Global Warming Today articles from February 2006

Global Warming Today archives from February 2006

NASA Scientist Claims Censorship on Global Warming.
February 1, 2006... The New York Times reported earlier this week that leading NASA climate scientist James Hansen has accused the agency of censoring him from publicly discussing his views on global warming, after delivering a lecture last year that called for an...

Defra Launches New Book on 'Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change'.
February 1, 2006... The U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) recently announced the release of a new book, titled "Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change," that provides an account of the most recent developments in the science of climate...

French, New Zealand Researchers Seek Seabed Climate Clues.
February 1, 2006... New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) recently announced that a team of French and New Zealand researchers have begun delving into mud beneath the seafloor in an effort to discover clues about past and future...

Bush Announces Budget Support for FutureGen Initiative.
February 2, 2006... In the State of the Union address delivered Tuesday evening, U.S. President George Bush outlined a new "Advanced Energy Initiative" designed to help reduce America's dependence on foreign sources of energy, with the national goal of replacing...

CBD Accuses Bush of Ignoring Warming in Open Pit Mining Plan.
February 2, 2006... The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) accused the Bush administration earlier this week of "entirely [omitting] consideration of global warming" in the first phase of a planning process for the development of low-quality fossil fuels in the...

Warner Bros. Announces First 'Climate Neutral' Film.
February 2, 2006... NativeEnergy recently announced that Warner Bros. Pictures and Participant Productions offset 100 percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted during the filming of the motion picture "Syriana" by investing in renewable energy. NativeEnergy...

PECI Offsets 2005 Air Travel Emissions Through Climate Trust.
February 3, 2006... Portland Energy Conservation, Inc. (PECI), an organization that provides energy efficiency solutions for clients in the electricity generation sector, recently announced it is addressing the impact of its air travel for 2005 by funding offsets...

Coral Reef Researcher Voices Concern About Rising Temperatures.
February 3, 2006... The University of Queensland, Australia (UQ) recently reported that UQ professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, the chair of the Bleaching Working Group for the Coral Reef Targeted Research & Capacity Building for Management Program (CRTR) has expressed...

Weekly Update.
February 3, 2006... CARBON MARKET INSIGHTS 2006, February 28 - March 2, 2006, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark BUILDING ENERGY 06: THE CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND GREEN BUILDING PROFESSIONALS, March 7-9, 2006, Seaport World Trade...

EC Announces Conciliation Agreement on Fluorinated GHGs.
February 6, 2006... The European Commission (EC) recently announced that the European Parliament and the Council have reached an agreement to reduce the emission of fluorinated greenhouse gases (GHGs). Based on a proposal made by the commission in August 2003,...

WWF Report Details Warming Impact on Spanish Park.
February 6, 2006... The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently announced that its chapter in Spain has released a new report highlighting the adverse impacts of climate change on the country's Donana National Park, which is located in Andalusia on the bank of the...

Investor Coalition Seeks Further Corporate GHG Disclosure.
February 6, 2006... The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) recently announced that 211 institutional investors with assets of $31 trillion under management is writing to 1,800 of the largest quoted companies in the world by market capitalization, calling for the...

Senators Domenici, Bingaman Release Climate Change White Paper.
February 7, 2006... U.S. Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) released late last week a white paper outlining Outlining issues to be addressed in crafting a market-based greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction program. According to the Senate...

ASHRAE, CIBSE Issue Joint Climate Change Statement.
February 7, 2006... The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) recently issued a joint statement on climate change which encourages continued...

CSIRO Study Indicates Warming May Cause Sea Level Rise.
February 7, 2006... The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported last week that Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) has released a new report which predicts that rising temperatures associated with global warming will...

NASA Administrator Calls for Increased Transparency.
February 8, 2006... The New York Times recently reported that NASA administrator Michael Griffin sent an all-staff e-mail this past Friday encouraging agency-wide "openness" on scientific information released by NASA, less than one week after NASA climate...

UN Reports Energy Efficiency 21 Project Emission Reductions.
February 8, 2006... The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) recently announced that the Energy Efficiency 21 (EE21) project "Energy Efficiency Investment Project Development for Climate Change Mitigation" has demonstrated that it is possible to...

Groups Urge Congress to Reject Budget Proposal for Efficiency.
February 8, 2006... The Sustainable Energy Network recently announced that 60 business, environmental and faith-based organizations have urged Congress in a letter sent earlier this week to the members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Committees on...

WWF-Russia Says Sea Ice Loss Causing Increased Bear Threat.
February 9, 2006... Reuters recently reported that WWF-Russia has attributed the increased presence of "aggressive" polar bears to a global warming-related disruption to the animals' access to food. According to Reuters, the environmental group said a decrease...

