Carbon Emission

Prosperity, not posturing, key to curtailing CO2

August 9, 2009

| Sourced From Thechronicleherald.ca |
HILLARY Rodham Clinton displayed the naiveté of a 19th-century Bible Society lecturer recently when she badgered India to embrace the Gospel of Global Warming by curtailing its sinful carbon dioxide emissions — commonly known as greenhouse gases.
One could almost hear the imperial strains of Sir Arthur Sullivan’s Onward Christian Soldiers as [...]

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Current CO2 goals won’t prevent dangerous climate change

August 8, 2009

| Sourced From Greenbang.com |
Current targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent by 2020 aren’t likely to prevent global warming from exceeding the 2 degree C threshold for catastrophic change … and the officials who set those goals know it, according to a researcher from The Australian National University (ANU).
Andrew Macintosh of [...]

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IDC Plans ICT Sustainability Index to Guide Nations Towards Their CO2 Emissions Targets

August 8, 2009

| Sourced From Businesswire.com |
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IDC today announced plans to create an index that scores a country’s ability to use information and communications technologies (ICT) to effectively reduce its CO2 emissions. Results of the first IDC ICT Sustainability Index™ will be released prior to the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held December [...]

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Scientists use satellites to reduce CO2 emissions emitted by trucks

August 8, 2009

| Sourced From Dailyindia.com |
Paris, August 5: Two German inventors have come up with an idea on how to use satellites to reduce the overall carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by the
trucks, and improve the allocation of truck capacity.
Dr Mario Neugebauer and Dr Jurgen Anke from German company ‘ubigrate GmbH’ came up with an intelligent solution [...]

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Small Pacific islands call for big carbon cuts

August 7, 2009

| Sourced From Google.com |
CAIRNS, Australia — Island nations are the least responsible for climate change but will bear the brunt of its ill effects, Australia’s leader said Wednesday, as a group of small Pacific states called for a 45 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
The seven smallest island nations in the Pacific [...]

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Nissan’s LEAF Gets Its Tailpipe Chopped Off For Zero CO2 Emission

August 5, 2009

| Sourced From Gizmodo.com.au |
The LEAF may be compensating for the lack of a tailpipe with 30 minute “quick charges” and the ability to go for miles and miles on a single charge (100 miles (160km) to be exact), but hey, it’s eco-friendly.
Nissan’s quick to separate its newest vehicle from the pack by detailing that [...]

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Carbon Reduction Commitment: Landlord and tenant guide published

August 5, 2009

| Sourced From Shoosmiths.co.uk |
The British Property Federation (BPF) has published a guide for landlords and tenants explaining the Government’s proposed Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), and illustrating how expected additional costs might be shared.
Around 5,000 large public and private organisations are likely to be full participants in CRC, and it has been estimated that energy [...]

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Ricardo Launches Consortium to Evaluate Lubricant Challenges of Future Low Carbon Engine Technologie

August 4, 2009

| Sourced From Auto-mobi.info |
Ricardo, Inc., the US subsidiary of Ricardo plc, the leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world’s automotive, defense, transport and new energy industries, has announced that the company is to launch a consortium to evaluate lubricant challenges of future low carbon engine technologies. With the [...]

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Reports: US’ best source of carbon-free energy is efficiency

August 4, 2009

| Sourced From Arstechnica.com |
Back in 2001, a prominent politician derided energy efficiency efforts, saying, “Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.” This week saw a pair of reports that can be viewed as a giant “au contraire.” The National Academies [...]

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A fund’s carbon footprint is interesting, but not investable

August 3, 2009

| Sourced From Seattletimes.nwsource.com |
Green Century Balanced fund has a carbon footprint that is two-thirds lower than the Standard & Poor’s 500 index.
It also gets a below-average star rating from fund-research firm Morningstar, gets a below-average score for consistent return and preservation of capital from Lipper, and has expenses that are roughly average for a [...]