Global Warming Today articles from September 2004

Global Warming Today archives from September 2004

Alcoa Sustainability Reports Detail GHG Emissions Reductions.
September 1, 2004... Aluminum producer Alcoa recently released five regional sustainability reports for its Australia, Jamaica, Suriname, Brazil and Primary Metals Canada regions. "We are building a family of reports capable of explaining the regional...

METI Proposes GHG Reduction Strategies Beyond 2013.
September 1, 2004... The Yomiuri Shimbun recently reported that Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has drafted a list of measures intended to help combat climate change following the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol's target period in 2013. ...

Australian Premier Proposes COAG Meeting on Climate Change.
September 1, 2004... Australian newspaper The Advertiser recently reported that the country's premier Mike Rann has urged Prime Minister John Howard, opposition leader Mark Latham and various other state and federal officials to commit to attending a Council of...

New Study Criticizes Newspapers' 'Balanced' Warming Coverage.
September 1, 2004... The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) recently announced the release of a new study, titled "Balance as Bias: Global Warming and the U.S. Prestige Press," which finds that "reporters and editors at four of the nation's top newspapers...

AEP Releases Emissions Assessment Report.
September 2, 2004... Columbus, OH-based American Electric Power (AEP) recently released a report evaluating the impact of proposed federal legislation and regulations for emissions and carbon dioxide reduction, as well as current AEP initiatives that address...

Germany Begins 'Energy Passport' Pilot Program.
September 2, 2004... German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) recently reported that Germany has introduced a new "energy passport" pilot program as part of a wider effort to comply with the European Union's (EU) 2006 energy efficient homes mandate. DW said that...

New Study Finds CO2 Can Be Safely Stored in Oilfields.
September 2, 2004... The Regina, Saskatchewan-based Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) recently announced that a four-year, multi-discipline research study conducted in the Weyburn area of southeastern Saskatchewan with the support of the International...

Forest Service Says Climate Change Could Lead to More Fires.
September 3, 2004... The USDA Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station recently announced that researchers with the Forest Service and the University of Washington's Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Group contend in a new study that "the area burned by...

Climate Scientists Emphasize Need for CO2 Reductions, NETs.
September 3, 2004... BBC News recently reported that climate scientists speaking at the EuroScience Open Forum 2004 in Stockholm, Sweden, called on international leaders to establish carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reduction targets that would stabilize global...

New Study Finds 1.3-meter Decline in Mount Everest.
September 3, 2004... Local India newspaper The Hindu recently reported that a new Chinese study released at an international symposium on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Lhasa, Tibet concludes that the peak of Mount Everest is slowly shrinking. The Hindu said the...

Weekly Update.
September 3, 2004... 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, September 5-9, 2004, Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Center, Vancouver, British Columbia EMISSIONS MARKETING ASSOCIATION'S 8TH ANNUAL FALL MEETING AND INTERNATIONAL...

BCC, Access, GreenFuel Donate CTCs for RNC Emissions.
September 7, 2004... The Boston Carbon Corporation (BCC), Access Industries and GreenFuel Technologies recently announced that they donated a combined 40,750 greenhouse gas (GHG) certified trading credits (CTCs) to the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible...

Kenyan Scientist Discusses Warming Concerns in San Francisco.
September 7, 2004... The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported that Kenyan paleontologist and former parliamentarian Richard Leakey participated in a roundtable meeting last week with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, Oakland mayor Jerry Brown and state senator...

CONSOL Recognized for Coalbed Emission Cleaner.
September 7, 2004... CONSOL Energy, Inc. (CNX) announced last week it has been awarded an environmental leadership award from a coalition of West Virginia civic and professional groups for its mining emissions reduction technology. CNX said it received the...

WWF Comments on AEP Emissions Reduction Report.
September 8, 2004... The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently praised American Electric Power (AEP) on its report "An Assessment of AEP's Actions to Mitigate the Economic Impacts of Emissions Policies" for "recognizing the need to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and...

Online Access to Canadian Climate Research Now Available.
September 8, 2004... Environment Canada (EC) recently announced that information about "Impacts of Sea-level Rise and Climate Change on the Coastal Zone of Southeastern New Brunswick," a three-year, $2.5-million study managed by EC, is now available to the public...

ExxonMobil Official Touts Benefit of GHG Reduction Technology.
September 9, 2004... Asia Pulse recently reported that ExxonMobil Corporation science strategy and programs manager Brian Flannery commented earlier this week during the 19th World Energy Congress and Exhibition in Sydney, Australia, that the oil company is...

