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Carbon-neutral Hydrogen on the Horizon

admin /29 November, 2007

University Park, Pennsylvania [RenewableEnergyAccess.com]

Hydrogen as an everyday, environmentally friendly fuel source may be closer than we think, say Penn State researchers.

"The energy focus is currently on ethanol as a fuel, but economical ethanol from cellulose is 10 years down the road," says Bruce E. Logan, the Kappe professor of environmental engineering. "First you need to break cellulose down to sugars and then bacteria can convert them to ethanol."

Logan and Shaoan Cheng, research associate, have recently demonstrated a method based on microbial fuel cells to convert cellulose and other biodegradable organic materials directly into hydrogen.

Victorian water wars escalate

admin /25 November, 2007

Activists opposing plans to pipe water from parched rural centres to Melbourne’s suburbs were advocating disrupting train and water services to Melbourne, and blockading highways and Labor MPs’ electorate offices as the state’s water debate became increasingly bitter. Instruction leaflets delivered: Leaflets with instructions on how to carry out these tactics had been distributed around Continue Reading →

Stormwater offers local water supply

admin /17 November, 2007

Water supplies from the Traveston Dam or desalination would be expensive, and stormwater capture was the only solution which could provide significant water for Brisbane at similar costs to current supplies.

Avoiding enviro impacts: "Urban stormwater runoff in southeast Queensland is some 500,000ML a year, and only 10 per cent of this would need to be captured each year to equal the prudent yield of the Traveston Dam," wrote Dr Peter Wylie, a researcher and consultant specialising in environmental issues, in The Courier Mail (3/11/2007, p.55). "Using stormwater has the potential to avoid the social and environmental impacts of dam-building, and leave water in the regions where it can produce millions of dollars worth of milk and vegetables … Several reports have highlighted stormwater’s potential. For example, a study by WBM Oceanics in 1999 found stormwater recycling was a viable option for Queensland and likely to be of significant environmental benefit through a reduction in pollutants going into creeks and Moreton Bay.

Greenpeace protesters invade power station

admin /17 November, 2007

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By Stephanie Wilson and Brooke Newstead

POWER station security is being questioned after Greenpeace activists easily broke into a supposedly secure complex yesterday – simply by cutting through a wire fence.

Despite a Delta Electricity spokeswoman claiming, "it isn’t easy to get into a power station", 15 anti-coal protesters managed to do just that at the Central Coast’s Munmorah Power Station shortly after 5am.

The seven men and eight women were arrested later, but not before forcing the station’s closure by padlocking themselves to the coal conveyor system and scrawling "Coal kills" on the roof in black paint.

They also hung a banner announcing "Climate change starts here".

Questioned by The Daily Telegraph after the group’s arrest, Greenpeace head of campaigns Stephen Campbell said they had "walked in off the street".

UN chief calls for Antarctic action

admin /9 November, 2007

By Juan Jose Lagorio in Antarctica

Article from: Reuters

WITH prehistoric Antarctic ice sheets melting beneath his feet, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for urgent political action to tackle global warming.

Antarctica has warmed faster than anywhere else on Earth in the last 50 years, making it a fitting destination for Ban, who has made climate change a priority since he took office earlier this year.

"I need a political answer. This is an emergency and for emergency situations we need emergency action," he said during yesterday’s visit to three scientific bases on the barren continent, where temperatures are their highest in about 1800 years.

Speed up solar power says MP

admin /9 November, 2007

Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, Victoria on 9 October 2007 Peter Crisp MLC said that the expansion of the gas network, particularly in country Victoria, would become ever more important because of the energy crisis into the future when demand would have to change from electricity to gas.

Responsibility for peak power very important: Crisp said: "Without something like VENCorp or some other body that can foresee and manage the demand in this area, someone will have to step up to the plate. What if we do not meet the peak power demands? Country customers who are at the end of long lines and have very few customers are the first to be switched off. Finally you end up with people standing on train and tram platforms. Peak power and having somebody responsible for it are extremely important.

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