Global Warming Today articles from November 2003

Global Warming Today archives from November 2003

AEP Joins EPA Climate Leaders Program.(American Electric Power)(Environmental Protection Agency)
November 17, 2003... American Electric Power (AEP) recently announced it has joined Climate Leaders, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) voluntary government-industry partnership to address climate change. According to AEP, the company's previously...

Report Reveals Increase in CO2 Emissions From EU Power Sector.
November 17, 2003... PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Enerpresse recently announced the release of a new report, titled "European Carbon Factor 2003," which indicates that the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the European Union's (EU) 21 largest power...

New Report Finds U.K. to Miss CHP Target for 2010.
November 17, 2003... The London, England-based Combined Heat and Power Association (CHPA) recently reported that U.K. minister for combined heat and power (CHP) Lord Whitty announced during the CHPA annual conference held in London last week that new research...

WWF Praises Study Linking Human Activity, Climate Change.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2003... World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Climate Change Program chief scientist Lara Hansen recently praised a new study featured in the journal Science, titled "Detection of Human Influence on North American Climate," for "[reinforcing] the link between...

NOAA, Columbia University Establish Climate Institute.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2003... The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Columbia University recently announced the establishment of the Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR). Headquartered at Columbia's Lamont-Doherty...

EPA Notes Voluntary Programs' GHG Reduction Effects.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2003... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the release of "Change for the Better: ENERGY STAR and Other Voluntary Programs," an annual report indicating that voluntary programs helped reduce 43 million metric tons of...

AGL Launches Program to Offset GHG Emissions.(Brief Article)
November 19, 2003... The Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) recently announced the launch of "AGL Green Balance," a new program allowing customers to offset carbon dioxide emissions by contributing to greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement projects, including landfill gas...

New Zealand to Negotiate NGAs With National Companies.(Brief Article)
November 19, 2003... The New Zealand government recently announced plans to enter into negotiations for negotiated greenhouse agreements (NGAs) with four national companies -- ACI Glass, GRD Macraes, Newmont Waihi and Norske Skog Tasman. According to the...

Second Phase of China Energy Conservation Project Launched.(Brief Article)
November 19, 2003... Government officials in Beijing, China recently launched the second phase of the China Energy Conservation Project, an initiative established in 1997 to promote energy efficiency, the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and the formation of...

Researchers Say Methane Concentrations 'Leveling Off'.(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Institute of Space Research in the Netherlands recently published a new study indicating that atmospheric concentrations of methane "may now have...

Researchers Compare Arctic, Antarctic Sea Ice Losses.(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) recently announced that a new study involving a 30-year satellite record of sea ice in the two polar regions reveals that "while the Northern Hemisphere Arctic ice has melted, Southern Hemisphere...

Research Teams to Study Agricultural GHG Emissions.(greenhouse gas)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) recently announced that two university-led national research teams have received a total of $1.1 million Canadian (about $884,000 U.S.) over three years to study agricultural practices that reduce...

URI Researcher Criticizes Deep Sea Carbon Sequestration.(Brad Seibel, University of Rhode Island)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2003... The University of Rhode Island (URI) recently announced that URI assistant professor of marine biology Brad Seibel has expressed that although the Bush administration's proposal to mitigate the effects of global warming by capturing carbon...

Nippon Keidanren Opposes Introduction of Carbon Tax in Japan.(Brief Article)
November 21, 2003... Japanese business federation Nippon Keidanren recently expressed its opposition to the Environment Ministry of Japan's proposal to introduce a carbon tax on fossil fuel importers and processors as a method to reduce the country's greenhouse gas...

Pew Center Says Government Policies 'Critical' to Curbing Warming.(Brief Article)
November 21, 2003... The Pew Center on Global Climate Change recently released a new report, titled "U.S. Technology and Innovation Policies: Lessons for Climate Change," which indicates that government policies will be "critical" to the development and adoption of...

German Researchers Study Ice Cores for Climate Clues.(Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)(Brief Article)
November 24, 2003... The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, recently announced that AWI scientists have begun examining more than 100 900,000-year-old ice cores collected last winter at the Antarctic research...

Canadian Government, DuPont Sign Climate Change Agreement.(Brief Article)
November 24, 2003... Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) recently announced that the government of Canada has signed a climate change memorandum of understanding (MOU) with DuPont Canada, Inc., under which the company has committed to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG)...

WWF Predicts 2003 Will Be Scotland's 'Hottest Year'.(World Wildlife Fund)(Brief Article)
November 24, 2003... World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Scotland recently reported that 2003 could potentially be Scotland's warmest year on record. After analyzing the country's monthly temperature records collected by the U.K. Met Office, WWF Scotland found that three...

Officials Urge SEC, Wall Street Action on Warming Pension Threat.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) recently announced that eight state and city treasurers and comptrollers and two major labor pension fund leaders issued a 10-point "call for action" last week demanding new steps...

WRI Says Current Global Warming Efforts 'Inadequate'.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The World Resources Institute (WRI) recently warned that current efforts by the global community, and in particular by the U.S., are "inadequate to reverse the rapidly rising trends in global emissions." "The U.S., representing one-fifth...

Official Criticizes Nippon Keidanren's Opposition to Carbon Tax.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Japanese vice environment minister Shigeru Sumitani recently criticized business federation Nippon Keidanren's opposition to the federal government's proposal to introduce a carbon tax on fossil fuel importers and processors as a method to...

NOAA Issues Call for Papers for GOES Users' Conference.(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)(Brief Article)
November 26, 2003... The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently issued a call for papers for the Third GOES Users' Conference, to be held May 10 through 13, 2004 in Boulder, CO, which is designed to "help users of the Geostationary...

Researchers Say Climate Change Benefit Aid Vineyards.(Brief Article)
November 26, 2003... Researchers with Southern Oregon University (SOU), Utah State University and the University of Colorado recently conducted a new study which indicates that rising global temperatures have had a positive impact on vineyards located in cool...

NRDC Opens New 'Green' Southern California Office.(The Natural Resources Defense Council)(Brief Article)
November 26, 2003... The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently announced that actor, director and NRDC board of trustees member Robert Redford joined NRDC president John Adams earlier this month to open the council's new office in Santa Monica, CA,...