Archive for October 1st, 2008

California Law Will Reduce Climate Pollution Through Better Transportation and Land Use

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (September 30, 2008) – California’s historic endeavor to solve global warming got a major boost today when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a landmark law to reduce vehicle pollution through better transportation and land use planning, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV). The conservation groups, [...]

Donors pledge $6.1 billion to climate change funds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Industrialized countries pledged more than $6.1 billion on Friday to international investment funds aimed at helping developing countries adopt cleaner technologies and mitigate growth in greenhouse gas emissions, the World Bank said.

Rich Nations’ Greenhouse Gases Fell in 2006 – Survey

OSLO – Rich nations’ greenhouse gas emissions dipped for the first time in five years in 2006, easing 0.1 percent despite robust economic growth, a Reuters survey of the latest available information showed on Friday.

Salmon caught by fisherman in Scotland over 90,000 for 2007

More than 90,000 salmon were caught by anglers in Scotland in 2007, the latest figures have revealed.

Councils tackle carbon emissions

Statistics which map how and where the CO2 is being produced in the UK have been published by Government.

Opening up the Greenpeace photo library

I’ve mentioned before about how I love wandering through the Greenpeace photo library (it’s on a big server, so any wandering is purely figurative) – there’s always just one more enticing folder to explore. And it’s hardly surprising, when our campaign work takes photographers to some stunning locations and places them at the heart of [...]

The Climate Rush is coming to suffragette city

While the preservation of civil liberties is an ongoing struggle (the government’s ID database plan is one I think is definitely worth challenging), we’ve still come a long way in the last 100 years.

Back then in the days of empire, Britain might have straddled the world but women had no voting rights and it was [...]

End of a short-haul era?

Greenpeace volunteers at Newquay airport in March 2007

You might remember that, 18 months ago, we set up ticket exchanges at airports across the country, and called on British Airways to show genuine leadership instead of launching new, unnecessary short haul routes that just add to the huge threat to our climate caused by runaway aviation [...]

Exfoliation produces lighter, cheaper solar cells

A new process of creating ultra-thin photovoltaic cells has been developed by US researchers – the new cells also have a higher electrical output

How to kick the oil habit

Oil is more expensive than it’s ever been, and consumers in the US are starting to feel the burden. has a radical short-term solution

 

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