CCX, IPE Ink European Emissions Trading Deal.
September 9, 2004... Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. (CCX) recently announced it has signed an agreement with the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) to trade European greenhouse gas emissions allowances on the IPE. Under the agreement, futures contracts on...

British Scientist Predicts Premature Deaths From Global Warming.
September 9, 2004... Reuters recently reported that Leeds University professor of physical chemistry Mike Pilling during the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting earlier this week projected that millions of people will likely die early as a...

Howard Reaffirms Australia's Decision to Not Support Kyoto.
September 10, 2004... Agence France-Presse (AFP) recently reported that Australian prime minister John Howard reaffirmed earlier this week Australia's decision to pursue alternate methods to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in lieu of support for the Kyoto...

New Environmental Expedition Mimics 1947 Voyage.
September 10, 2004... Reuters recently reported that a new raft named the Tangaroa, a replica of the Kon-Tiki balsa raft that Thor Heyerdahl used to sail the Pacific Ocean in 1947, is expected to travel from Peru to Tahiti in April of next year to study various...

Report Warns Carbon Emissions Could Double by 2050.
September 10, 2004... The Australian Associated Press (AAP) recently reported that a new report made available this week at the World Energy Congress in Sydney, Australia, maintains that global carbon dioxide emission could double by the year 2050 if worldwide...

Weekly Update.
September 10, 2004... EMISSIONS MARKETING ASSOCIATION'S 8TH ANNUAL FALL MEETING AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, September 19-22, 2004, Marriott Eaton Centre, Toronto, Ontario ENVIRONMENTAL & SUBSURFACE SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM 2004, September 20-22, 2004, Davenport...

New Report Says Growing Evidence Supports Reality of Warming.
September 13, 2004... The New York, NY-based Conference Board, Inc., a nonprofit organization that "creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society," recently announced...

New DIW Study Reports EU CO2 Emissions Rise in 2003.
September 13, 2004... Reuters recently reported that a study released earlier this week by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) finds that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions among the original 15 European Union (EU) member states increased two percent to...

Russian Prime Minister Urges Against Kyoto Ratification.
September 13, 2004... Reuters reported last week that Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkow denounced the Kyoto Protocol in a draft report, asserting that the pact would be "ineffective" in helping limit global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In a cover letter...

New Website Evaluates Warming's Influence on Mutual Funds.
September 13, 2004... Results for America (RFA), a project of the Newton, MA-based Civil Society Institute (CSI), recently announced that a new RFA-sponsored website looking at the top holdings of the 24 largest equity mutual funds in the U.S. finds that "a full...

CCX Announces Launch of Futures Subsidiary.
September 14, 2004... The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) recently announced the creation of the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE). An application for CCFE's "designated contract market" designation is pending with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission....

International Developers Cooperate on Low-emission Coal Plant.
September 14, 2004... Agence France-Presse (AFP) recently reported that Japan's Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries and Center for Coal Utilization have joined with several Australian organizations, including the University of Newcastle and the Australian Coal...

New Study Says Climate Change to Hurt Chinese Agriculture.
September 15, 2004... The U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) recently announced the publication of a new joint U.K./Chinese research study which finds that yields of three staple Chinese crops -- rice, wheat and maize -- "may fall as...

Ireland Abandons Plans for Tax on Carbon-based Fuels.
September 15, 2004... Reuters recently reported that the Irish government has abandoned its plan to levy a new "carbon energy tax" intended to help reduce the country's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. According to Reuters, the proposed tax would have adjusted...

Australian Groups Urge Leaders to Initiate GHG Regulations.
September 15, 2004... Local Australian newspaper The Age recently reported that a letter sent last week to both Prime Minister John Howard and opposition leader Mark Latham urges the leaders to establish greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction policies. ...

New Funding Round Open for New Zealand Climate Projects.
September 15, 2004... The New Zealand Climate Change Office recently announced the availability of funding for initiatives to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions via the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment's Sustainable Management Fund (SMF). According to...

Tory Leader Criticizes Blair, Calls for Climate Change Action.
September 16, 2004... The BBC recently reported that Tory party leader Michael Howard in a speech to an environment forum earlier this week stressed the need for the U.K. to take action to combat climate change and criticized Prime Minister Tony Blair for his...

New Report Predicts Rise in Heat-related Deaths in CA.
September 16, 2004... The Associated Press (AP) recently announced South Bend, IN-based ATMOS Research & Consulting's release earlier this week of a new report, titled "Emissions pathways, climate change and impacts on California," which contends that an unabated...

