Door Zwarte Richard
De V.S. zijn bereid om „bindende internationale verplichtingen“ goed te keuren bij het verminderen van broeikasgasemissies, zeggen de ambtenaren, als andere naties het zelfde doen.
De commentaren kwamen in een nieuwsconferentie in Parijs dat door James Connaughton en Daniel Price milieu, wordt gegeven en economieadviseurs aan President Bush.
De V.S. hopen de belangrijkste economieën van de wereld zullen besluiten […]

Steven Swinford en Jon ungoed-Thomas
Hebben de grootste de energiebedrijven van GROOT-BRITTANNIË' S de concurrentie verstikt om prijzen op te heffen en verslagwinsten van meer dan £4.5 miljard te maken, heeft een onderzoek van de Tijden van de Zondag gevonden.
De zes bedrijven die het gas en de elektriciteit controleren van Groot-Brittannië zien nu eisen onder ogen dat zij worden doorverwezen naar de Commissie van de Concurrentie.
De uitvoerende macht verantwoordelijk voor belangrijkste zes […]

By Matt Sullivan
India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen explosions of internal-combustion models, to push its engine’s pistons. Some 6000 zero-emissions Air Cars are scheduled to hit […]

£25 million in grants issued for micro wind turbines and solar panels
Small scale renewable energy grants worth some £25 million have now been claimed from the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP). The news came as Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks called for more homes and business to follow his lead by adopting a ‘go green’ new […]

This page is all about a rather silly, quick project where in about 1 day I built a small wind generator using the following items, and nothing else….
(1) Wood
(2) Copper wire
(3) Surplus Neodymium magnets
(4) Dirt
(5) 10″ piece of 3/8″ steel shaft
(6) Two bolts, but these are optional.
…and that’s all, unless we count glue, and linseed […]

The Environment Agency has called for more information to be made available on the health and environmental risks posed by low-energy light bulbs. It says because the bulbs contain small amounts of mercury, more information about safe recycling is needed.
It also wants health warnings printed on packaging and information on how to clear up smashed […]

CLAYTON SANDELL
House Democrats and Republicans traded rhetoric Monday over a new report claiming White House officials sought to suppress scientific views of global warming that clashed with Bush administration policies.
The report — originally undertaken as a bipartisan effort — leads to what the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee calls an “inescapable” conclusion that “the […]

HE is the spy who came in from the cold, endured the heat, experienced the chill and was burned in the process. Little wonder Lance Collins is pushing the cause of climate change.
Lt-Col Collins, head of intelligence operations for General Peter Cosgrove during the East Timor conflict, triggered a series of high-level Government inquiries three […]

Hemp helps with green movement
Lucas Coppes
As environmental consciousness increases, a plant with great potential to accommodate our generation’s awareness has re-emerged, but its negative associations leave some obstacles to overcome.
Hemp, which is too often associated with marijuana, does come from the same family of plants, but yields a fraction of the active ingredient, THC.
Hemp has […]

By TODD SPANGLER
Among them are an electronic barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to block the spread of an invasive species of Asian carp into the Great Lakes, a new shipping lock at Sault Ste. Marie and millions of dollars for sewer projects in Michigan. It also would authorize $3 million for the […]

Brazil has discovered huge new petroleum reserves in its south that could turn the country into one of the biggest oil producers in the world, the government and its state-controlled oil company announced Thursday.If one of the deposits turns out to be as vast as it appears, Brazil will be in the same league “as […]

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has strengthened warnings of severe flooding over the next 48 hours from a tidal surge expected to hit the coast of England.
The Environment Agency warned of a “major” tidal surge - rising from a combination of gale force winds and a high tide - to hit the east coast of England. […]

Elizabeth Judge
The British launch of the Apple iPhone is set to be overshadowed by pressure from environmentalists who want the gadget to be made greener.
Green groups are demanding that the UK version of the phone, which goes on sale on Friday, should be free of the toxic chemicals, such as brominated flame retardants, that […]

I mention Lindsey Williams’ revelations in a few articles on the phony “Peak Oil” scam promoted by CIA agent Michael Ruppert and the Highway Robber Barrons known as American Oil companies. Lindsey discovered from top oil company executives in the early 1970s, that there is enough oil under Gull Island alone (Prudhoe Bay, Alasaka) to […]

The Green Party has selected former Lancaster City Councillor Gina Dowding as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the new Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
Gina has lived in Lancaster for twenty years and was a member of Lancaster City Council’s cabinet until she stood down in May this year.
Eight years ago Gina was one of the very […]