Global Warming Today articles from September 2005

Global Warming Today archives from September 2005

OR Governor Announces New Steps to Help Curb Global Warming.
September 1, 2005... Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski directed the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) earlier this week to begin work on administrative rules that would implement tailpipe emissions standards in the state, as well as announced the formation of...

Multi-state Coalition Challenges Federal Court Ruling on GHGs.
September 1, 2005... A coalition of states and the District of Columbia, led by Massachusetts attorney general Tom Reilly, are calling on the full bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review a case concerning the Environmental...

ThermoEnergy Initiates Program to Support TIPS Development.
September 1, 2005... ThermoEnergy Corporation recently announced a federally funded program aimed at speeding up development of its patented ThermoEnergy Integrated Power System (TIPS), a zero air emission technology. According to ThermoEnergy, the TIPS process...

Next Week's Publishing Schedule.
September 2, 2005... EIN will not publish its newsletters on Monday, September 5, in observance of Labor Day. We will resume our regular production schedule on Tuesday, September 6. (EIN EDITOR: 9/1)

Cemtrex Pursuing Emission Controls and Monitoring Projects.
September 2, 2005... Cemtrex, Inc. recently announced it is "aggressively" pursuing emission controls and monitoring projects related to such greenhouse gases (GHGs) as carbon dioxide from power plants, methane from landfill gas, nitrous oxide from acid and...

South African Minister Speaks of Risks of Climate Inaction.
September 2, 2005... Chinese news agency Xinhua recently reported that South African environment minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk urged action on climate change earlier this week during a meeting at the Institute of Environment and Recreation Management in Port...

DOE Awards $16.5 Million for State Energy Savings Projects.
September 2, 2005... Department of Energy (DOE) secretary Samuel Bodman announced earlier this week that DOE will provide $16.5 million for 178 energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in 42 states. According to DOE, state energy offices will use the...

Weekly Update.
September 2, 2005... RESOURCE 05: LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE, September 13-15, 2005, BRE Watford, Watford, England REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS AND GEOLOGICAL STORAGE OF CO2 -- INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIAL STAKES, September 15-16, 2005, Hotel Le Meridien Etoile,...

Scientists Argue Over Warming's Contribution to Hurricanes.
September 5, 2005... The Belfast Telegraph recently reported that Britain's chief scientific adviser David King commented to U.K. television news station Channel 4 last week, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, that "the increased intensity of hurricanes is...

Campaign Groups Form New Climate Change Coalition.
September 5, 2005... Friends of the Earth (FOE) U.K. recently reported that 18 campaign groups have joined forces to launch a new climate change coalition known as STOP CLIMATE CHAOS. According to FOE U.K., STOP CLIMATE CHAOS looks to mobilize its members and...

Groups Call for Conservation Focus in Northeast Warming Plan.
September 5, 2005... The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) recently announced that environmental groups are calling on governors in nine northeastern states to stress conservation in a draft proposal to create a cap on global warming emissions from...

Holiday Publishing Schedule Correction.(Correction Notice)
September 7, 2005... Although EIN was not open for business on Monday, September 5, in observance of Labor Day, we mistakenly printed the date of the holiday on the newsletters intended for Tuesday delivery. We resume our regular production schedule with today's...

CES Completes Efficiency Improvements at San Diego College.
September 7, 2005... Chevron Energy Solutions (CES) recently announced the completion of energy-efficient facility upgrades at San Diego Miramar College, which are expected to reduce energy costs by approximately 30 percent as well as lower greenhouse gas (GHG)...

WWF Says Climate Change to Cause Chaos in U.K. Seas.
September 7, 2005... The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently announced the release of a new report, titled "Climate Change: Plunging Our Seas Into Deeper Crisis," which finds that climate change will "wreak havoc on the United Kingdom's marine environment, deepening...

EU and China to Form New Partnership on Climate Change.
September 7, 2005... The European Union (EU) and China agreed late last week, following the China-EU Summit, to form a new Partnership on Climate Change, with the goal of strengthening cooperation and dialogue on climate change and energy between the EU and China....

Study Finds Arctic Vegetation Could Spur Warming.
September 8, 2005... The American Geophysical Union (AGU) recently announced that a new study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and Colorado State University finds that as the number of dark-colored shrubs...

