Global Warming Today articles from August 2004

Global Warming Today archives from August 2004

International Partnership to Cooperate on Methane Recovery.
August 2, 2004... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that the U.S. will join efforts with Australia, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the U.K. and Ukraine to develop and promote cooperation on the recovery and use of methane in an effort to...

RMI Joins CCX as Associate Member.
August 2, 2004... Independent entrepreneurial nonprofit organization the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) recently announced it has joined the Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. (CCX) as an associate member. According to RMI, the membership allows it to quantify...

Australian Scientist Predicts Climate-related River Water Loss.
August 2, 2004... The Australian recently reported that CSIRO Land and Water head Rob Vertessy has warned the NSW Farmers Association that he projects the Murray River in South Australia will experience severe water loss over the next 20 years due in part to the...

Researchers Say Climate Change May Affect Deep Sea.
August 3, 2004... The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego recently announced the publication of a new study in the journal Science which indicates that "changes in climate at the surface of the ocean may be impacting...

New U.K. Poll Surveys British Adults on Climate Change.
August 3, 2004... The BBC recently reported on an ICM Research poll taken of 1,007 British adults last month which found that 63 percent believe climate change is "one of the most important problems facing the world." According to BBC, although only 54...

FAS Presidents Address Climate Change During Recent Summit.
August 3, 2004... The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) recently reported that its President Kessai Note attended a Micronesian Presidents' Summit late last month in Yap with Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Joseph Urusemal and Palau President...

U.K. Government Issues Consultation Paper on Flooding.
August 4, 2004... U.K Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) minister Elliot Morley recently published a consultation paper titled "Making Space For Water," which addresses strategies for possible coastal, river, groundwater, sewage and...

NOAA Announces $3.4-million Climate Study Award.
August 4, 2004... The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last week it has awarded a nearly $3.4-million grant to the University of Oklahoma to conduct research, with the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies...

New Study Finds Amazon Still Net Oxygen Supplier.
August 4, 2004... Reuters recently reported that the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia, which comprises studies on jungle deforestation, has projected that the Amazon is a net supplier of oxygen despite jungle burning in recent years. ...

Business Roundtable Names Environment Task Force Chairman.
August 5, 2004... The Business Roundtable, a pro-growth lobbying group, announced this week it has hired DuPont Chairman and CEO Charles Holliday to head its Environment, Technology and the Economy Task Force. According to Business Roundtable, the task force...

New Forecast Says U.K. Set to Miss 2010 Carbon-reduction Goal.
August 5, 2004... U.K. consultancy Cambridge Econometrics recently announced the publication of the latest edition of its "U.K. Energy and the Environment" report, which finds that "even with the measures in the Climate Change Programme (CCP) and with the U.K....

New Zealand Awards Emission Units to Fire-Logs.
August 5, 2004... The New Zealand government recently announced it has awarded wood pellet manufacturing company Fire-Logs, Ltd. up to 19,818 emission units under the government's Projects to Reduce Emissions program. According to the government, Fire-Logs...

NOAA Announces Grant Award to Colorado State.
August 5, 2004... The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last week it has awarded a nearly $1.3-million grant to Colorado State University to conduct atmospheric research with the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere...

U.K. Group Cites Bird Breeding Woes as Proof of Warming.
August 6, 2004... Friends of the Earth (FOE) U.K. is calling on governments around the world to focus on global warming, citing the breeding failure of thousands of marine birds as proof that carbon emissions are affecting the ecosystem. According to FOE...

Samoa Urges International Action to Halt Global Warming.
August 6, 2004... The Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) recently reported that the Samoan government urged the international community to take action to stop global warming during the opening meeting of officials from the 16 Pacific Islands Forum. ...

SEI Releases New Report on Aviation Emissions.
August 6, 2004... The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), University of York last month introduced a new report on the future of aviation that it said was produced "in response to the urgent need globally to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the lack of...

Weekly Update.
August 6, 2004... ENERGY 2004: ENERGY EFFICIENCY WORKSHOP AND EXPOSITION, August 8-11, 2004, Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, NY 2004 ACEEE SUMMER STUDY ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS: BREAKING OUT OF THE BOX, August 22-27, Asilomar...

