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Water beats out Climate Change for EPA funds
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson testified on Tuesday before the members of the Environment and Public Works Committee regarding the proposed EPA FY 2010 Budget request. » Read more...
Japan has the worst GHG results: what does this mean for nuclear?
On 30 April, the Ministry of the Environment (MoE) announced the final data regarding the amount of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the 2007 fiscal year. » Read more...
Climate Changing Tourism: France’s Future
The French Ministry of Economy’s Tourism Department has released a report on climate change that warns against significant losses to France’s buzzing tourist industry. » Read more...
100 Days and Counting: U.S. Climate Policy under Obama
Under the Bush administration, greenhouse-gas emission legislation was considered excessive regulation that could prove harmful to U.S. businesses. » Read more...
The Struggle for North America's Energy Future: California and Alberta
California, the US’s most populous and wealthy state and Alberta, a far less populous but nonetheless vital part of Canada’s economy sparred this week, as California seeks to push forward ever bolder Climate Change initiatives. » Read more...
Discussing the Waxman-Markey Clean Energy and Security Act
During the past week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on the draft legislation of 'American Clean Energy and Security Act 2009'. » Read more...
Quebec: Green & Economics
Earlier in my writing on Climate Change politics in Canada, I was struck by the sharp disconnect between Climate Change politics at a federal level (see Derek's article for example on Canada's Tar Sands) compared with its movement at a state level. » Read more...
A Sustainable Path to a low carbon economy
The UK’s Sustianable Development Commission has argued for a (different) financial model, which would strive for sustainability rather than economic growth to lead us to a low carbon economy, in a report published last week. » Read more...
“Carbon Bonds” – could they finance our way to a low carbon economy?
The G20 has just been and gone, but another London summit last month saw Prime Minister Gordon Brown, business secretary Lord Mandelson and climate change secretary Ed Miliband, talk of the danger that Britain would get left behind in the "global race" towards a low-carbon economy. » Read more...
A Scrappage Scheme designed to boost the transport sector
The transport sector once again takes centre stage, as the European Environment Agency criticizes the green credentials of motor vehicles, freight transport and rail networks. » Read more...
The G20 Summit - A Day in Review
As expected, the global economy took center stage at the G20 Summit held yesterday in London. » Read more...
G20 Live Blog
The Climatico Team will be providing a live-blog service on the climate change aspects of the G20 Summit and surrounding events in London, United Kingdom. » Read more...
Scotland powers ahead with ambitious Renewable Energy targets
Scottish ministers are aiming for 50% of electricity demand to be met by renewable energy by the year 2020, with an interim target of 31% by 2011, and recent reports suggests that they are running ahead of schedule. » Read more...
France’s Grenelle Environment: Greater than the sum of its parts?
As the G20 and UNFCCC meetings draw closer, France’s Green Plan (le Grenelle Environment Round Table) and a couple recent additions are worth a quick review. » Read more...
Prioritising renewable energy
Renewable energy has been in the Indian news a lot lately. » Read more...
Capitalising on the green revolution – renewable energy in South Africa
It is an imperative for South Africa to invest in renewable energy, a solution that could be both cost effective and necessary if the government is sincere in its efforts to abate climate change. The target at present is 15% of electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020, however this target has thus far been addressed by meagre investment commitments. » Read more...
Increasing number of Americans believe that global warming is exaggerated
According to a recent Gallup Poll, an increasing number of Americans believe that the threat of global warming is exaggerated. » Read more...
Hubble Bubble, food shortages bring trouble: A climate change ‘storm’ is looming for 2030!
The government’s chief scientific adviser, Professor John Beddington has warned that: “The UK is heading for a "perfect storm" of food shortages, scarce water and insufficient energy resources…this will threaten to unleash public unrest, cross-border conflicts and mass migration as people flee from the worst-affected regions.” The issue of food and energy security rose high on the political agenda last year during a spike in oil and commodity prices. » Read more...
Ontario poised to leap into an uncertain Green Energy future
Everyone has groaned in this recession, and with good reason, but on the political front environmentalists groaned a little harder. » Read more...
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Hamburg: Taking the power back
Fabian Teichmueller, 19th May 09
Seven years ago, Hamburg sold its municipal energy provider to the Swedish utility Vattenfall. » Read more...
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