FOE U.K. Says Government at Risk of Breaching Kyoto Target.
September 8, 2005... Friends of the Earth (FOE) U.K. recently announced that its analysis of new data published by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) indicates that the British government is likely to breach its target under the Kyoto Protocol, as carbon...

AIBS Says Needle Blight May Be Related to Climate Change.
September 9, 2005... The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) recently announced that the September issue of its monthly journal BioScience highlights research conducted by biologists studying a lethal blight of lodgepole pines in northwestern British...

Landcare Australia Farmers Praised for GHG Reduction Efforts.
September 9, 2005... Australian minister for the environment and heritage Ian Campbell recently praised Landcare farmers for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with the launch of a new report, titled "Landcare Australia: Meeting the Greenhouse...

Businesses, Groups Urge Congress to Enact New Energy Bill.
September 9, 2005... In a letter delivered earlier this week to the leadership of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, 21 businesses and environmental and energy policy organizations from across the country called upon Congress to develop a new energy...

Weekly Update.
September 9, 2005... RESOURCE 05: LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE, September 13-15, 2005, BRE Watford, Watford, England REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS AND GEOLOGICAL STORAGE OF CO2 -- INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIAL STAKES, September 15-16, 2005, Hotel Le Meridien Etoile,...

Swiss Study Questions Ability of Trees to Absorb Carbon.
September 12, 2005... The Discovery Channel recently reported that researchers at the University of Basel have conducted a four-year study of tall trees' ability to help combat change through the absorption of carbon dioxide, finding that the trees' stems and leaves...

Ceres Warns of Rising Threat to Insurers From Climate Change.
September 12, 2005... The Ceres investor coalition recently announced the release of a new report, titled "Availability and Affordability of Insurance Under Climate Change: A Growing Challenge for the U.S.," which suggests that unless insurers and their regulators...

New EarthSave Report Urges Focus on Elimination of Methane.
September 12, 2005... EarthSave International, an organization promoting a shift toward a plant-based diet, recently announced the release of a new report which suggests that "the most significant source of climate change over the next half-century is likely animal...

Local NZ Geothermal Project Awarded Emissions Units.
September 13, 2005... The government of New Zealand recently awarded more than 1.2 million internationally tradable emissions units to Mighty River Power's proposed 70-megawatt Kawerau geothermal electricity scheme. The government noted that steam for the...

Australia, China to Collaborate on Emission Reduction Efforts.
September 13, 2005... Australian minister for the environment and heritage Ian Campbell recently announced that Australia has agreed to four new projects with China under the Bilateral Climate Change Partnerships Program. According to Campbell, the projects will...

Researchers Project Impacts of Climate Change on India.
September 13, 2005... Indian minister of environment and forests Thiru Raja and U.K. minister of state for trade Ian Pearson released late last week results of the Indo-U.K. Program on Impacts of Climate Change, a three-year joint research initiative between India's...

British Airways Launches New Carbon Offset Scheme.
September 14, 2005... British Airways recently announced a new scheme that will allow its passengers to help offset carbon dioxide emissions from their flights with a voluntary contribution. Proceeds will be used by Climate Care to invest in sustainable energy...

Holcim, New Zealand Government to Enter Talks for NGA.
September 14, 2005... The New Zealand government recently announced it will enter talks for a negotiated greenhouse agreement (NGA) with cement, concrete and aggregates supplier Holcim New Zealand. "Climate change is a direct threat to New Zealand's economy,...

Green Buildings Open House to Be Held Throughout Northeast.
September 14, 2005... The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is organizing the 2005 Green Buildings Open House, an opportunity for the public to tour homes and other buildings taking advantage of renewable energy and other green building technologies,...

U.S. Utilities, Coal Companies Form New FutureGen Alliance.
September 15, 2005... A coalition of the largest U.S. electric utilities and coal companies announced earlier this week creation of the FutureGen Industrial Alliance, a nonprofit company that will partner with the Department of Energy (DOE) to facilitate the design,...

Renewable Ventures Signs Clean Car Program Fleet Partner.
September 15, 2005... Renewable Ventures, LLC recently announced the first fleet partner in its new Certified Clean Car Emission Reduction Program -- ClubSportiva, a company that offers timeshare access to classic sports cars. According to Renewable Ventures,...

Study Warns Warming Could Affect Sequestration in Oceans.
September 16, 2005... A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) warns that the best location to store carbon dioxide (CO2) in the deep ocean will shift due to climate change. Using a climate-ocean-terrestrial...