TECO Energy Joins Chicago Climate Exchange.
August 9, 2004... Integrated energy-related holding company TECO Energy, Inc. recently announced it has joined the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), a voluntary market for reducing and trading greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to TECO, the company has...

Japan to Establish Emissions Trade Market in 2005.
August 9, 2004... Japan's environment ministry announced it will open an emissions trade market in 2005 for companies to set and swap pollution quotas. The government said it will begin encouraging companies next year to participate in the market, adding...

New Study Says Warming to Speed Smog Formation.
August 9, 2004... The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently announced the release of a new analysis prepared by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University, in collaboration with researchers at Yale University, University at...

Ireland's EPA Says GHG Emissions Down Again.
August 10, 2004... Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently reported that the country's annual emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in 2003 were down for a second consecutive year according to provisional agency figures. According to the EPA,...

OSU Researcher Predicts Warming-related Alaskan Tundra Loss.
August 10, 2004... Oregon State University (OSU) recently reported that college Department of Bioengineering professor Dominique Bachelet announced at the annual Ecological Society of America meeting that she believes the Alaskan tundra will shrink considerably...

NCPA Says NRDC Study's Smog, Warming Connection False.
August 10, 2004... The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) recently criticized the National Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) new study, which claims that future ozone smog levels will increase due to human-induced global warming, as "fundamentally...

CARB Releases Final Report on GHG Emissions Proposal.
August 11, 2004... The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently announced the release of its final report proposing a regulation that limits greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from passenger cars and light trucks beginning in 2009. According to CARB, the...

New Research Reveals Increased Melting of Greenland Ice-sheet.
August 11, 2004... The Scotsman recently reported that new research published by the Geological Survey of Greenland and Denmark indicates that the Greenland ice-sheet is now shrinking at a rate of 10 meters per year, up from the one meter per year rate reported...

Report Predicts Increase in Indoor Building Temperature.
August 11, 2004... The Guardian recently reported that international design and engineering consultancy Arup has published a new study in the trade magazine Building which predicts that global warming could potentially increase indoor temperatures in U.K. office...

U.K. ODPM Releases New Guidance on Renewable Energy.
August 12, 2004... The U.K. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) recently announced the publication of "Planning Policy Statement 22 (PPS22): Renewable Energy," guidance designed to set out the government's planning policies in respect of the development of...

DOE Funds Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Projects.
August 12, 2004... The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $16.3 million in funding for 162 energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Funding is being provided through DOE's State Energy Program Special...

WWF Reports on U.K. Power Sector CO2 Emissions.
August 12, 2004... The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently announced that new independent research prepared by ILEX Energy Consulting, Ltd. and commissioned by WWF indicates that the U.K. power sector "could do nine times more to reduce its CO2 emissions." ...

U.K. Committee Report Criticizes Federal Climate Change Strategy.
August 13, 2004... The U.K. House of Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee published a new report earlier this week, titled "Budget 2004 and Energy," which contends that the government's Climate Change Strategy "is seriously off course," with current...

DEFRA Signs MOU with Nine States for GRETA Software.
August 13, 2004... The U.K. Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) recently announced it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with European Union (EU) member states Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Slovenia,...

U.K. Releases Consultation for Carbon Abatement Strategy.
August 13, 2004... The U.K. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently announced that the government has published a consultation document seeking views on the development of a carbon abatement technologies (CAT) strategy for fossil fuel use. According...

Weekly Update.
August 13, 2004... 2004 ACEEE SUMMER STUDY ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS: BREAKING OUT OF THE BOX, August 22-27, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EXPO & CONFERENCE, August 31-September 1, 2004, Colorado Convention Center,...

FOE Urges U.K. Government to Reduce CO2.
August 16, 2004... Friends of the Earth (FOE) recently announced that a new report by the Environmental Audit Committee reveals a continuing rise in U.K. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and a lack of government action on the issue of climate change. According...

EPRI Releases Electricity Technology Roadmap.
August 16, 2004... The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) recently announced the release of the latest edition of the Electricity Technology Roadmap, which indicates that the impact of the energy industry "can be even greater if critical development and...

