Amazongate: At last we reach the source
The IPCC’s attempts to hide the truth about its exaggerated claims on the deforestation of the Amazon have ended in defeat, says Christopher Booker.
Archive for July 15th, 2010
Climate Corps 2010: Inside the Energy Efficiency Cubicle
When he left the field of public accounting, Jeremy Dommu thought he’d also left behind the world of office cubicles. But he happily — and proudly — works in one as an EDF Climate Corps fellow as he helps PHH Arval search for energy efficiency opportunities.
More Power to Electronics Thanks to Nano-scale Wires
Today a long-standing electronic dream has become a reality thanks to research done by a team of scientists from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, supported by U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Producing superconducting nano-scale wires to facilitate faster and more powerful electronic devices has been the long-time ambition which had eluded achievement [...]
Tiger population ‘falls to lowest level since records began’
Tiger numbers are at lowest level since records began, with conservationists warning that the world has 12 years to save the species.
Aligning the CDP and GRI Guidelines
The Carbon Disclosure Project and Global Reporting Initiative are working together to harmonize their respective reporting guidelines, with plans for greater alignment on industry-specific sector questionnaires.
Why the arts should avoid BP’s toxic sponsorship
Check out the Rebrand BP competition entries on Flickr
What lies behind BP’s very public sponsorship of the arts, I wonder? Is it a selfless desire to spread a little cultural enlightenment down into the ranks of the great British public? Or could it be simply a cynical mechanism to distract attention from the company’s terrible [...]
‘Antimatter harvester’ may fuel future spacecraft
A NASA-backed institute awards 12 preliminary grants in an attempt to turn science fiction into fact
US mobilises for a biofuelled future
In a lab originally created for the Manhattan Project, scientists are hunting for an environmentally friendly source of ethanol
UK gearing up for nuclear revival
In a clear sign that the UK is set to bolster its nuclear power industry, a £6 million research programme is launched to investigate reactor designs