Infocast to Host Energy & Environmental Policy Summit.
September 16, 2005... Infocast will host Energy & Environmental Policy, a summit divided into two separate events, November 1 through 4 at the Almas Temple in Washington, DC. The first two days of the summit will focus on "Energy Policy and Regulation:...

CDP Says More U.S. Companies Considering Climate Risk.
September 16, 2005... The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a coalition of institutional investors with more than $21 trillion in assets, recently announced the release of a new report which finds that "more U.S. corporations than ever before now factor climate...

Weekly Update.
September 16, 2005... SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND INNOVATION FAIR: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT IN ACTION, September 19-20, 2005, University of Geneva, Geneva, Italy AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT ECONOMY'S (ACEEE) THIRD NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGY...

Duke Energy Pledges Funding for Climate Policy Partnership.
September 19, 2005... Duke University recently announced that Duke Energy has pledged $2.5 million to the industry-university Climate Change Policy Partnership, which aims to develop policies to address global climate change. According to Duke University, Duke...

NRCan, EPA to Collaborate on Freight Emission Reductions.
September 19, 2005... Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) recently announced it will work jointly with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and North American freight and shipping industries to take voluntary actions to save fuel and reduce greenhouse gas...

New Report Urges Governors to Close 'Loophole' in Warming Plan.
September 19, 2005... The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) recently announced the release of a new report by a coalition of northeast environmental groups which maintains that a preliminary proposal from the region's governors for capping global...

Clinton Global Initiative to Offset Climate Impact.
September 20, 2005... American Indian-owned renewable energy company NativeEnergy and the William J. Clinton Foundation recently announced that the Clinton Global Initiative will offset the impact of energy use at its inaugural conference by helping finance the...

National Leaders Call for Increased Action on Warming.
September 20, 2005... The United Nations (UN) recently announced that leaders of a number of countries addressing the UN Summit in New York late last week called for action against global warming, urging all concerned to ratify international treaties designed to...

Brazil Opens First Carbon Credit Trading Market in Latin America.
September 20, 2005... The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) recently announced that Brazil's Ministry of Development has initiated Latin America's first carbon credit market in cooperation with the Brazilian Stock Exchange. According to IETA,...

Morphology of Fossil Salamanders Said to Reflect Climate Change.
September 21, 2005... Independent online publishing house BioMed Central recently announced the publication of an article in the September 13 issue of BMC Ecology which reveals that a fossil record of the Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) indicates...

New Mexico Joins Chicago Climate Exchange.
September 21, 2005... New Mexico governor Bill Richardson recently announced that the state has joined the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) -- a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and trading program. Richardson has set goals to reduce the state government's...

Federal Judge Refuses Consideration of Global Warming Case.
September 22, 2005... Reuters recently reported that Judge Loretta Preska of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed a lawsuit which sought judicial restrictions on the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced by five utilities....

Study Finds Increased Number of Category 4 and 5 Hurricanes.
September 22, 2005... The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced that a study conducted by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) finds that the number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes...

Researchers Say Methane 'Burps' Caused Massive Global Warming.
September 22, 2005... Britain's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) recently announced that researchers have discovered evidence suggesting that vast amounts of methane gas were released to the atmosphere in three massive "methane burps," or pulses, 180...

Carbonfund, Ceres Launch Joint Carbon Offset Program.
September 23, 2005... Nonprofit organization Carbonfund and Ceres, a national network of investment funds, environmental organizations and other public interest research groups, recently announced the launch of a joint carbon offset program. Under the program,...

Tyndall Centre Releases New Report on 'Decarbonizing the U.K.'.
September 23, 2005... The U.K.'s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research recently announced the release of a new report, titled "Decarbonizing the U.K.," which finds that all homeowners, drivers and businesses will have to reduce their carbon dioxide (CO2)...

Confederation of British Industry Joins Chicago Climate Exchange.
September 23, 2005... The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) recently became an associate member of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), a voluntary, multi-sector market for reducing and trading greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As a CCX member, CBI will...

Weekly Update.
September 23, 2005... AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT ECONOMY'S (ACEEE) THIRD NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A RESOURCE, September 25-27, 2005, Double Tree Hotel Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, CA ASSOCIATION OF ENERGY SERVICES PROFESSIONALS'...