Study Finds Heat Waves Will Be More Intense, Last Longer.
August 17, 2004... The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) recently announced that the results of a modeling study conducted by NCAR scientists Gerald Meehl and Claudia Tebaldi suggest that "heat waves in Chicago, Paris and elsewhere in North America...

PGGRC Publishes First Annual Report on GHG Reduction.
August 17, 2004... The New Zealand government recently announced that the Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium (PGGRC) has published its first annual report, which focuses on 10 areas of work aimed at reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) and increasing...

Scientists Say Existing Technologies Can Stabilize Warming.
August 18, 2004... Princeton University recently announced that Princeton scientists have published a new analysis in the journal Science which indicates that 15 existing technologies -- including renewable energy, nuclear power, carbon sequestration, energy...

Australia, China Sign MOU on Climate Change Cooperation.
August 18, 2004... The Australian government recently announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China on climate change cooperation. According to the government, Australia and China have agreed to six new projects under the MOU--...

Botanist Predicts Warming's Effects on Australia.
August 18, 2004... The Australian recently reported that while delivering the keynote address earlier this week to the International Congress of Entomology, biologist Peter Raven predicted that if climate change increases global temperatures by three or four...

Australia Certifies New BP Offering as 'Greenhouse Friendly'.
August 18, 2004... Australia's Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources (ITR) recently announced that the federal government has officially certified BP's new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) product "autogas" as "Greenhouse Friendly." To gain...

FuelCell Energy Donates Emissions Credits.
August 19, 2004... FuelCell Energy, Inc. recently announced it is donating emissions credits to Leonardo Academy, Inc.'s Cleaner and Greener program in order to compensate for emissions associated with last week's Energy 2004 Workshop and Exposition in New York....

Swiss Official Says Government Not to Act on Climate Concerns.
August 19, 2004... Swissinfo recently reported that Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL) director Philippe Roch commented earlier this week that he does not believe the federal government will need to implement stricter environmental...

New Study Examines Climate Impacts on California.
August 19, 2004... A new study to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) examines possible impacts of climate change scenarios in the state of California. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), the study's...

Climate Scientist Says U.K. Rainfall Likely Linked to Warming.
August 20, 2004... The New Zealand Herald recently reported that University of Dundee professor of physical geography and adviser to the Scottish Executive on sustainable flood management Alan Werrity commented earlier this week that Britain is likely to...

Scottish Scientist to Lead Study on Increasing Marine Acidity.
August 20, 2004... The Scotsman recently reported that Dundee University's School of Life Sciences professor John Raven is expected to lead a group of Royal Society appointed scientists in a study on marine acidity caused by greenhouse gas pollution. ...

Weekly Update.
August 20, 2004... 2004 ACEEE SUMMER STUDY ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS: BREAKING OUT OF THE BOX, August 22-27, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EXPO & CONFERENCE, August 31-September 1, 2004, Colorado Convention Center,...

Fiji Prime Minister Urges Australia to Ratify Kyoto Protocol.
August 23, 2004... The Fiji Times recently reported that Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, while addressing the Asia Pacific Parliamentarians Conference on Environment and Development last week, urged Australia to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. According to...

New EEA Report Considers Impacts of Climate Change.
August 23, 2004... The European Environment Agency (EEA) released a new report last week that discusses the impacts of global climate change already being seen in Europe and those events projected to happen over the coming decades as global temperatures rise. ...

British Study Faults EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
August 23, 2004... The British Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released an interim study last week that is critical of several European Union member states' emissions trading plans. The report, conducted by independent consultant ECOFYS, faults...

U.S. Officials Discuss Benefits of Proposed GEOSS System.
August 24, 2004... U.S. government officials last week conducted a press conference to promote the potential benefits to U.S. states of the proposed Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). At the event, Environmental Protection Agency...

Switzerland Looks to Establish National ETS.
August 24, 2004... Swissinfo recently reported that since the Swiss environment agency's announcement last month that the country would not likely reach its 2010 target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 10 percent below 1990 levels, the government has...

