Reuters - Call it a me-Pod. If you want to get away from global warming, unseasonal flu or the recession, or just need a family-proof space to work at home, designers at a London show have the cocoon for you.
R.C.P Macpresss (UK) Ltd has announced new finance packages to help recyclers.
U.S. News & World Report - On Wednesday, Barack Obama completed his 100th day in office, the traditional moment to assess how a new president is doing. In Obama’s case, there is much to chew over, ranging from the quick passage of his $787 billion stimulus package to his vast spending programs and the reversal of a number of George W. Bush’s policies, including those on stem cell research, climate change, and the harsh interrogation of suspected terrorists, which some call torture. [See Obama’s 12 most important decisions in his first 100 days.]
House cats of the world rejoice, as the annual Cardboard Chair Design Student Competition results are announced today. Six finalists are being judged at the AIA convention in San Francisco for their designs. …
Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso held out agreements on fighting the financial crisis, global warming and swine flu as evidence of deepening ties with sometime rival China Thursday, sidestepping tensions over the past.
Reuters - Call it a me-Pod. If you want to get away from global warming, unseasonal flu or the recession, or just need a family-proof space to work at home, designers at a London show have the cocoon for you.
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Keywords: earnings reports Q1 Carl-Henric Svanberg
Added: April 30, 2009
The coming low-carbon future, far from being full of inconveniences, can actually be an equitable, prosperous and healthy world — and an urban planner’s dream come true.
Author: empowerresearch2009
Keywords: EmPower EmPower Research Market Research media monitoring
Added: April 30, 2009
Politico - While Democrats bicker over a sweeping climate change bill, Republicans are going rogue, crafting an alternative hearing stacked with people they agree with.
Date: 4/30/2009
In an economic slowdown, wind energy component manufacturing is one U.S. industry that has experienced unprecedented growth. Vestas’ Colorado operations will bring approximately $700 million in capital investment and nearly 2,500 jobs to the state.
Date: 4/30/2009
The community is comprised of Old and New Kasigluk, and the combined population of approximately 500 receive power from a wind-diesel power system operated and owned
by the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC). AVEC’s power system incorporates a modern diesel plant and three Northern Power Systems Northwind 100 wind turbines.
The people of Kasigluk rely heavily on subsistence activities and commercial fishing, and poor fishing over the past few years has affected the local economy and underlined the importance of stabilizing energy prices.
Date: 4/30/2009
The Kotzebue project systems performance analysis clearly demonstrates the ability for turbines to operate in remote communities with high availability, primarily due to the Kotzebue Electric Association’s strong technical capabilities and dedication. Grants covered almost all turbine expenses, so the economic benefits of the project were immediately tangible and have helped to stabilize the cost of energy to the community.
Date: 4/30/2009
The system often operates with both of its diesel generators off. Since January 2005, the wind energy has saved an estimated 150,000 gallons of diesel fuel, about 50% of the expected consumption without wind energy.
The Tanadgusix Corporation (TDX), a native Alaskan corporation, is currently working with the City of St. Paul to interconnect two additional Vestas V27 turbines to the City of St. Paul Municipal Electric Utility.
Date: 4/30/2009
The power system, which is owned by Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, connects the four wind turbines to a 1,660-kW, three-engine diesel system.
Date: 4/30/2009
In the year ending September 2008, almost 700 MWh of electricity
was generated by wind, saving almost 46,000 gallons of fuel.
This report from Green Century Capital Management and As You Sow looks at the ways that major packaged-foods companies are working to remove BPA from products, and grades them on their performance.
AP - His first 100 days behind him, President Barack Obama expressed confidence about the next hundred and accelerated his drive toward contentious goals sweeping health care overhaul, new rules to curb global warming and financial sector reform even while working to end a recession and two wars.
CQPolitics.com - Opponents of federal limits on greenhouse gases are launching ad campaigns in the districts of moderate Democrats negotiating a bill in the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
AP - The Obama administration, in a major environmental policy shift, is leaning toward asking 195 nations that ratified the U.N. ozone treaty to enact mandatory reductions in hydrofluorocarbons, according to U.S. officials and documents obtained by The Associated Press.
AFP - Meeting a widely-supported goal to tackle global warming means that humanity will be able to burn less than a quarter of the proven reserves of fossil fuels by 2050, a study released on Wednesday said.
AP - If the world is going to limit global warming to just a few degrees, it has to slash carbon dioxide pollution much more than now being discussed, two new science studies say.
Thoughts on the potentially fuzzy math of mpg calculations.
LiveScience.com - Most of us have heard the predictions: the meltdown of Arctic sea ice and mountain-top glaciers; extinction of species ranging from polar bears to coral reefs; catastrophic sea level rise that could eventually force the relocation of millions of coastal residents. Heat waves, malnutrition and famine, and wildfires would also be a greater risk to human communities if carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere are allowed to rise too high.
Bloomberg - April 29 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obamaâs chief
climate negotiator said talks for a new treaty to combat global
warming will be âextremely difficultâ as nations grapple with
how far emerging economies such as China should go to curb
greenhouse-gas emissions.
AFP - The African Union (AU) on Wednesday launched a satellite receiving station to track the effects of climate change on the world’s poorest continent.
President Obama unveiled a strategic plan last week for developing a high-speed rail network in the United States, which could potentially cut U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 6 billion pounds per year.
A huge ice shelf that has wrenched away from the Antarctic peninsula has started to fracture into icebergs, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday.
Author: hoppsan66
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Added: April 29, 2009
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The heart warming story at last year’s London Marathon was the group of six Masai warriors who came to London to raise awareness and money to bring clean water to their village in Tanzania. The press and the public were fascinated to hear about these men who wore tires for shoes, carried swords and had never been on an airplane, or sipped tea.
They raised more than £100,000 ($147,000) and then the real challenges began. The villagers welcomed them back as heroes and expected that they would find water overnight.
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