The Generator is founded on the simple premise that we should leave the world in better condition than we found it. The news items in this category outline the attempts people have made to do this. They are mainly concerned with our food supply and settlement patterns. The impact that the human race has on the planet.
I wish all readers a very Merry Xmas and a prosperous New Year. Giovanni asked if I would like to post the Generator early this year.I have been posting lists inside and outside the Greens for the lastfive years. I began posting on the 21.4.09 and have made over 800 postings andhave recerived well over Continue Reading →
Land grab in Mali forces local farmers off their land Ecologist 4th December, 2009 Local population evicted as Mali sells long-term leases on large tracts of agricultural land to Libyan company A Libyan agribusiness has bought the farming rights for 100,000 hectares of land in northern Mali. The deal is part of the Malian Continue Reading →
Unambitious emissions caps provide no incentive for businesses to cut CO2 output
Your article explaining how the global carbon market could be worth $3tn a year, but “enthusiasm to place it at the heart of the Copenhagen treaty is matched by growing criticism of the concept”, elucidated the issues of the expanding yet unproven policy of emissions trading (Fear that $3tn market of future benefits few, 30 November).
Having worked advising British industry on international climate change policies, I would concur with many of the points made about the flaws of market-based mechanisms.
Clamping down on logging in Brazil moves it to Paraguay Ecologist 20th November, 2009 Former Paraguayan government minister makes plea for West to intervene in runaway illegal logging situation displaced from Brazil Paraguay has called for urgent international assistance to cope with deforestation after 437,000 acres of the country’s forest have been destroyed in Continue Reading →
High winds over the weekend supplied 53% of Spain’s electricity – equivalent to the power output of 11 nuclear plants
Spanish windfarms set a new national record over the weekend, generating 53% of the country’s powerd. Photograph: Marco Cristofori/zefa/Corbis
Wind energy provided more than half of Spain’s total electricity needs for several hours over the weekend as the country set a new national record for wind-generated power.
With high winds gusting across much of the country, Spain’s huge network of windfarms jointly poured the equivalent of 11 nuclear power stations’ worth of electricity into the national grid.