists right? Can Ontario meet its future energy needs without building big new power plants? Guests:Tom Adams, Jos? Etcheverry,...Why climate change adaptation could make things worse23 Dec, 2009 04:38 pm Because many of the proposals for adaptation to climate change require further extensive release of greenhouse gasses, they will only make climate change...It's not just about Climate Change21 Dec, 2009 07:46 pm This past week delegates from 192 countries descended upon historic Copenhagen to tackle the one of the most divisive issue of our times: how to limit...2010 Cleantech Predictions10 Dec, 2009 01:58 pm My good friends over at Cleantech Group put out their 10 for 2010 cleantech predictions after Thanskgiving, and after our usual "webside" chats on the...New MIT Study: Smaller Cuts, If Taken Now, Can Minimize Climate Risk9 Oct, 2009 09:24 am Even "moderate" cuts in greenhouse gas emissions may be sufficient to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change, says new MIT study...The Climate-Industrial Complex24 Aug, 2009 08:54 am According to the Center for Public Integrity the number of companies and groups now lobbying the US Congress on the subject of climate change has passed...The World Bank's coal problem1 Aug, 2009 12:32 pm In Washington, it's a popular climate conundrum everyone talks about: Even if the U.S. lowers its greenhouse gas emissions,...An Energy Bill for the Other 92%4 Jul, 2009 08:18 am Now that the Waxman-Markey Bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009--all 1428 pages of it--has been narrowly passed by the House of Representatives...Geoengineering the Climate: Bad for You and Our Energy Future3 May, 2009 06:29 pm Proposals to reduce global warming through giant engineering projects or so-called geoengineering abound. Almost all are in the idea stage...The REAL Story on Moore's Law for Solar30 Apr, 2009 09:27 am All new industries seem to think they deserve a Moore's Law. The photovoltaic solar really, really thinks it deserves one, since it kind of sort of looks...UK Scientists Compare Official G8 Proposals To Combat Climate Change With Real Carbon Cycle Data7 Nov, 2008 02:01 pm A few UK scientists have done a smart thing; they?ve combined the proposals of G8 policymakers for combating climate change with actual data on the status...Biochar.... a Miracle to Save the Planet?14 Oct, 2008 10:55 am Biochar is a kind of charcoal, produced by the low temperature carbonization of biomass. During the pyrolysis process other materials are produced,...We can make it better10 Oct, 2008 12:42 pm The news on climate change is more than a little depressing. The IPCC Synthesis Report projects that by 2100 the global average temperature will be at...Time for A Green Bailout?8 Oct, 2008 11:12 pm Van Jones is one timely man. With the economic crisis spurring a new search for ways to revitalize and rebuild our flagging economy, Van Jones,...As Financial Markets Circle the Drain, What Happens to Clean Energy?1 Oct, 2008 11:06 am An investment banker was quoted in Sunday's Financial Times as stating that the global financial market "changed more in the past 10 days than it had in...Nuclear power: False climate change prophet?21 Jul, 2008 09:31 am A new study reveals that nuclear power is not as clean as the industry claims.Hell in a handbasket?24 Jun, 2008 11:35 am So what is information technology doing to our brains? Neuroscientist Susan Greenfield has written a book about the upside and the downside of a world...Green power player23 Jun, 2008 04:11 pm Who?s the most powerful person in the world of green business? It might be Jeff Immelt, Lee Scott, John Doerr, Tom Friedman.....Neste Moves Forward with Green Diesel18 Jun, 2008 04:46 pm I have written periodically on 'green diesel', which should not be confused with biodiesel. Neste, Petrobras, and ConocoPhillips (in a venture with Tyson...Bio-Char: An Eco-solution12 May, 2008 12:05 pm A segment on CNN discusses bio-char (biomass-derived black carbon).Technological Breakthrough in the Fight to Cut Greenhouse Gases14 May, 2008 09:13 am Two of the major problems facing scientists at the start of the 21st century are undoubtedly: combating climate change and breaking the reliance of the...Climate Change in a Greenlandic Perspective, Part II23 Apr, 2008 11:32 am Part II of the presentation from Mr. Josef Motzfeldt, TACC2008), Faroe Islands.Climate Change in a Greenlandic Perspective, Part I23 Apr, 2008 11:32 am Mr. Josef Motzfeldt, MP and former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Greenland presents on the 7th of April 2008 at the TransAtlantic Climate Conference (TACC2008)...Climate Changes and Effects on Marine Resources in Greenland and Polar Waters, Part II25 Apr, 2008 09:53 am Part II of the video above from Ms. Helle Siegstad, TACC2008.Climate Changes and Effects on Marine Resources in Greenland and Polar Waters25 Apr, 2008 09:53 am Ms Helle Siegstad, MSc in Biology, is the Department Manager of the Department of Fish & Scrimps in Greenland's Nature Institution...Greenland Ice Lakes Drain at Speed of Niagara Falls22 Apr, 2008 11:38 am Lakes on the surface of Greenland's ice sheet