New Study Finds Heatwaves Force Forests to Emit CO2.
September 26, 2005... Nature reported last week that a new study conducted by a team of researchers from the Laboratory for Climate Sciences and the Environment in Gifsur-Yvette, France, finds that heatwave conditions across Europe in 2003 forced the continent's...

BP Global Choice Program Reduces 1 Million Tons of GHGs.
September 26, 2005... The Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH) recently announced that BP Australia's BP Global Choice program has achieved 1 million tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement. According to DEH, BP Global Choice allows the...

EMA to Host 9th Annual Fall Conference in San Francisco.
September 26, 2005... The Environmental Markets Association (EMA) will host its 9th Annual Fall Conference from November 6 through 9 at the Argonaut Hotel in San Francisco, CA. EMA will offer a pre-conference "Introduction to Emissions Trading Workshop" on...

EIN Offers New Option for Raising Awareness of Your Company.
September 27, 2005... Many EIN subscribers have expressed interest in reaching other industry leaders and decision makers through our daily publications. While our subscribers already enjoy the benefit of a complementary link to their company on the EIN website, we...

U.K. Environment Official Says Warming Causing Hurricanes.
September 27, 2005... U.K. newspaper The Independent recently reported that Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution chairman John Lawton asserted in comments made late last week that the "increased intensity of [such extreme weather events as Hurricanes Katrina...

Report Says Warming Could Kill 15,000 Australians by 2100.
September 27, 2005... Australian newspaper The Age reported last week that the Australian Medical Association and the Australian Conservation Foundation have released a new report that warns that within the next century, 15,000 Australian citizens could die as a...

Northeast Businesses Oppose Proposed Regional GHG Initiative.
September 27, 2005... The New England Council, leading an effort among state business and industry organizations from the northeast who are concerned that the proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) will drive up electricity costs, recently submitted a...

EIN Offers New Option for Raising Awareness of Your Company.
September 28, 2005... Many EIN subscribers have expressed interest in reaching other industry leaders and decision makers through our daily publications. While our subscribers already enjoy the benefit of a complementary link to their company on the EIN website, we...

Study Predicts Climate-related Rainfall Increase in Ireland.
September 28, 2005... Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) recently announced that rainfall in Ireland is predicted to increase 11 percent by 2050 as a result of climate change. This is one finding of research conducted with the group's support. According to SEI,...

DOE Releases Draft Strategic Plan for GHG Reduction.
September 28, 2005... The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released for public review and comment a plan for accelerating the development and reducing the cost of new technologies that avoid, reduce, or capture and store greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. ...

Berkeley Reports 14-percent Reduction in Carbon Emissions.
September 28, 2005... Berkeley, CA mayor Tom Bates recently announced that the city has reduced its carbon emissions by 14 percent since 2002 -- more than double the reductions called for in the Kyoto Protocol. According to Bates, Berkeley's emissions analysis...

UNEP Report Finds CO2 Storage Will Help Minimize Warming.
September 29, 2005... The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) recent released a new report authored by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which finds that capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced by power plants and factories...

Groups Call on Congress for Greater Efficiency Funding.
September 29, 2005... In a letter delivered earlier this week to Congressional appropriators in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, 31 businesses, consumer, environmental and energy policy organizations call for higher funding levels in FY 06 for the...

Study Finds Climate Change Boosting Growth of Alaskan Tundra.
September 30, 2005... The Associated Press (AP) reported last week that a new study conducted by researchers at Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts indicates that increased temperatures and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations have boosted plant growth and...

Volvo to Eliminate CO2 Emissions From Swedish Truck Plant.
September 30, 2005... Volvo recently announced plans to build, in cooperation with Goteborg Energi, five wind power plants and a biofuel plant adjacent to the Volvo Trucks plant in Tuve, Goteborg in an effort to eliminate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the...

USGBC Announces Commitment to Address Global Climate Change.
September 30, 2005... The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), The Turner Corporation and Haverford College, along with former President Clinton, recently announced a series of commitments aimed at transforming the way buildings in schools across the country are...

Weekly Update.
September 30, 2005... ASSOCIATION OF ENERGY SERVICES PROFESSIONALS' (AESP) TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM: WHAT'S NEW IN DEMAND RESPONSE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, November 2-3, 2005, Southern California Edison Customer Technology Application Center, Irwindale, CA ...