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Coal carves a place in the future of global energy.
As the price of oil and natural gas soars, many customers are looking to coal as an alternative fuel. That means a boon for suppliers -- and a potential bane for the environment.
Los Angeles Times.
20 July 2008
States, localities cracking down on idling engines.
A billion gallons of diesel fuel are burned every year by idling long-haul trucks and locomotives, pushing 11 million tons of carbon dioxide into the air, according to the US EPA.
Davenport Quad-City Times.
20 July 2008
Banking on carbon trading: Can banks stop climate change?
Who would think the banks would land the job of sorting out the world's climate change problems?
CNN.
20 July 2008
Ministers embrace electric car revolution.
Gordon Brown is to launch the biggest revolution in the way Britons drive since the development of the internal combustion engine. A transport gear change could see vehicles given away free, with revenue made from selling motorists contracts to supply power.
London Independent.
20 July 2008
Trying to build a greener Britain, home by home.
Through a host of small efforts, residents of Hove, Britain, have turned their neighborhood into a prototype of a green village.
New York Times.
20 July 2008
Green becomes official color of baseball.
Across the country, baseball parks now have recycling bins for plastic cups, and solar panels are providing at least some of the energy. Teams are even taking the environmental impact into consideration when they decide how to travel for road games.
Washington Post.
20 July 2008
Think it's hot now? It's only going to get worse.
The term “global warming” can sound so benign.
New London Day.
20 July 2008
Melting Himalayan glaciers set alarm bells ringing.
Melting of Himalayan glaciers fills seven of the mightiest rivers of Asia. And with warming, they are melting faster and causing new problems.
Islamabad Post.
20 July 2008
Octopuses galore for lobster catchers.
Creatures of the deep usually found in the more balmy waters of the Mediterranean or the Pacific are finding their way into Scottish seas as a result of climate change.
London Observer.
20 July 2008
A sedan fueled by the future.
Unlike far-costlier fuel-cell cars — which generate electricity through a chemical reaction of gaseous hydrogen and oxygen — BMW's hydrogen vehicle runs on either liquid hydrogen or gasoline in a familiar internal-combustion engine.
New York Times.
20 July 2008
Fishermen set sail for bygone era by using wind power in response to soaring fuel prices.
Commercial fishermen are reverting to wind power in response to soaring fuel prices, as skippers rig their boats with auxiliary sails to cut the amount of diesel they use.
London Daily Telegraph.
20 July 2008
Wind sails into the Pa. power scene.
Across Pennsylvania, wind has become the dominant renewable-energy fuel. Nine commercial wind farms with a total of 175 turbines have a capacity of 294 megawatts - enough to power 78,000 households.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
20 July 2008
Gasoline-powered vehicle owners switching to greener alternatives.
While the big automakers rush to roll out affordable low-carbon cars by 2010, small startups are finding their own niche.
Vancouver Province.
20 July 2008
Horses, mules cut gas emissions.
Animals like horses and mules, which are an important mode of transportation in the hilly regions are doing their bit in reducing toxic greenhouse gas emissions too, scientists say.
Zee News.
20 July 2008
Aviation industry shows green efforts at Farnborough.
The aviation business is under fierce attack from some environmentalists as a despoiler of the planet by spewing carbon dioxide into the air.
Seattle Times.
20 July 2008
BAA invented ‘green’ jumbo to help win Heathrow case.
BAA, the operator of Heathrow, used the low emissions figures of a non-existent green jumbo to help clinch the environmental case for a third runway.
London Times.
20 July 2008
Price chopper installs ‘green’ cooling system.
The EPA says traditional refrigeration systems that use older chemicals have a global warming potential 3,000 times greater than the new system, which uses R-404A, a hydrofluorocarbon blend, to condense carbon dioxide in the air.
Schenectady Daily Gazette.
20 July 2008
Appealing to bloggers’ influence, Gore asks for help in promoting energy challenge.
Gore's surprise appearance produced the first electric moment at the conference, the Netroots Nation, an ever-widening group of progressive bloggers whose major interests mesh well with Mr. Gore’s current pursuits.
New York Times.
20 July 2008
Cooling off on dubious eco-friendly claims.
The advertising industry seems to have grasped the public’s growing skepticism over ads with environmental messages.
New York Times.
20 July 2008
Ministers are told to drop most eco-towns.
The number of Gordon Brown's flagship eco-towns should be slashed by two thirds because most of the proposed schemes are not green enough, senior civil servants have warned.
London Daily Telegraph.
20 July 2008
Power co-op calls Ritter's CO2 plan "suicide".
The governor's energy office reached out this month to the state's municipal and member-owned utilities with hopes of garnering participation in a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent by 2020.
Denver Post.
20 July 2008
Rudd sails through greenhouse test .
The Rudd Government is never going to win a medal for political bravery. It's not in the same league as Hawke-Keating Labor. Even so, it's done a better job with its first step towards a carbon pollution reduction scheme than many people accept.
Sydney Morning Herald.
20 July 2008
Struggling ranchers say B.C. carbon tax could drive them out of business.
The high cost of production and low prices for cattle already had the B.C. cattle industry in trouble when the province introduced its new carbon tax, say ranchers.
Canadian Press.
20 July 2008
Channel 4 censured for programme that said climate change was a fraud.
A Channel 4 documentary that argued that global warning was a fraud is to be criticised by the media regulator.
London Times.
20 July 2008
Pope urges Australian youths to spurn materialism.
Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday a "spiritual desert" was spreading throughout the world and he challenged young people to shed the greed and cynicism of their time to create a new age of hope for humankind.
Associated Press.
20 July 2008
On the biofuel bandwagon.
Once hailed as the green bullet to our dependence on a finite supply of global-warming fossil fuels, biofuels are now getting a reputation for adding to the problems they were supposed to solve.
Auckland New Zealand Herald.
20 July 2008
Pope's Australia trip furthers theme of his papacy: environment, atonement and rejuvenation.
Summing up his message, Benedict told young pilgrims at a Mass on Sunday that a "spiritual desert" was spreading throughout the world and challenged them to shed the greed and cynicism of their time to create a new age of hope.
International Herald Tribune.
20 July 2008
Crisis of clean power.
The current power crisis in India may trigger off a graver environmental crisis in the not too distant future.
Calcutta Telegraph.
20 July 2008
Oak Bay's expected to become first city in Canada to let electric cars on streets.
For a town not exactly known for its land-speed records, this speedy push to go electric underscores the fact that conditions may finally be ripe for an electric-car comeback.
Vancouver Province.
20 July 2008
Electric companies adjust to new age.
PPL Corp., Exelon Corp. and First Energy Corp. -- all among the top performers in The Patriot-News Top 50 -- have taken steps to improve their environmental roles, according to John Hanger, president and CEO of PennFuture, a public policy agency.
Harrisburg Patriot-News.
20 July 2008
Big residential projects are going up green.
To Alex de Parry, building a green commercial building isn't just about the good publicity he might get or the higher rents he might someday be able to charge. It's about doing the right thing.
Ann Arbor News.
20 July 2008
Incentives could boost Houston recycling, advocates say.
The print edition of the Houston Chronicle contains seven previous Chronicles. Or maybe 20.
Houston Chronicle.
20 July 2008
Everett composting company ordered to track down stink.
An Everett, Washington composting operation has been given 30 days to pinpoint the source of foul odors at its site.
Everett Daily Herald.
20 July 2008
From wrappers to tote bags.
The newest recycling crusade in Palo Alto began with a bet.
Palo Alto Daily News.
20 July 2008
