Climos in the NewsDespite Opposition, Ocean Iron Fertilization Forging Ahead [archive]by Carli Ghelfi, Cleantech Group, 6/10/2008 More countries have lined up to voice concerns. But advocates of OIF plan to proceed anyway. Those advocates include San Francisco-based Climos, which has reaffirmed it plans to continue with its controversial stated business goals of testing and commercially developing OIF to assist in carbon sequestration. | |
Climate Change/Global WarmingMillion Free South Chinese Floods [archive]from BBC, 6/15/2008 Flooding in southern China has killed at least 55 people and forced more than one million to flee their homes, the government says. Torrential downpours have affected nine provinces, China's civil affairs ministry says. US Cities Promote Bicycling as Gas Prices Soar [archive] by Jon Hurdle, Reuters, 6/13/2008 US cities that have long promoted bicycle use by commuters are now seeing a steady rise in the popularity of pedal power as gasoline prices soar. Atlas Shows How Climate Changed Africe [archive] by Devon Haynie, AP/ABC, 6/10/2008 The United Nations environment agency unveiled a new atlas Tuesday that shows what the agency says are the dramatic effects of climate change on Africa. The nearly 400-page publication features over 300 satellite images taken in every African country. |
ScienceAcademies of Science Call for Low Carbon Economy [archive]from Environmental Research Web, 6/10/2008 he Academies of Science for the G8+5 nations have called for governments to agree by 2009 a timetable, funding and a coordinated plan for the construction of a number of carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plants. Bleak Future for Acid Oceans [archive] by Geoff Brumfiel, Nature, 6/9/2008 If climate change continues apace, the oceans of the future may be empty of corals, sea urchins and other organisms that are vital to the marine ecosystem. A survey of life around oceanic volcanic vents has found that these animals cannot survive in environments rich in carbon dioxide that mimic the future seas. |
Carbon MarketThe Mechanics of Curbing Climate Change [archive]by Yvo de Boer, at BBC.com, 6/10/2008 Negotiators from more than 172 countries are meeting in Bonn to hammer out a deal that may culminate in a new global climate agreement. In this week's Green Room, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer argues that negotiators want to see more of the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism, not less. How to Heat Up Solar [archive] by Sramana Mitra, Forbes, 6/13/2008 Perhaps the most interesting place where solar energy is making inroads is in utilities. Not only are they setting up solar power plants of their own, they are also buying solar energy from others. There are 4,500 megawatts of solar power plant projects in the works as we speak. As Energy Costs Soar, U.S. Looks to Solar [archive] by Jason Szep, Reuters, 6/13/2008 After decades on the fringe, solar power is closing in on America's mainstream as surging fossil fuel prices and mounting concern over climate change spur states, businesses and homeowners into a quickening embrace with alternative energy. |
Politics/LegislationEDITORIAL: Another Failure on Climate Change [archive]by Pete Harrison, Reuters, 6/6/2008 Opinion piece on the failure of the Lieberman-Warner bill: "The most obvious lesson to be learned from the Senate’s failure to mount any sort of grown-up debate on climate change last week is that the country needs a new occupant in the White House." G8 Concerned About Rising Oil Prices [archive] by Yuri Kageyama, 6/12/2008 Soaring oil and food prices are emerging as serious threats to global economic growth, finance ministers from the world's top industrialized nations said Saturday, while vowing to work together to address the problem. EU to Propose Energy Tax Breaks to Help the Poor [archive] From Pete Harrison, Reuters, 6/11/2008 The European Commission will look at changing taxes to boost energy efficiency and help poor people hit by high fuel costs but will tread carefully over the possibility of so-called "Robin Hood taxes", a spokesman said. |