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Energy chiefs warn crisis stifling investment Geneva (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 
The economic crisis is jeopardising key energy industry investments that are needed to cope with future growth in demand and shifts to cleaner energy, executives and officials warned on Wednesday. Executives from gas, oil and power generation firms said at a UN conference here that they were delaying and cutting back investments due to the credit crunch, the economic downturn and volatile ... read moreWorld cities commit to climate protection 
Hamburg, Germany (UPI) Nov 18, 2009 The world's cities agreed in Germany Wednesday to an ambitious set of binding climate-protection measures, less than a month before world leaders meet for what scientists say needs to be a globe-saving climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mayors and representatives of nearly 160 cities -- ranging from Chicago and Albuquerque in the United States, to Stockholm, Athens and Moscow in ... more
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Fossil-fuel emissions up 2 percent in 2008, tracking worst trends
Paris (AFP) Nov 17, 2009Carbon emissions from fossil fuels rose two percent last year to an all-time high, leaving Earth on a worst-scenario track for global warming, scientists reported on Tuesday. They also voiced concern for the world's oceans and forests, saying the capacity of these fabled "sinks" to soak up dangerous greenhouse gases was fading. And they placed the spotlight on surging emissions by China ... more Ecuador energy crisis cripples production 
Quito, Ecuador (UPI) Nov 17, 2009 Ecuador's energy crisis shows no sign of easing, but relief may be around the corner after emergency measures were taken by the government to import electricity from Colombia and Peru. President Rafael Correa warned the country was in for a long haul and faced power shortages that could last over several months. Critics have blamed the government for mismanagement and failing to ... more Securing Regulatory Approvals For Sustainable Energy Development 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 18, 2009The national debate continues over climate change and greater energy independence. U.S. Senators Kerry and Boxer recently offered their vision of the future when they introduced the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. In the same week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced proposed rules that would regulate larger producers of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. ... more APEC drops 50 percent emission cut target: China 
Singapore (AFP) Nov 14, 2009Asia-Pacific leaders will drop a fixed target for halving greenhouse gas emissions in a final summit statement, a Chinese official said Saturday. "On the 50 percent reduction target (from 1990 levels) by 2050, yes, it did appear in the draft," said Yi Xianliang, a Chinese foreign ministry official who is part of the country's negotiating team at world climate talks. "However, it is a ... more |
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New Rating System Could Complete Green Building Puzzle
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2009A partnership of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the U.S. Botanic Garden have released the nation's first rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with or without buildings. The Sustainable Sites Initiative led by the partners developed the ... more Dena warns of power gap in Germany 
Berlin (UPI) Nov 11, 2009 Dena, the German Energy Agency, has warned that key investments in the electricity sector are being scrapped because of the country's nuclear revival. The decision by the new German government to extend the lifetime of Germany's nuclear power plants beyond the planned phase-out by 2021 is destabilizing the electricity sector, Stephan Kohler, the head of Dena, has warned. ... more Finnish electricity consumption growth seen levelling off 
Helsinki (AFP) Nov 10, 2009Finland's government said Tuesday it expected electricity consumption to grow slower than previously forecast in the next 20 years as the global economic recession had dented industry's energy use. The ministry of employment and the economy said in a forecast that the country's electricity consumption would rise from around 80 terawatt hours this year to around 91 terawatt hours in 2020 and ... more IEA: $500 billion for climate inaction 
London (UPI) Nov 10, 2009 Each year the world delays implementing a global climate-protection deal will add $500 billion to the costs related to greenhouse gas emissions reductions, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. In its new World Energy Outlook 2010, the Paris-based IEA urged the world's nations to work together to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius. The framework for such a ... more |
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