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 UK: Governments backing renewable energy
posted by on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 06:57 AM
gfoat writes "As oil prices rise and governments take action to reduce C02 emissions, we are at the beginning of a revolution, a shift towards electric vehicles. The E.U. has stipulated that 15% of the UK’s energy must come from renewable sources by 2020. A Dutch Minister, Maria van der Hoeven, supports the promotion and sales of electric vehicles for small companies and families living in big cities. In the next ten years she wants at least 75 % of cars to be electric powered or electric hybrid. The Dutch government has therefore requested industry to make progress in the development of electric cars, and it is expected that other countries will follow. For more info see Green Motorsport"
 
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UK: Our Message for World Environment Day!
posted by on Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 08:50 AM
gfoat writes "The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s World Environment Day message is “Mitigating climate change, eradicating poverty and promoting economic and political stability all demand the same solution: we must kick the carbon habit. This is the theme for World Environment Day 2008. “Kick the Habit: Towards a Low Carbon Economy”"
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Coalition call on US Senate to tackle climate change
posted by on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 08:42 AM
gfoat writes "A group of leading investors, including F&C, has called on the US Senate to enact strong federal legislation to curb the pollution causing global warming. In advance of the upcoming Senate debate on the Lieberman-Warner climate bill early next month, the group issued a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling for a national climate policy to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions by at least 60 to 90 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The request is similar to reductions that would be achieved under the Lieberman-Warner bill. "
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UK: Brands Hatch races go green!
posted by on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 07:26 AM
gfoat writes "Green MotorSport will be powering the largest electric slot racing track in the UK at the A1 GP Brands Hatch. (2-4th May 08) The system supplied for this coming weekend’s entertainment consists of a photovoltaic array coupled to a monstrous energy store of over 1000 ampere hours! Energy provided from the system will be 240 volts to enable the smooth running of the race computers, scoring system and of course the electric slot cars. Over the weekend adults and children taking part will be briefed about how the energy for the races is supplied and made from the Green MotorSport future energies mobile power station. "
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Earthrace eco-boat begins world record attempt
posted by on Monday, April 28, 2008 - 07:41 AM
gfoat writes "Earthrace, the world’s fastest, coolest and greenest powerboat kicked off its round-the-world race in an attempt to break the world record and promote the use of sustainable fuels. Earthrace is an incredible 78ft wave-piercing trimaran that runs exclusively on biodiesel, and has a net zero carbon footprint, making it one of the world’s most environmentally-friendly powerboats. Skipper Pete Bethune and his crew blasted off from the port of Sagunto, Spain on the 27th April 2008. Be sure to track the teams progress with the live marinetrack event viewer console."
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China: Top carbon polluter ?
posted by on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 09:22 AM
gfoat writes "Recent research suggests that current computer models substantially underestimate future emissions growth in China! The country's greenhouse gas emissions have been underestimated. Dr Max Auffhammer, the lead researcher, said his projections had been presented widely and no-one had raised a serious complaint. The Chinese and the UN insist that countries with high per capita levels of pollution must reduce emissions first, and help poorer countries to invest in low carbon technologies."
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Plug In America Needs Your Help. You Are Invited!
posted by on Friday, March 21, 2008 - 07:28 AM
gfoat writes "We want zero emission electric cars on the road, and we want them NOW! Help PIA inspire Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and CARB Chair Mary Nichols to do the right thing by clicking here. And get ready for a rousing Rally and Press Conference near the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Headquarters at the corner of I and 10th Streets in Sacramento on March 26th. Now is your chance to join the action before CARB votes on a proposal that could keep zero emission electric cars out of consumers' hands for decades. Raise your voice at the March 26 rally alongside Plug in America, Tesla Motors, former CIA Director James Woolsey, Rainforest Action Network and others. Please join us at 10:30 a.m. and bring your friends. No RSVP required."
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UK: CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE NEEDS REFOCUSING
posted by on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 11:36 AM
gfoat writes "There is a fundamental conflict between those who think that climate change can be resolved through technology alone and those who believe that more profound changes to our lifestyles and values are urgently needed, argues Dr Kate Rawles, a lecturer in Outdoor Studies at the University of Cumbria. Kate takes the latter view, arguing that first, while increases in energy efficiency and other technological innovations have an important role to play they cannot provide a comprehensive response, and second that some of the wilder technological proposals such as mirrors in space, or seeding clouds with sulphur particles, are downright alarming and bound to have unforeseen problematic consequences. "
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Carbon Countdown campaign
posted by on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 11:12 AM
gfoat writes "The Carbon Countdown international campaign focuses corporate support for C&C on the UNFCCC decision-making process throughout the current critical negotiations. The campaign displays the C&C logo and seeks the commitment of organisations carrying the logo to propagate the case for C&C by endorsing the C&C Declaration. The campaign’s essential message is that treating climate change as a global emergency is now long overdue and responding proportionately is vital; that it is imperative to go beyond the merely aspirational character of the current UNFCCC debate and focus on the rationale for solving the problem faster than we are creating it. Declaring for C&C demonstrates this. For more info on C&C"
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UK: Low Carbon Mobility, A Transport for the Future
posted by on Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 11:49 AM
gfoat writes "A report out by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is urging the Government to make people feel an excessive carbon foot-print is as shameful as drink-driving. The report encourages rail to be the lead ‘green’ transport of the future and is unique in that it is based on cross-modal and cost effective policies designed to deliver the government’s transportemissions targets."
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