are draining through the kilometre-thick ice and roaring to the bedrock with a flow rate exceeding that of...Green Students Fundraise on CBC Morning News13 Mar, 2008 01:01 am Corey Berman and Michelle Boigon from Green Students Fundraising speaking live on CBC News Morning with Heather Hiscox on ways to become more energy-efficient...Green Computing11 Mar, 2008 11:43 am As companies expand, one of their concerns is restricting their carbon footprint. BBC World interviews Sean Whetstone, head of IT Services at Reed,...Midwest Oil Refineries Gobble Up Canadian Tar Sands, Spew Greenhouse Gasses14 Feb, 2008 12:07 pm Midwest oil refineries are gobbling up more and more crude oil from Canadian tar sands and are set to belch out up to 40 percent more greenhouse gas emissions...UK Looks to a Nuclear Future14 Feb, 2008 12:04 pm Britain has given the go ahead for the construction of a new generation of nuclear power stations in its search for cleaner,...A Not-So-Bubbly Fate for Sea Floor Methane17 Jan, 2008 10:38 am Good news about methane bubbling up from the ocean floor near Santa Barbara, CaliforniaTrading Pollution for Clean Development28 Dec, 2007 02:12 pm This film, in 2 parts, gives an introduction to global warming and the Kyoto Protocol. It shows how one NGO in Karnataka is trading reduced carbon emissions...Bali Conference: Feinstein on Final Negotiations17 Dec, 2007 11:05 am US Green Party member Mike Feinstein reports on the controverisal breakdown of negotations on the final morning of the United Nations Framework Convention...Bali Climate Change Conference: Green Trade Plan10 Dec, 2007 10:46 am BBC discusses the US-EU proposal of a green trade proposal and its implication of the divided interests of developed and developing countries with Reza...What's Really Wrong With Nuclear Power?30 Nov, 2007 01:30 pm In terms of its achievable potential, financial and social cost, and even carbon dioxide emissions, nuclear power is not an optimal solution.Fertilizing the Ocean to Slow Global Warming22 Nov, 2007 11:00 am Scitizen interviews Professor Oliver Wingenter, of the Department of Chemistry at New Mexico Tech, who recently suggested fertilizing the ocean to grow...Green Roofs: Ecosystem Services and Research Frontiers26 Nov, 2007 02:00 pm Green roofs are roofs with vegetation and substrate. They promote energy conservation in buildings, reduce the urban heat island effect,...Summer in the City 2050: City Swelter, Rural Roast15 Oct, 2007 11:00 am Global warming could nearly double heat-related mortality in the New York City metropolitan region by the 2050s. Researchers projected the future impacts...Melting Record Climbs Up to High Elevation in Greenland in 20072 Oct, 2007 11:15 am The year 2007 broke the melting record in Greenland for areas above 2000 meters. Places above 2000 m experienced, indeed, the greatest ?melting index?...Climate change talks at U.N.25 Sep, 2007 12:46 pm The UN climate change meeting yesterday announced an upcoming round of new talks that must reach a breakthrough in reducing greenhouse gas emissions...Kyoto Protocol, EU ETS and Determinants of CO2 Prices21 Sep, 2007 12:26 pm The Kyoto Protocol is the international response to climate change. By ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, industrialized countries make the commitment to reduce...Howard Makes Climate Change a Key APEC Objective30 Aug, 2007 10:13 am Australian Prime Minister John Howard declared yesterday that he wanted the APEC gathering of regional leaders next week in Sydney to discuss the need...Thinking Clearly about Biofuels: Ending the Irrelevant ?Net Energy? Controversy15 Aug, 2007 11:50 am The age of petroleum is ending. If we are to make sound choices about our energy future, we will have to think clearly and carefully...See Level Rise: "The IPCC Understates What Is Going to Happen"19 Jul, 2007 08:19 pm Mark Meier is a professor emeritus of geological sciences. He explains his findings on the contribution of small glaciers and ice caps on sea level rise...Ancient Greenland Was Green5 Jul, 2007 08:00 pm Eske Willerslev's study published today in Science overturns all previous assumptions about biological life and the climate in ancient Greenland.Satellite Derived Snowmelt in Greenland Shows Positive Anomalies for 200611 Jun, 2007 07:13 pm Although it did not break any record in terms of overall extent and duration, snow melting in Greenland in 2006 followed the trend of the past recent years...EU research: ?We Need to Know What People on the Ground Have to Say?24 Apr, 2007 01:16 pm The European Commission has recently published a green report on the future of the European Research Area (ERA), an entity created to improve the interaction...Why Hydropower is Not Clean Energy9 Jan, 2007 02:53 pm Dr. Philip M. Fearnside is a research scientist in the Ecology department at the National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA) in Manaus,..."My Proposal Is To Concentrate On Green Energy at Large"22 Jun, 2006 07:31 pm Ibrahim Dincer is chair of the Second International Green Energy Conference that will take place in Ontario, Canada from the 25 to the 29 of June... |