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Heat pumps 'need tighter regulations'. Domestic heat pumps need to be subject to tighter regulations in order for them to deliver widespread energy savings, a report has concluded. BBC. 8 September 2010.
Climate's right for change to carbon debate. In its negotiations to form government, Labor agreed to convene a climate change committee made up of MPs and experts that would work toward putting a price on carbon. Sydney ABC News, Australia. 8 September 2010.
Professor campaigns for energy-saving white roofs. Professor Hashem Akbari of Concordia University in Montreal is on a mission to get the world's largest cities to turn at least some of their municipal building roofs white. Morning Edition, NPR. 6 September 2010.
No need to be afraid of a tax on carbon. The most significant policy issue in the deal struck between the Australian Greens and the Australian Labor Party was that of climate policy. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. Opinion, 4 September 2010. [Registration Required]
Green revolution comes to urban neighborhoods. Some 200 local residents are taking part in an innovative program designed to help bridge a green divide in L.A. Many residents of low-income neighborhoods say they've been left out of the environmental movement and that clean-tech businesses are avoiding urban neighborhoods. Los Angeles Times, California. 3 September 2010. [Registration Required]
L.A. mayor, Latino activists take on oil companies over Proposition 23. They say the ballot initiative to suspend the state's climate change law would hurt low-income communities already suffering the most from pollution. Los Angeles Times, California. 1 September 2010. [Registration Required]
Doing green jobs right. Largely below the radar, a growing number of activists are scoring important victories at the regional level by combining serious coalition building, astute policy research and aggressive political action, paving the way in the process for a new New Deal in America. Nation. 1 September 2010.
Senate bill makes motorists responsible for emission fees. Millions of Southern California motorists would have to pay up to $3 more to register their vehicles under a bill supported by Inland air regulators and business groups as a way to avoid new pollution fees on businesses. Riverside Press-Enterprise, California. 31 August 2010.
Low prices stoke coal sales, despite pollution concerns. Coal trading is poised to rise to a record high this year as prices at less than half their 2008 peak stoke demand, defying governments’ efforts to phase out the most-polluting fossil fuel. Bloomberg News. 30 August 2010.
Fiddling while the earth burns. Nearly every decade from the 1970s has been declared a decade of reckoning, the time when we must deal decisively with looming national and global environmental crises. And as each decade passes, we postpone the deadline another 10 years. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. Opinion, 27 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Climate change campaigners turn up the heat on RBS chiefs. Climate change protesters will today step up a mass campaign outside the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters as hundreds more activists pour into the site near Edinburgh. Glasgow Herald, United Kingdom. 20 August 2010.
Could biochar save the world? According to Laurens Rademakers of Biochar Fund, biochar - the agricultural application of charcoal produced from burning biomass - may be one of this century's most important social and environmental revolutions. Mongabay. Opinion, 17 August 2010.
Vehicle emissions tax. The debate about the definition of passenger cars is a red herring, and must not be allowed to undermine the principle of the CO² vehicle emissions tax. Johannesburg Business Day, South Africa. Opinion, 17 August 2010.
Transport study call to slash carbon emissions. A radical approach to transport policies drawn up by researchers at a Yorkshire university could see the UK's carbon emissions slashed by more than three-quarters within the next 40 years. A quarter of the greenhouse gases produced in the UK are from transport. Yorkshire Post, United Kingdom. 16 August 2010.
Gillard launches carbon credit scheme for farmers. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has visited a farm on the New South Wales north coast to launch a new climate change initiative. Sydney ABC News, Australia. 14 August 2010.
Past human errors to blame for Russia’s peat fires. Among all the troubles that have been visited on Russia in this summer of record heat, wildfires, smoke and crop failure, perhaps none have been so persistent and impervious to remedy as the peat fires. Particularly maddening, many here say, is the knowledge that the problem is caused by humans. New York Times. 13 August 2010. [Registration Required]
The merchants of doubt. Having lost the battle in the scientific arena, the skeptics have not only taken to the mass media to promulgate their cause, but have additionally resorted to the charge they are not getting a fair hearing in this alternate venue. Let's take a look at that. Hamilton Spectator, Ontario. Opinion, 12 August 2010.
Geothermal energy heats up in King Salmon. Converting the earth's trapped heat into energy isn't an earth-shatteringly new endeavor. But the project underway on the northern tip of the Aleutian Chain is a first for the state of Alaska. Needs Publisher. 10 August 2010.
UN panel to study link between poverty, environment. UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday launched a high-level panel tasked with crafting a blueprint on how to roll back world poverty while ensuring a sustainable environment. Agence France-Presse. 10 August 2010.
Bruised backers of energy bill plot August offensive in Senate. Thwarted again in efforts to pass Senate energy legislation, activist groups vowed today to target lawmakers they see as obstructionists. Greenwire. 5 August 2010.
Don't dump this program. Despite the outcry over eco fees, Ontario is on the path to a world-leading hazardous waste diversion policy. Ottawa Citizen, Ontario. Opinion, 5 August 2010.
Julia Gillard's popularity plunges. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's popularity has nosedived in recent weeks as a result of her government's climate change policy. London Daily Telegraph, United Kingdom. 4 August 2010.
Fires still spreading in parched Russia. Moscow is mobilising more forces to fight hundreds of wildfires raging across a vast area of central Russia amid a record heatwave. At least 40 people have died in fires in the past week, and seven regions are under a state of emergency. BBC. 4 August 2010.
AB32 will improve lives of low income and minority Californians. Since California's major sources of pollution are most likely to be located in low-income neighborhoods and near communities of color, Proposition 23 would disproportionately affect those least able to cope. San Jose Mercury News, California. Opinion, 2 August 2010.
Multiple cropping zones to protect agro-ecosystem. Developing sustainability in agriculture production systems rather than seeking to maximise crop, aquacultural and livestock outputs, will help farming communities to cope with the uncertainties of climate change. Mumbai Daily News and Analysis, India. Opinion, 2 August 2010.
Scotland's population to swell. Factors such as climate change will add to Scotland’s appeal, leading to population growth that could trigger huge problems in infrastructure and urban crowding, experts warned. Glasgow Herald, United Kingdom. 31 July 2010.
Greenwashing nativism. FAIR's shadiness aside, there are real connections between clean energy policy and immigration reform – the two bullets Congress is trying its best to dodge. But they will be made only if we swear off single-issue politics and push for decriminalization and decarbonization at one and the same time. Nation. Opinion, 30 July 2010.
Climategate scientist breaks his silence. It has been two weeks since the last independent inquiry into "climategate" was published. Phil Jones has agreed to break a silence of five months as the CRU prepares to put its data and software online. New Scientist. Opinion, 29 July 2010.
Homeowners face £277 fuel-bill hike: Move towards 'green energy' will come at a price. Plans to tackle climate change will add £277 to annual household fuel bills unless consumers give their homes a ‘green makeover’, ministers warned yesterday. London Daily Mail, United Kingdom. 28 July 2010.
B.C.'s carbon tax is looking like a winner. In July 2008, B.C. embarked on an ambitious climate policy path; it brought in North America's first ever carbon tax shift. Two years later, it is possible to make a preliminary assessment of the tax. The result: B.C.'s policy experiment seems to be working. Ottawa Citizen, Ontario. 27 July 2010.
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