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Is CCS, or carbon capture and storage, a promising technology to help the world deal with carbon emissions from coal-fired power plant, or a dangerous and unproven boondoggle offering false hope?
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Forests, considered to be a major partner in fighting greenhouse gases, are now at the center of a new study being released to the United Nations Forum on Forestry over the next two weeks. The United Nations Forum on Forestry will meet April 20 – May 1 at UN Headquarters in New York City to discuss various forest related issues.
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The Europeans seem confident they’re at a competitive advantage in the current climate and economic crisis because they’ve been playing by the (environmental) book for the past decade.
Brussels has just adopted an Energy and Climate Package (pdf) that insiders boast will set the scene for a “new global industrial revolution”. Those are the very words the European Energy commissioner used to describe the new laws which were passed April 6. Curious what this is all about?
Continue Reading Will Europe Become Energy Independent in a Generation?
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Van Jones and the Catholic Church have at least one thing in common. They both see this year’s Earth Day as an especially important one with the world facing significant challenges in energy, jobs, and climate. All these issues come together on Earth Day.
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E Magazine’s EarthTalk for this weeks looks at the meaning of “carbon neutral” and why there aren’t more high-mileage diesel cars on American roads.
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Despite the loss of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory, mapping environmental and climate impacts through services like Greenmaps is helping to bring the larger picture of global environmental consequences down to the local and individual level.
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EarthTalk discusses “skeptics” that deny current agricultural practices, land use changes, deforestation, and the sudden rise in greenhouse gasses emitted into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels has anything to do with the observed global average temperature rise and increasingly rapid changes in climate.
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The fifth World Water Forum took place in Istanbul last week, generating more controversy, debate and public demonstrations than the Turkish government may have anticipated. As participants heard and hashed out their views, critics contend that a push to privatize water resources will threaten societies and the environment around the world, hitting the poorest countries and agriculture the hardest.
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Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, announced it will aim to become the world’s first carbon neutral capital by 2025.
The city launched a new climate plan last week which incorporates 50 specific measures to reduce carbon emissions. The first stage of the plan will be to slash 20% off Copenhagen’s net CO2 output by 2015.
Continue Reading Copenhagen Aims To Be Carbon Neutral By 2025
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This week’s EarthTalk from E Magazine discusses the threats facing polar bears and the promise and potential of using biomass as a component to solving our energy challenges.
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