Greenpeace - Roma (Ita), 30 luglio - Inaugurata a Civitavecchia la centrale Enel di Torrevaldaliga Nord. E gli attivisti di Greenpeace nella notte hanno proiettato messaggi sulla centrale per ricordare che il carbone è la prima minaccia per il clima globale.

Questo impianto è uno schiaffo alle comunità locali che da anni contestano il progetto. Uno sfregio alla politica di riduzione delle emissioni di gas serra. Per soddisfare l’impegno di Kyoto, il Paese dovrebbe ridurre le emissioni di CO2 di circa 100 milioni di tonnellate entro il 2012, ma la sola centrale di Civitavecchia - avviata a gas, il carbone arriverà il prossimo autunno - ne emetterà oltre 10 milioni una volta a regime. Qui sotto la mappa dei veleni pubblicata dall’Espresso nel numero di venerdì 1 agosto con i 20 impianti più inquinanti in Italia nel 2007. 6 sono di proprietà dell’ENEL.

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Zero-emissions vehicle now on the roads of Southern California.

Torrance, CA, July 28 - American Honda Motor Co., Inc., today announced that Ron Yerxa and Annette Ballester took delivery of their hydrogen fuel cell-powered FCX Clarity on Friday, July 25, 2008 at Honda of Santa Monica, one of three dealerships in Southern California that are part of the first fuel cell vehicle dealership network. Yerxa and Ballester are the world’s first FCX Clarity customers and the first of approximately 200 customers who will lease the vehicle in the United States and Japan over the next three years, with the vast majority of vehicles being leased in Southern California. Continua a leggere questo articolo…

Project will restore a degraded forest to provide wildlife habitat and enable research and education on forest restoration practices.

Bangkok, July 25 - PATT (Plant A Tree Today) Foundation’s forest restoration project at a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Phetchaburi, Thailand, will undergo its first tree planting event. School children, monks, governmental officers, local villagers, PATT and wildlife centre staff will all get their hands dirty and help plant over 2,500 trees during the first of many planned planting events to be held at this site. Continua a leggere questo articolo…

EU ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) dominates with 70% of global carbon transactions, worth €30bn.

The global carbon market has generated almost as much money in the first half of this year as it did throughout the whole of 2007, according to Point Carbon, the leading provider of market intelligence, news, analysis, forecasting and advisory services for the energy and environmental markets. A total of 1.8 Gt CO2e was traded globally in the first half of this year, worth some €38bn ($59bn), compared to €40bn for all of 2007. The aggregate worth of transactions in the first half of this year is already a full 94 percent of the value for all transactions in 2007. This is due to several factors, notably a higher average carbon price of €20.61 per tonne CO2e, up from €13.36 over the same period last year. Healthy EUA and secondary CER volume growth has also contributed. Continua a leggere questo articolo…

Sebastopol, CA, July 25 - Post Carbon Institute has responded to Gore’s challenge by putting forward a new plan: 10 Steps in 10 Years for 100 Percent Renewable Power. The plan shows how we can make Gore’s vision a reality, with a keen understanding of the roles that energy depletion, the vulnerabilities of the supply chain, and the limits of technology all play.

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July 24, 2008 — Study finds a healthier diet and a return to traditional farming can help reduce energy consumption in US food system by 50 percent.

An estimated 19 percent of total energy used in the USA is taken up in the production and supply of food.  Currently, this mostly comes from non-renewable energy sources which are in short supply.  It is therefore of paramount importance that ways of reducing this significant fuel consumption in the US food system are found. Continua a leggere questo articolo…

APER e ANEV  apprezzano le dichiarazioni del Ministro Scajola a sostegno di un rinnovato sviluppo delle FER (Fonti Energetiche Rinnovabili) nel nostro Paese.

Roma, 24 luglio 2008 - APER e ANEV accolgono con estrema soddisfazione la posizione espressa questa mattina dal Ministro Scajola - in occasione della presentazione del rapporto 2007 del GSE  - sulla necessità di valorizzare ulteriormente il ruolo delle fonti rinnovabili nel mix energetico italiano presente e  futuro.

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Washington, D.C., July 17 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a report that discusses the potential impacts of climate change on human health, human welfare, and communities in the U.S. The report, entitled “Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems,” also identifies adaptation strategies to help respond to the challenges of a changing climate and identifies near- and long-term research goals for addressing data and knowledge gaps. Continua a leggere questo articolo…

SAS ha recentemente avviato un programma che consente di ridurre i consumi di carburante, grazie all’analisi delle condizioni atmosferiche. Nel mese di maggio il risparmio è stato di 28 tonnellate sulla tratta Copenaghen-Stoccolma.

Nel dipartimento SAS Flight Dispatch, i ricercatori studiano le soluzioni migliori per ottimizzare i consumi di carburante sulle rotte a breve raggio di SAS in Danimarca e Svezia. Continua a leggere questo articolo…

Assago (Milano) - Secondo una ricerca commissionata da Intel Corporation Italia a GFK-Eurisko gli italiani si dimostrano attenti ai consumi energetici, guardano con interesse alle fonti di energia alternative e sono influenzati dalle scelte delle aziende verso l’ambiente. Le aziende italiane sono sempre più orientate all’adozione di tecnologie che favoriscono il risparmio energetico. Continua a leggere questo articolo…

With the eco-world on overdrive, overall skepticism in companies’ corporate social responsibility initiatives is higher among LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) consumers, the portion of the population that is most interested in sustainability and the earliest adopters of sustainable products, than general population U.S. adults, according to research from the Natural Marketing Institute. Continua a leggere questo articolo…

Australian Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said power producers and households will be compensated for an emissions trading system starting in mid-2010, which will let markets decide the price of carbon, Bloomberg reports.

An Electricity Sector Adjustment Scheme and a Climate Action Fund will be established to assist businesses adapting to the new trading system. A proposed cent-for-cent cut in gasoline taxes to compensate drivers will cost the Fund around $1.7 billion annually. Continua a leggere questo articolo…