New Reports Assess Commuter-related Warming in New England.
February 9, 2006... The New Hampshire Public Interest Research Group (NHPIRG) recently announced the release of new "Driving Global Warming" reports in five New England states, which employ U.S. Census Bureau survey data to illustrate how "commuters living in...

Metretek Subsidiary Forms New Energy-efficiency Business Unit.
February 10, 2006... Energy technology product and services provider Metretek Technologies, Inc. recently announced that its PowerSecure subsidiary has started a new business unit, dubbed EnergyLite, Inc., that will assist customers in reducing their use of energy...

Vietnamese Oil Field Approved as CDM Project.
February 10, 2006... Nippon Oil Corporation recently announced that the Rang Dong oil field associated gas recovery and utilization project in Vietnam has been approved as a clean development mechanism (CDM) project under the Kyoto Protocol. According to...

U.S. PIRG Predicts GHG Cuts Resulting From Clean Car Standards.
February 10, 2006... The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) recently announced the release of a new report which indicates that clean car programs adopted by 10 states will help reduce global warming emissions by 64 million metric tons per year in 2020. ...

Weekly Update.
February 10, 2006... CARBON MARKET INSIGHTS 2006, February 28 - March 2, 2006, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark BUILDING ENERGY 06: THE CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND GREEN BUILDING PROFESSIONALS, March 7-9, 2006, Seaport World Trade...

Bush Appointee Resigns NASA Post Amid Climate Scandal.
February 13, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) reported earlier this week that George Deutsch, a member of NASA's public affairs division, has resigned after a science-based weblog revealed that he had falsified his resume. According to AP, Deutsch, a...

Pew Center Releases New 'Agenda for Climate Action'.
February 13, 2006... The Pew Center on Global Climate Change recently announced the release of a new "Agenda for Climate Action," a comprehensive plan for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that identifies both broad and specific policies, "combining...

Evangelical Leaders Call Warming a Moral, Spiritual Crisis.
February 13, 2006... The Evangelical Climate Initiative, a group of more than 85 influential evangelical leaders, issued a statement last week expressing a "biblically driven commitment" to curbing global warming and calling on the federal government to enact...

New Study Reveals Warming-related Increase in 'Hot Spots'.
February 14, 2006... The University of East Anglia (UEA) recently announced that a new report published in the journal Science reveals that the number of "hot spots" has increased "dramatically" in the Northern Hemisphere during the last century compared to the...

Scientists Warn Warming Poses Serious Health Threat.
February 14, 2006... Reuters reported last week that a new article in British medical journal The Lancet warns that global warming has already caused flooding, heatwaves and other life-threatening "extreme weather events," and that the risks are likely to be...

Velcan Announces Startup of Methane Biogas Plants in India.
February 14, 2006... Carbon credit producer Velcan Energy recently announced it has commenced operation of its first methane biogas installations in India. According to Velcan, the company's carbon credits Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project, which...

USFWS Considers Warming Threat to Polar Bears.
February 15, 2006... The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will open a formal process to list polar bears as officially "threatened" by the melting of their sea-ice habitat due to global...

New Report Recommends Change in Travel to Address Warming.
February 15, 2006... The University College London (UCL), Bartlett School of Planning and the Halcrow Group recently released a new report, titled "Looking Over the Horizon: Visioning and Backcasting for U.K. Transport Policy," which indicates that a change in the...

UNFCCC Says 2012 GHG Reductions Achievable.
February 16, 2006... Reuters reported earlier this week that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has said new data indicate that industrialized nations that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol will be able to reach their greenhouse gas...

Australian Climate Researchers Accuse Government of Censorship.
February 16, 2006... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) recently reported that three Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO)-affiliated researchers have accused the Australian government of limiting the public release of information...

Carbonfund.org Launches Climate Challenge Program.
February 16, 2006... Carbonfund.org recently announced the launch of the Climate Challenge, which encourages individuals, organizations and businesses to reduce their climate impact. According to Carbonfund, the average individual can reduce their direct...

Next Week's Publishing Schedule.
February 17, 2006... EIN will not publish its newsletters on Monday, February 20 in observance of Presidents' Day. We will resume our regular production schedule on Tuesday, February 21. (EIN EDITOR: 2/16)

Global Warming Film Starring Al Gore to be Released in May.
February 17, 2006... Reuters recently reported that Paramount Pictures plans to release a global warming documentary starring former Vice President Al Gore on May 26. According to Reuters, the movie, titled "An Inconvenient Truth," is based on a Gore lecture...

Weekly Update.
February 17, 2006... CARBON MARKET INSIGHTS 2006, February 28 - March 2, 2006, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark BUILDING ENERGY 06: THE CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND GREEN BUILDING PROFESSIONALS, March 7-9, 2006, Seaport World Trade...

