Archive for the 'Events' Category

100-day carbon cleanup

12th 2006f June, 2006, Peter

The UK’s Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) is running a 100 day carbon-cleanup campaign, and 400 companies are participating.  One company, Fulcrum Consulting, is keeping a diary of the experience for the BBC.
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Balmy Arctic

1st 2006f June, 2006, Peter

The BBC reports that the Arctic region was once a tropical paradise, with water at temperatures between 18 and 24 degrees celcius.  This was about 55 million years ago.

Carbon capture web-cast

31st 2006f May, 2006, Peter

Fellow bloggers, Climate Change Action, have a link to a web-cast on carbon capture and storage, organized by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
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EC 2005 ETS data released

15th 2006f May, 2006, Peter

The EC today released officially the 2005 CO2 emissions data and compliance status of the organizations covered by the Emissions Trading Scheme, available from here.
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Britain out of gas

14th 2006f March, 2006, Peter

According to today’s Guardian:
“The National Grid, responsible for running Britain’s gas and electricity pipes and wires, yesterday issued an unprecedented warning that the country was in danger of not having enough gas to meet demand.
It issued its first-ever “gas balancing alert” to the market, telling traders that gas demand might have to be reduced, initially [...]