NAHB Solicits Entries for 2005 Green Building Awards.
September 16, 2004... The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently issued a call for entries for its 2005 National Green Building Awards. According to NAHB, categories for the awards include green advocate of the year, green program of the year,...

U.K. Prime Minister Addresses Global Warming Concerns.
September 17, 2004... Reuters recently reported that British prime minister Tony Blair delivered a speech earlier this week reaffirming the U.K.'s commitment to limiting the effects of climate change and urging the global community to recognize the threat posed by...

DOE Deputy Secretary Represents U.S. at CSLF Meeting.
September 17, 2004... The Department of Energy (DOE) recently reported that deputy energy secretary Kyle McSlarrow represented the United States at a ministerial meeting of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF), earlier this week in Melbourne, Australia....

CEC Awards Research Grants to Energy Efficiency Projects.
September 17, 2004... The California Energy Commission (CEC) recently announced it has awarded grants of up to $75,000 each to ten small-scale projects to conduct research aimed at reducing the cost of producing electricity, saving energy and improving the...

Weekly Update.
September 17, 2004... EMISSIONS MARKETING ASSOCIATION'S 8TH ANNUAL FALL MEETING AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, September 19-22, 2004, Marriott Eaton Centre, Toronto, Ontario ENVIRONMENTAL & SUBSURFACE SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM 2004, September 20-22, 2004, Davenport...

Cinergy Announces Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects.
September 20, 2004... Cinergy Corporation recently announced it has selected the first series of projects in its voluntary program of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by five percent below 2000 levels between 2010 and 2012. According to the company, 14 projects...

Pepco to Supply Renewable Energy Credits to EPA.
September 20, 2004... Pepco Holdings, Inc. subsidiary Pepco Energy Services recently announced it has been awarded a 37-month contract by the U.S. General Services Administration's Energy Center of Expertise (GSA) to supply more than 110 million kilowatt-hours of...

Scientists Testify Warming Will Worsen Tropical Storms.
September 20, 2004... Reuters recently reported that a panel of climate researchers testified September 15 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that global warming could increase the severity of Atlantic hurricanes, with warmer...

Arctic Delegate Claims U.S. Suppressing Climate Change Reports.
September 21, 2004... Scripps howard News Service (SHNS) recently reported that Inuit Circumpolar Conference chairwoman Sheila Watt-Cloutier told the Senate Commerce Committee last week that U.S. State Department officials are suppressing the publication of one of...

Weyburn Sequestration Project Prepares for Second Phase.
September 21, 2004... The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that the multinational Weyburn Project, in which more than 110 billion cubic feet of 95-percent pure carbon dioxide (CO2) has been injected into the Weyburn Oilfield in Saskatchewan, Canada, is...

New Study Finds CA Poised to Provide GHG Reduction Technology.
September 21, 2004... Pasadena, CA-based CALSTART recently released a study titled "California's Clean Vehicle Industry," which surveyed several companies currently involved in or capable of producing technologies that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from...

New Survey Reveals Expected Rise in Green Building Workload.
September 21, 2004... Turner Construction Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of leading general builder The Turner Corporation, recently announced the findings of a new online survey of 719 building owners, developers, architects, engineers and consultants on "green...

New Study Predicts Rising Temperatures in Japan.
September 22, 2004... The Yomiuri Shimbun recently reported that a new study released last week by the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) and Tokyo University's Center for Climate System Research projects that Japan's climate and humidity will...

NESEA to Host Mid-Atlantic Sustainability Conference in NJ.
September 22, 2004... The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) will host "2004 Mid-Atlantic Sustainability Conference: Clean Energy and Green Building Solutions" September 29 through October 1 at the Marriott Hotel and War Memorial in Trenton, NJ. ...

USDA Awards Funding for Energy Efficiency Projects.
September 22, 2004... The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $22 million in grants to energy efficiency and renewable energy projects under the 2002 Farm Bill, a...

Scientists Say Mussels Near Norway Sign of Global Warming.
September 23, 2004... Reuters recently reported that a group of scientists has discovered blue mussels growing off the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, about 800 miles from the North Pole, suggesting a warming-related rise in sea temperatures. According to...

EC Launches Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Policy.
September 23, 2004... The European Union (EU) recently announced the European Commission's (EC) launch of a web-based stakeholder consultation providing the opportunity for "citizens, businesses, policy makers, NGOs, authorities, scientists and others" to contribute...

