Voltimum.co.uk, a portal for the electrical industry tells how the 2007 World Day of Architecture, running on 1st of October with the UN World Habitat Day will be themed “transmitting zero CO2 emission architecture” which “aims to demonstrate architects’ ability to drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions through ecological design, construction and maintenance of buildings and [...]

Steel company Mittal have complained that the European carbon emissions caps will limit steel production. The company executives complain that Polish quotas have been cut, and that “it will not be easy to transfer quotas from one country to another”. Funny, I thought that was what a carbon emissions market did - enable [...]

Worms used to make compost, whether at home from biodegradable waste or commercially for large scale fertilizer production are responsible for creating threatening greenhouse gases, as reported at zeenews.com.
German scientists claim that nitrous oxide is produced in the digestion process of decomposing material in the worm’s gut, a gas that contributes to global warming 296 [...]

Japanese scientists have announced how the production of 1Kg of meat costs the environment more than “going for a three-hour drive while leaving all the lights on at home”, as revealed by the Guardian.
Most of the greenhouse gas emissions are emitted in the form of methane from belching cattle, but the meat production process also [...]

Carbon emissions from the shipping industry are reported to be about twice that of previous estimations, according to the FT, bringing it to 1.2bn tonnes per year. The aviation industry emits only about half of that.
“The report by DK Group, which is developing technology to make ships more efficient, found shipping’s emissions were much higher [...]