Archive for ‘Written Word’
California cows start passing gas to the grid
March 4th, 2008
Imagine a vat of liquid cow manure covering the area of five football fields and 33 feet deep. Meet California’s most alternative new energy.
Seeking cleaner future, world turns to renewable energy
March 4th, 2008
Investment in renewable energy skyrocketed in 2007, but such sources still provided just a tiny fraction of the world’s power, researchers said Tuesday on the sidelines of an international renewable energy conference in Washington.
Activate computers to save power, says Microsoft CEO
March 3rd, 2008
Computers can be activated to save electricity, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer told reporters Monday in Germany on the eve of the CeBIT computing trade fair.
EU pushes for climate-change laws by end of year
March 3rd, 2008
The European Union’s environment ministers pushed Monday for EU-wide laws on fighting climate change to be approved by the end of the year, ahead of talks on a global deal due in December 2008 and in 2009.
Merkel and Sarkozy at opening of CeBIT computing expo
March 3rd, 2008
The CeBIT trade fair, the world’s biggest computing expo, was officially launched late Monday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in attendance.
West looking again at building new dams
March 2nd, 2008
The Western states’ era of massive dam construction — which tamed rivers, swallowed towns, and created irrigated agriculture, cheap hydropower and environmental problems — effectively ended in 1966 with the completion of Glen Canyon Dam.
20 key emitters to begin G-8 process with focus on post-Kyoto method
March 1st, 2008
The world’s 20 biggest greenhouse gas emitters will gather near Tokyo later this month for the first meeting related to July’s Group of Eight summit, with host Japan eager to promote its ”bottom-up” sectoral approach to fighting climate change.
Venezuelan expedition reaches Antarctica
March 1st, 2008
Venezuelan scientists and military officers reached the Antarctica after a 15-day trip, opening the South American nation’s first expedition to the frozen continent, officials said Saturday.
China environment agency gets more power
February 29th, 2008
China’s government is boosting the authority of its environmental watchdog agency in an attempt to rein in the rampant pollution that has become a byproduct of the nation’s rapid economic growth.
US formally blocks California emissions waiver
February 29th, 2008
The Bush administration Friday formally rejected California’s bid for a waiver from U.S. law to set its own tailpipe emissions standard to reduce global warming.
Study shows bacteria are common in snow
February 28th, 2008
Those beautiful snowflakes drifting out of the sky may have a surprise inside — bacteria.
Virgin flies biofueled jet
February 25th, 2008
Virgin Atlantic carried out the world’s first flight of a commercial aircraft powered with biofuel on Sunday in an effort to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels.
UN says warming threatens fish stocks
February 23rd, 2008
Major world commercial fish stocks could collapse within decades as global warming compounds damage from pollution and overfishing, U.N. officials said Friday.
$10 billion to be invested in measures to counter global warming
February 23rd, 2008
Some 50 institutional investors in Europe and the United States have agreed to invest $10 billion, or some 1,070 billion yen, over the next two years in order to develop and spread technologies that will help to curb global warming, informed sources said Saturday.
Olympics-Six China provinces ordered to cut pollution
February 22nd, 2008
China has ordered Beijing and five surrounding provinces to cut industrial pollution for two months from late July to ensure clean air for the Olympics and Paralympics, an official said on Friday.