Weather Channel to Air Alaskan Global Warming Report.
September 23, 2004... The Weather Channel (TWC) announced it will air a report on global warming this Sunday called, "Alaska Meltdown." The half-hour show seeks to educate its audience on the global effects of climate change by focusing on specific consequences...

SEC Urges Enaction of Energy Efficiency, Renewable Incentives.
September 24, 2004... The Sustainable Energy Coalition (SEC) recently announced that it delivered a letter earlier this week to the leaders of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, as well as to the key congressional tax and energy policy committees,...

Report Examines Impact of Ice Shelves on Glaciers, Sea Level.
September 24, 2004... The American Geophysical Union (AGU), NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) recently published a joint study which found that ice shelves in Antarctica act as "brakes" on the glaciers that flow...

EU Energy Commissioner Discusses Emissions Trading Rethink.
September 24, 2004... Reuters recently reported that European Union (EU) energy commissioner Loyola de Palacio has suggested that the EU consider abandoning its original emissions trading system if Russia does not ratify the Kyoto Protocol by this December. ...

Weekly Update.
September 24, 2004... NEW ENERGY MOVEMENT'S NEW ENERGY: THE COURAGE TO CHANGE, September 25-26, Reed College, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2004 HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLS CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW: TOWARDS A GREENER WORLD, September 25-28, 2004, Sheraton...

Nord Pool Looks to Begin Trading Emissions Allowances Next Year.
September 27, 2004... Reuters recently reported that Nordic power exchange Nord Pool announced plans last week to begin trading carbon dioxide emissions allowances next year, coinciding with the launch of the European Union (EU) emission trading scheme (ETS). ...

Greenpeace Threatens Emissions-related Suit Against Australia.
September 27, 2004... Greenpeace Australia Pacific recently issued a warning to Australian lawmakers that unless current and future governments take steps to preserve the Great Barrier Reef by drastically curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the country could face...

ALA CA Urges CARB to Enact New GHG Emissions Regulations.
September 27, 2004... The American Lung Association (ALA) of California last week called on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to pass a "role-model" regulation to reduce global warming air pollution from cars in the state during its hearings held last...

EPA Report Details Voluntary Conservation Successes.
September 28, 2004... An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report on the environmental and economic effects of voluntary energy conservation efforts says that government-sponsored programs, such as ENERGY STAR, are having dramatic effects on emission levels...

Russian Ministry Signs Letters Approving Kyoto Protocol.
September 28, 2004... Reuters recently reported that the Russian Natural Resources Ministry signed letters last week consenting to the country's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. "The request to us was sent by [foreign minister] Sergei Lavrov," said Natural...

New Study Assesses Vehicular GHG Reduction Technologies.
September 28, 2004... The Northeast States Center for a Clean Air Future (NESCCAF) recently announced the release of a new study which finds that "combinations of current and emerging technologies can cut passenger vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in half...

California ARB Approves New GHG Emissions Regulation.
September 29, 2004... The California Air Resources Board (ARB) recently announced it has approved a new regulation that requires automakers to begin selling vehicles with reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by model year 2009. According to ARB, under the new...

Heavy Trading Reported on Yet-to-open European CO2 Market.
September 29, 2004... Point Carbon recently reported that while the European Union's carbon dioxide trading system is not scheduled to open for business until January 2005, forward-basis trades are increasing at a rapid pace. According to Point Carbon, trading...

EHSNI Releases New Report on Climate Change Indicators.
September 29, 2004... The Environment and Heritage Service Northern Ireland (EHSNI) recently announced the release of a new report, titled "Report on Climate Change Indicators for Northern Ireland," that employs historic data obtained in Northern Ireland "to provide...

Roche Looks to Reduce GHGs With Introduction of HEVs.
September 30, 2004... Nutley, NJ-based Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. (Roche), the U.S. prescription drug unit of the Roche Group, recently announced plans to integrate Toyota Prius and Ford Escape hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) into its pharmaceutical sales fleet in an...

Putin Advisor Says Kyoto Signing Will Hamper GDP Growth.
September 30, 2004... Russian Information Agency (RIA) Novosti recently reported that President Vladimir Putin's economic adviser Andrei Illarionov said during an Investments into a Growth Economy conference earlier this week that under the conditions of the Kyoto...

British Team Discovers Fold Deep in Antarctic Ice Sheet.
September 30, 2004... British scientists have found a large fold in the ice deep in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), an anomaly that the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) says raises new questions about the likelihood of the collapse and disintegration of the WAIS....