Policy
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Airlines contribute to 3% of all CO2 emissions in Europe and an EU panel has included the industry in their Emission Trading Scheme. The scheme, which is an elaborate carbon (and other emission) trading program, allows for certain levels of CO2 to be emitted annually, and portions these amounts to ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Brazil is the 2nd largest producer of ethanol in the world, mostly produced from sugar cane, it makes up a third of all ethanol on the globe. Together with the United States, their numbers reach 70% of current production. In 2007, the country pumped out over 5 billion gallons of ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
We love LED lights; they can provide as much illumination as our erstwhile friend the incandescent, but at a small fraction of the power consumption, and they can last you an entire lifetime (it would be amusing to bequeath some LEDs to my future offspring), having a typical life of ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The US judicial system is in a sorry state today, the Supreme Court having overturned the damages previously set out in 3 prior rulings for the environmental disaster that the Exxon Valdez oil spill caused back in 1989. Ignoring the fact that it took 19 years and 4 rulings to ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
A lot has been going on recently in Germany when it comes to solar, from various companies investing heavily in photovoltaics, to the government's shrinking solar subsidy, but this weekend the small town of Marburg passed a law that will require all new houses and those whose roofs or heating ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Last week the German government announced that it would be lowering the current subsidies that it provides for individuals and companies that purchase and install solar power. Their environmental ministry is proposing a cut of 9.1% next year, while other lawmakers say the rate should be closer to 30%. This ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
The UK Crown Estate, which owns the UK seabed, has announced its 3rd round of offshore wind leasing programs, hoping to have 25 gigawatts of new windfarm sites up and running by 2020. This means, with current technologies, that we can expect an additional 7,000 turbines to be spinning in ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
No, you didn't read that wrong, Peru is protecting their Isla de Asia, an island lying off its coast, among other islands, with armed guards. They aren't quite protecting the island itself, but rather what's on it: bird droppings, otherwise known as guano. For centuries Peru has had a large ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Every year there is more than 2 million tons of household electronics that get tossed out in the US, and less than 20% of this is ever recycled. Despite many electronics manufacturers offering free recycling (or the cost being included in the price) of their products once you are finished ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
I would be lying if I said I wasn't biased in favor of Tim Flannery, a leading voice in the fight against climate change and habitat destruction. Over the years I've read probably all his books and followed his entrance into the debate over greenhouse gases and global warming. He's ...
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