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Locals from the Mataura area talk about their fears from the massive ( billion tonne) lignite mining operation Solid Energy has in store for us all. These fears include loss of good productive farmland, pollution of the water, and health impacts .Lignite is a very low quality coal , one of the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Chemicals, Children and Families, Corporate Social Responsibility, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Pollution (1 comment)
Patent attorney Jonathan Lucas overviews five recent advances in technology that give reason for optimism when it comes to climate change. Is the atmosphere half full or half empty? Global warming is a gloomy subject. Not surprising, considering the disastrous consequences of anthropogenic impacts on the atmosphere predicted by many ... keep reading
Written by Jonathan Lucas in December 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Design, Innovation, Intellectual Property (1 comment)
The world is locking itself into an unsustainable energy future which would have far-reaching consequences, IEA warns in its latest World Energy Outlook.Without a bold change of policy direction, the world will lock itself into an insecure, inefficient and high-carbon energy system, the International Energy Agency warned . They say ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Fuel, Industry & Business, Infrastructure, Poverty & Development, Solar, Sustainability
Meeting the needs of a growing economy against a backdrop of finite resources and a more extreme, unpredictable climate will be one of the key challenges of the 21st century, says Ernst & Young. Climate Change is not just an environmental issue but a fundamental economic one.High stakes for business ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Corporate Citizenship, Economics, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Politics & Government
The United Nations Climate Change Conference that will take place in Durban in 28 Nov / 9 Dec 2011 will bring together representatives of all Parties as well as international organizations and civil society. With a comprehensive agenda that follows the Bali Action Plan agreed at COP 13 and includes the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development
Harmful carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels made their biggest ever annual jump in 2010, according to the US Department of Energy's latest world data released this week.China led the way with a spike of 212 million metric tons of carbon in 2010 over 2009, compared to 59 ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Climate Scepticism, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Lifestyle & Behavior
The earth moved in Washington, D.C., today, and it wasn't another freak East Coast earthquake. The Obama administration announced it would reevaluate the environmental review of the dirty Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. That means that, despite being backed by all the might and money of Big Oil ... keep reading
Written by Michael Brune, Sierra Club in November 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Carbon Sequestration, Chemicals, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population
Anger about the possibility of a massive "carbon bomb' known as Keystone XL which will bring oil from the extremely dirty Canadian tarsands all the way into the US across many environmentally sensitive areas is growing stronger. And protesters from many groups joined together Sunday in the US to ring ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Conservation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Farming, Fuel, Politics & Government, Pollution, Water
Want to start a new Christmas tree tradition without the pineneedles all through the house? Want to do something different this Christmas. Why chop down a pine tree to decorate, then leave it to die in a couple of weeks? Environmental charity Greenfleet wants you to think about starting a ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about carbon certification, Carbon Sequestration, Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Forestry
New Zealand wood panels are being used for reconstruction in Japan after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has today released forestry production and trade figures for the April to June 2011 quarter. The statistics show that roundwood removals reached an estimated ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in October 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Forestry, Industry & Business
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