NCPA Refers to Recent CA Warming Study as 'Pure Politics'.
August 24, 2004... The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) recently referred to the new study released by researchers from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology in Stanford, the Union of Concerned Scientists and the National Center for...

Scientists Find Some Glaciers Decreasing, Some Increasing.
August 25, 2004... Reuters recently reported that during a seminar on glaciers in Oslo last week scientists announced that although some glaciers are melting due to rising temperatures, some are increasing or remaining unchanged. "An accelerating melting has...

German Professor Says Aerosols Dampening Warming Effect.
August 25, 2004... A professor at the Max Planck Institute in Mainz, Germany, told a conference in London this week that aerosols in the atmosphere may be artificially keeping global warming at bay, and warned that as efforts to curb particulate pollution...

Researchers Comment on Warming's Influence in Scotland.
August 25, 2004... BBC News recently reported that Stirling University scientists presenting research findings late last week during the 30th Congress of the International Geographical Union commented that while increased warming will likely lead to such future...

New Zealand, Netherlands to Promote Emissions Trading.
August 26, 2004... The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) recently announced that the governments of New Zealand and the Netherlands have signed an emissions trading cooperation arrangement that builds on the countries' common interest in the...

Global Warming Convention Begins in China.
August 26, 2004... Chinese news agency Xinhua recently reported that the China Meteorological Administration's first International School on Climate System and Climate Change began earlier this week. According to Xinhua, the administration's director Qin Dahe...

TransAlta Buys Emissions Reductions From Chilean Company.
August 27, 2004... Calgary, Alberta-based TransAlta Corporation recently announced the completion of a purchase of 1.75 million metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions from Chile's Agricola Super Limitada. The transaction represents Canada's first such...

IETA Publishes New CDM Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement.
August 27, 2004... The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) recently announced the publication of version 2.0 of its emission reduction purchase agreement (ERPA) designed for transactions under the clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto...

Mexico Launches GHG Pilot Program.
August 27, 2004... The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) recently announced that Mexico's Secretariat for the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) in conjunction with the World Resources Institute (WRI) and WBCSD has launched the...

U.K. Vows to Use G8, EU Influence to Fight Climate Change.
August 27, 2004... Speaking at the recent World Clean Air and Environmental Protection Congress in London, England, U.K. environment minister Lord Whitty said Britain will use its influence as chair of the Group of Eight (G8) nations next year, as well as its...

Weekly Update.
August 27, 2004... ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EXPO & CONFERENCE, August 31-September 1, 2004, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO BJERKNES CENTENARY 2004 OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE: CLIMATE CHANGE IN HIGH LATITUDES, September 1-3, 2004, Radisson SAS Royal Hotel,...

Focus on Energy Reports on Residential Savings in WI.
August 30, 2004... Madison, WI-based Focus on Energy, a public-private partnership offering energy information and services to utility customers throughout the state, recently reported that "Wisconsin residents [are saving] more than $20 million in energy costs...

CCSP Reports on Climate Change Program for FY 04, FY 05.
August 30, 2004... The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently announced that the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) has released a new report, titled "The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005," which...

Tuvalu Native Considers Warming-spurred Relocation Plan.
August 30, 2004... Australian newspaper The Age recently reported that a former resident of the South Pacific island of Tuvalu, fearing that severe weather attributable to global warming will one day wipe out his home country, is raising money to establish a...

NCAR Study Predicts Drop in 'Frost Days'.
August 31, 2004... The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) recently released a new study which found that days and nights when the air temperature drops below freezing will become increasingly less common by the late 21st century across much of the...

U.S. Senators Visit Arctic for Climate Briefings.
August 31, 2004... The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently announced that a U.S. congressional delegation toured Svalbard Island in the Arctic earlier this month to be briefed on climate change in the region. The delegation, which included Senators John McCain...

Bush Administration Acknowledges Human Role in Warming.
August 31, 2004... Reuters recently reported that the Bush administration commented last week in a report to Congress on the progress of a number of climate-related studies that climatic changes occurring between 1950 and 1999 "were unlikely to be due only to...