The worldwide steel industry is finally about to be monitored over its emissions, according to the FT. Within 2 years, the International Iron ans Steel Institute (IISI) expects to have a clear picture of which plants around the world are making good progress with limiting their emissions. With that information, they hope that the right [...]
Recent studies are inclined to suggest that global warming is happening at a faster rate than ever previously stipulated. According to an article in the Guardian, the polar caps are melting much faster than had been calculated. The carbon cycle, summarised by how CO2 is swapped between the air, land and seas has been proved [...]
The EU was due to put forth proposals to cut CO2 emissions by 20% and use renewable energy to replace 20% of its energy by 2020 on December 5th in Bali. They have postponed the announcement of these plans till the new year after disagreements over the commission’s new targets and plans for car manufacturers’ [...]
A revolutionary alternative to mini wind powered generators has been introduced in this year’s Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Conference. Ecogeek.org has reported on the “wind belt”, which works differently to conventional turbine wind-powered generator. Instead of a turbine, the new approach consists of a birdge made out of a taut kite fabric which vibrates in the [...]
The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former US Vice-President Al Gore “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”.
Source: nobelprize.org
“Al Gore has for [...]
