Archive for April 23rd, 2009
Kyoto Not Working for the EU
Posted by jennifer, April 23rd, 2009 - under News, Opinion.
Tags: Carbon Trading
Comments: 1
The EU’s emissions trading scheme has so far failed to deliver any reductions in CO2 emissions while at the same time strangling energy-efficiency investment in the electricity sector. Read more here.
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Threats of Carbon Trade Wars
Posted by jennifer, April 23rd, 2009 - under News.
Comments: none
The Chinese government has warned that a proposed US border tax on carbon sensitive materials “smells of protectionism” and could spark retaliation from developing countries. Read more here.
Quiet Sun Shouldn’t Baffle Astronomers
Posted by jennifer, April 23rd, 2009 - under News, Opinion.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 44
THE Sun is the dimmest it has been for nearly a century. There are no sunspots, very few solar flares – and our nearest star is the quietest it has been for a very long time.
That’s according to a BBC report by Pallab Ghosh, which goes on to explain these observations are baffling astronomers … [...]
Defining the Greens (Part 4)
Posted by jennifer, April 23rd, 2009 - under Opinion.
Tags: Philosophy
Comments: 35
ALL Greens have a deep passionate desire to make sure we live well without doing serious damage to the environment, but apart from that are a motley lot impossible to accurately define.
This is one of the messages that have emerged from my series entitled ‘Defining the Greens’.
But I can’t agree.
In the 70s there was some [...]