OSU Study Reveals Extensive Melting on Kilimanjaro.
February 21, 2006... Scientists at Ohio State University (OSU) recently completed a five-year study of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa which finds that many of the mountain's ice fields have melted in recent years. In 2002, OSU researchers conducted an assessment...

LLNL Considers Warming's Impact on CA Water Supply, Flood Risk.
February 21, 2006... The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently announced that new research conducted by lab scientists indicates that if the world continues to burn greenhouse gases (GHGs), California may have an increased...

Carbon Asset Management Business Created Through Merger.
February 21, 2006... Carbon asset management company Camco International, Ltd. recently announced it has acquired carbon asset developer Camco AG and merged the China-focused carbon business arm of ClearWorld Energy, Ltd. According to Camco, the merged business...

Portfolio 21 Announces Top 10 'Green' Companies of 2005.
February 22, 2006... Global mutual fund Portfolio 21 recently announced its Top 10 financial performers among environmentally sustainable companies for 2005. The Top 10 list includes Energy Conversion Devices (ECD); Swedish construction and real estate company...

Increasing Plant Enzyme Efficiency Could Help Limit Warming.
February 22, 2006... Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center recently announced that scientists conducting research at the university's School of Medicine have discovered a mutant enzyme that could potentially enable plants to use and convert carbon...

LLNL Study Indicates Volcanoes Offset Sea Level Rise.
February 23, 2006... Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently released a new study which finds that volcanic eruptions during the last century helped minimize rising ocean temperatures and offset a large percentage of sea level rise caused by humans....

NHA to Offset GHG Emissions From Annual Conference.
February 23, 2006... The National Hydrogen Association (NHA) recently announced Sterling Planet's donation of wind energy certificates to help offset greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other pollutants resulting from energy use during the NHA Annual Hydrogen...

New Report Recommends Climate Neutral Bonding Strategy.
February 23, 2006... The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) recently announced the release of a new report which recommends that cities and states institute climate neutral bonding policies to help reduce global warming. According to ILSR, climate...

Interface Purchases 33,000 Tons of ERCs Through NativeEnergy.
February 24, 2006... Interface, Inc. recently announced it has purchased more than 33,000 tons of emission reduction credits (ERCs) through NativeEnergy to help offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with its Cool Carpet products. According to...

Utilities Agree to Disclose Potential Impacts of GHG Regulation.
February 24, 2006... Ceres recently announced that Great Plains Energy, Inc., Alliant Energy, WPS Resources and MGE Energy have agreed to assess and disclose any potential impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regulations. "More investors than ever before...

EU Commissioner Charges U.S. With Inadequate Climate Action.
February 24, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) reported last week that European Union (EU) environment commissioner Stavros Dimas marked the first anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol's entry in force by calling on the U.S. to increase its greenhouse gas (GHG)...

Weekly Update.
February 24, 2006... CARBON MARKET INSIGHTS 2006, February 28 - March 2, 2006, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark BUILDING ENERGY 06: THE CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND GREEN BUILDING PROFESSIONALS, March 7-9, 2006, Seaport World Trade...

Mexican Government Recognizes GHG Program Participants.
February 27, 2006... World Resources Institute (WRI) recently announced that Mexico's Environment Ministry (SEMARNAT) has recognized 15 companies for publicly reporting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through a voluntary public-private initiative known as the...

Study Finds Climate Change May Affect Length of RSV in U.K.
February 27, 2006... The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recently announced that an article published in the March 1 issue of "Clinical Infectious Diseases" suggests that rising global temperatures during the past two decades may be responsible for a...

CSIRO Finds Warming Increases Likelihood of Fires.
February 27, 2006... Australia's Herald Sun reported last week that the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) has released a new report which concludes that rising temperatures due to global warming will increase the threat of...

U.K. Minister Praises Co-op Bank's Climate Measures.
February 28, 2006... Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) recently announced that U.K. environment minister Elliot Morley has welcomed the contribution being made by mortgage customers of The Co-operative Bank to help combat the climate change impact associated...

Anglo American Joins FutureGen Industrial Alliance.
February 28, 2006... Mining and natural resources group Anglo American recently announced it has joined the FutureGen Industrial Alliance, which is developing the world's first "zero emissions" coal-fueled power plant. "We are very excited to have joined the...

Study Compares Warming Pollution From RI Commuters.
February 28, 2006... The Rhode Island Public Interest Research Group (RIPIRG) recently announced the release of a new report, titled "Driving Global Warming: Commuting in Rhode Island and its Contribution to Global Warming," which employs U.S Census data to examine...