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US Energy Use Is Dropping and Shifting to Renewables
Aug. 24, 2010 — Analysts at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore Labs have run the numbers on the US energy use in 2009, and come up with similar results to those obtained when examining the country’s carbon emissions: energy use is dropping at a pace that is faster than would be expected based on the slowing economy alone. Even better, the growth in renewable energy, coupled with increased use of natural gas, is displacing significant amounts of coal. <<Read more>>
Poland’s power plans worry environmentalists
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Poland’s plans to give away tens of millions of carbon emissions permits to new power stations are drawing criticism from environmentalists, but the European Union’s climate chief says she is not worried.
Local Warming: Helsingin Energia Uses CHP to Heat a City
Power plant operators, especially those located in countries with enforceable carbon emissions standards, are concerned about their CO2 emissions. But for Helsingin Energia—which provides power, heating, and cooling for Helsinki, Finland’s 300,000 residents—the main concern is local warming, not global warming. In Helsinki, temperatures on midsummer afternoons only reach an average 21C, and for half the year daytime temperatures are below 10C….
pounds 300 hit on energy bills ; CLIMATE – Daily Mirror (London, UK)
ENERGY bills may leap pounds 300-a-year if Britain is to meet its climate change targets. Energy Secretary Chris Huhne yesterday outlined plans to cut carbon emissions by 80% in the next 40 years. The plans, which include smart meters in all homes and more investment in renewable energy, would
Energy plans will ‘reduce UK’s reliance on fossil fuels’ – The Independent (London, UK)
MOVES TO boost investment in renewable energy and nuclear power stations were set out by the coalition Government yesterday as it promised to reduce Britain’s dependency on fossil fuels and cut carbon emissions. Chris Huhne, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, pledged the “lights are not
Community group hopes organic market will take root in Porty – Evening News (Edinburgh, Uk)
EDINBURGH is set to get another outdoor market with plans for a new
monthly organic event in Portobello. Environmental community group PEDAL (Portobello Energy Descent and Land
Reform) is to begin staging the events in a bid to both boost local trade and
cut the area’s carbon emissions. The
Utilities, Signaling Support for Carbon Caps, Want ‘Relief’ on Other Air Pollutants
July 15, 2010 — Utilities are willing to accept Senate plans to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants, but the industry needs concessions on other air pollutants to avoid rate spikes, a chief negotiator with the industry’s leading trade group said yesterday. <<Full story>>
Senators craft scaled-back climate bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate’s two biggest backers of climate change legislation have scaled back ambitions for a broad attack on greenhouse gases with a new draft bill focusing on cutting pollution from electric power utilities.
Sustainable Home Refurbishment
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Turbine plan for farm use – Hull Daily Mail (Hull, Uk)
EAST YORKS: Farmers have been given the go-ahead for a green energy
project which should almost completely offset the farm’s carbon emissions. Plans for a wind turbine at The Beeches in Skerne, near Driffield, were
approved by East Riding Council. The turbine will generate electricity for the
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