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NSW Government Should Aim for Climate Policy-Free Zone

Total Environment Centre, a campaign centre for environment protection, has stated that the NSW government must re-establish the greenhouse gas abatement scheme (GGAS), if the carbon rate is terminated through Tony Abbott government or through the legal action of the NSW government. Even other state governments that discard climate change policies for the same reason must come clean.

12 Apr 2012

Study Shows Bioenergy Cultivation Expansion will not Harm Wildlife

Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig have created a computational method to study the impact of high energy crop cultivation on birds living in the farmland.

5 Apr 2012

Research Indicates Temperate Freshwater Wetlands Counter GreenHouse Gas Emissions

A recent study published by researchers at Ohio State University’s School of Environment and Natural Resources has concluded that all the wetlands located in temperate regions hold value to the ecology as carbon sinks.

31 Jan 2012

Joliet Junior College Saves Energy Costs with LED Flat Panel Lighting Products

Joliet Junior College, a comprehensive public community college serving over 35,000 students, has installed energy efficient LED lighting products on its campus.

17 Jan 2012

Green Mountain Power Allocates Over 2,700 Acres in Northeast Kingdom

Green Mountain Power has declared its decision to conserve over 2,700 acres of land area located in the Northeast Kingdom, as part of its Kingdom Community Wind Project based in Lowell Mountain.

4 Jan 2012

Use of Green Facades for Buildings Can Help in Energy Savings

A research programme conducted by Gabriel Perez in partnership with Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech (UCP) and the University of Lleida (UdL) has established that using green facades in buildings could result in substantial energy savings.

29 Nov 2011

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biofuels Costing the Earth

The University of Leicester conducted a study into greenhouse gas emissions emitted from oil palm plantations for the International Council on Clean Transportation. The study assessed the greenhouse gas emissions related to the production of biodiesel.

7 Nov 2011

Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge Invites Submissions to Improve Access to Safe Water

Reed Elsevier has declared the launch of ‘the Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge’ inviting entries of novel concepts to assure an improved level of sanitation and safe water for implementing in communities where access to such facilities poses a danger.

2 Nov 2011

cTrap, Professor Lennart Larsson’s Invention Prevents Unsafe Discharges Indoors

The innovative invention of Professor Lennart Larsson, who is employed at the Lund University’s Department of Laboratory Medicine, has received the first prize of SEK 150 000 for his invention cTrap, an elastic type of covering, which when installed directly over water-damaged surfaces prevents unsafe discharges indoors.

2 Nov 2011

Centre for Environmental Risks and Futures Established at Cranfield University

Our environment is changing - global warming, population growth and lifestyle changes will all impact the future of the environment. In a bid to better understand and anticipate plausible futures and associated environmental impacts, Defra and ten partners from across UK government have invested £1.8million in a new Centre for Environmental Risks and Futures (CERF) at Cranfield University.

27 Oct 2011