Contributor ReportsMajor cities at risk from rising sea level threat
Source: Times Online
Berlin :: Germany | updated Tue Dec 01 03:56:49 -0800 2009 | green-news
This was based on a “business as usual” approach by governments that allowed temperatures to rise by 4 degrees...Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets would contribute to total sea-level rises. One of the world’s leading experts on climate science has called...
German campaign to protect Malaysian rhino from extinction
Source: The Star
Berlin :: Germany | updated Mon Nov 16 19:37:33 -0800 2009 | green-news
Sabah's pigmy rhinoceros is becoming something of a mascot for Malaysia's tropical forest in Germany, given the intense interest in saving the highly endangered species from extinction and with it the tropical forest. Various animal lovers' associations as well conservation...
Response: Carbon trading is not enough to tackle climate change
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Berlin :: Germany | updated Wed Dec 02 17:06:22 -0800 2009 | green-news
Carbon trading is not enough to tackle climate change Unambitious emissions caps provide no incentive for businesses to cut CO 2 output Your article explaining how the global carbon market could be worth $3tn a year, but "enthusiasm to place...
Cost of installing and owning solar panels all set to fall
Source: Sify News
Berlin :: Germany | updated Wed Dec 02 02:04:09 -0800 2009 | green-news
A new research has indicated that the cost of installing and owning solar panels will fall even faster than expected. According to BBC News, the independent EU Energy Institute has said that tests show that 90 percent of existing solar...
The world four degrees hotter? An unwelcome idea!
Source: Zee News
Berlin :: Germany | updated Tue Dec 01 22:36:41 -0800 2009 | green-news
Updated on Wednesday, December 02, 2009, 10:56 IST Paris: If Earth heats by four degrees Celsius -- some seven degrees Fahrenheit -- the planet we call home would become a very unwelcoming place. Even as some world leaders tamp down...
Changing course on the environment, climate change and clean energy ...
Source: Embassy
Berlin :: Germany | updated Tue Dec 01 21:09:44 -0800 2009 | green-news
This year, China alone announced $250 billion in clean energy investment. Germany has already created more than 250,000 clean energy.
Aussie Googler hits the world stage for climate change
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Berlin :: Germany | updated Tue Dec 01 17:35:53 -0800 2009 | green-news
Google Australia's "innovationist", Justin Baird, developed the Show Your Vote platform after meeting US environmental campaigner Al Gore earlier this year and helping develop the web presence of the highly successful Earth Hour campaign...COP15 is name given to the 15th...
German biodiesel firms say US imports escape duty
Source: International Business Times
Berlin :: Germany | updated Mon Nov 30 11:32:46 -0800 2009 | green-news
Germany's biodiesel industry, Europe's largest, is suffering from cheap U.S. European Union import duties, industry leaders said on Monday. The EU in May imposed anti-subsidy duties on imports of biodiesel and fossil diesel/biofuel blends with more than 20 percent biodiesel...
We must do to oil what was done to salt a century ago
Source: The Age
Berlin :: Germany | updated Mon Nov 30 05:19:14 -0800 2009 | green-news
Today's huge global energy problems in no small measure reflect the essentially 19th-century business plans that three of the world's largest industries still pursue. Electric utilities still largely burn fossil fuels and sell the power to homes and businesses.
LED Bulbs Save Substantial Energy, a Study Finds
Source: The New York Times
Berlin :: Germany | updated Sun Nov 29 18:24:25 -0800 2009 | green-news
Does the latest generation of energy-saving light bulbs save energy? A comprehensive study conducted by Osram, the German lighting company, provides evidence that they do. While that may seem self-evident, until the release of the report on Monday the answer...
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