Are Biofuels Marginalizing Rural Women?According to a study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the recent and rapid increase in large-scale liquid biofuel production in third world countries could marginalize rural women by threatening their livelihoods. Traditionally, small farmers (women in particular) have had limited access to the large-scale plantations that […]
Poll: What is Your Favorite Energy Source?Our recent polls on biofuels and solar energy have shed some interesting light on the public’s opinion of these energy sources. So far, it looks like a majority people believe solar energy has great potential as an energy source, while opinions about biofuels are split almost 50/50. If you […]
Airline emissions ‘far higher than previous estimates’The aviation industry’s failure to curb its soaring carbon emissions could lead to the “worst case scenario” for climate change, as envisaged by the United Nations. An unpublished study by the world’s leading experts has revealed that airlines […]
Coal plants ordered to reduce emissions.The Ontario government, which has twice broken promises to close highly polluting coal-fired power plants, has ordered them to cut harmful greenhouse-gas emissions.
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions down for second year in a row.Greenhouse-gas emissions in Canada declined for a second year in a row during 2006, falling to 721 million […]
China quake may cut carbon offset supplyChina’s deadliest earthquake in decades could cut by up to 5 percent the country’s supply of carbon offsets under the Kyoto Protocol over the next 12 months, a market China dominates, Lehman analysts estimated on Thursday.Rich countries can meet Kyoto greenhouse gas limits by investing in emissions cuts in […]
Brazilian Companies Announce Global Warming Game PlanThe Brazil Greenhouse Gas Protocol Program was launched today and its 12 founding corporate members have voluntarily agreed to report their global-warming emissions.“The program provides options for sound measurement and allows members to take action to reduce their GHG emissions,”
Recipe for energy saving unravelled in migratory birdsPointed wings together with carrying less weight per wing area and avoidance of high winds and atmospheric turbulence save a bird loads of energy during migration. This has been shown for the first time in free-flying wild birds by researchers at Princeton University, the University of Montana, and […]
Bush administration bars drilling in Arctic wetlandThe Bush administration on Friday proposed keeping potentially oil-rich wetlands in Arctic Alaska off-limits to drilling because of their ecological sensitivity, a reversal of its earlier plan.The Bureau of Land Management proposed a 10-year leasing moratorium for 430,000 acres of wetlands north and east of vast Teshekpuk Lake in […]
Ten Senators to Watch on Global WarmingThe Senate is scheduled to debate and vote on landmark global warming legislation during the first week of June.Will the Senate seize this historic opportunity and begin to solve the global warming crisis?These ten Senators reflect the debate that’s playing out right now.Some are swing votes. Others are leaders whose management […]