German Smart Grid Leads the Way in Conservation
| U.S. Sees Robust Climate Talks, But Will Not Pay “Reparations” President Barack Obama’s top aides promised on Wednesday “robust” negotiations toward a global climate change deal this month, but firmly stated the United States does not owe the world “reparations” for centuries of carbon pollution. |
| Samsø cuts the cord. Steve Chu and a host of foreign energy ministers announced Monday a $350 million initiative to boost renewable technologies worldwide. But out here on windswept Samsø, a remote rural island in Denmark, residents have already transited to the carbon-free world these ministers envision. |
German Smart Grid Leads the Way in Conservation There is an obvious push on not only using less energy, but in finding other forms of energy that will allow the world to recover from the years of literally pillaging its natural resources. Germany has been using some pretty innovative techniques to lead the way and their designers are coming up with [.]Posted in: Economy, Environment, Industry |
| Climate negotiators eye the ‘forgotten 50%’ of greenhouse gases. While the U.S. has focused on CO2 emissions, some nations are pushing for measures to curb black carbon, HFCs and methane, which they say will be easier to achieve and will show quick results. |
| Sparrows’ promiscuity offers clues about global warming. Saltmarsh sparrows nest every spring on Connecticut’s shoreline. But rising water levels due to global warming and other habitat damage are endangering the species, making the bird a critical indicator of the health of Connecticut’s coastal flats. |
| US Proposes Innovative Trade Concept to Fight Climate Change The United States supports taking “early action” to liberalize trade in products that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and believes that could spur progress in broader world trade talks on environmental goods and services, a U.S. trade official said on Wednesday. |