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Rio+20 Negotiations to Energize Sustainable Development Agenda Set to Resume Following Earth Day Celebrations

1 May 2012

Research Show Particle Pollution Cools Earth Surface Regionally

Over the days, it is has been known that greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide warm the surface of the earth. However, a new study has demonstrated that particulate pollution amplified the cooling effect at the surface.

30 Apr 2012

Blue Star Gas Presents Alt Fuel Options for Fleets at GoGreen Conference

26 Apr 2012

IEA Urges Governments to Seize the Opportunity to Accelerate Clean Energy Deployment

26 Apr 2012

Weltec Biopower Begin Construction of Biogas Plant in France

In early 2012, WELTEC BIOPOWER started building a 526-kW biogas plant in Saint-Nicolas-du-Tertre, Brittany,about 60 miles northwest of Nantes. The plant is equipped with a fermenter of 3,052 cubic metres and separator, solid matter dosing feeder, two storage tanks, digestate storage unit, pump station, control, and drying.

24 Apr 2012

Reduced Meat Consumption Can Bring Down Nitrous Oxide Emissions

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has adopted four scenarios, termed as representative concentration pathways (RCPs), to reduce green house gases. One of the four scenarios is to reduce an important green house gas, nitrous oxide (N2O) in the environment.

17 Apr 2012

Saline Aquifers Can Store Century’s Worth of Fossil Fuel Emissions

Researchers at MIT have revealed that the United States has sufficient capacity to store fossil fuel emissions for a century in its deep saline aquifers. Carbon dioxide emissions are released from powerplants that use coal as fuel.

22 Mar 2012

AHO Architectural Students Work to Solve Challenges in Climate Change

At the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), the architectural students met Svein Richard Brandtzæg, CEO of Hydro. He stated that the company is delighted to see numerous talented students, working to find solutions for one of the main challenges in climatic change, energy waste in buildings.

7 Mar 2012

Injecting Sulfate Particles into the Stratosphere Won't Save Us from Climate Change

New University of Washington research demonstrates that injecting sulfate particles into the stratosphere, would likely achieve only part of the desired effect in combatting climate change, and could carry serious, if unintended, consequences.

25 Jan 2012

Element Markets Helps Chevrolet to Meet CO2 Reduction Goals

Element Markets, LLC, a leading producer and marketer of biogas and environmental commodities, is helping Chevrolet meet its CO2 reduction goals while assisting Basin Electric Power Cooperative in funding its clean energy projects.

25 Jan 2012