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Energy Secretary of the United Kingdom, Ed Milibrand, told the Financial Times on December 21st that the government would not ban new coal fired power stations if such a ban threatened the energy security of the island nation. The UK Climate Change Act 2008 commits the nation to a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gas Continue Reading →
Germany has passed the United States as the most attractive destination for investors in renewable energy according to an audit performed by Ernst and Young.
Figures released by the major accounting firm on December 23 show that the United Kingdom Climate Change Act 2008 has lifted that nation into the top five, tying with Spain. Globally, 1.5 billion US dollars were invested in clean power generation each quarter during 2008.
The collapse of the financial sector has seen a major slump in investment across the 25 countries monitored by Ernst and Young, but government policy is the major influence on the competitiveness of each nation.
An independent study carried out by Stanford University scientist, Mark Jacobsen, indicates that wind and concentrated solar energy are the most efficient forms of renewable energy, closely followed by geothermal energy and tidal power. The independent study ranked sources of energy according to their environmental impact. Jacobsen specifically highlighted his finding that biofuels not only generate similar amounts greenhouse gas and other pollution as fossil fuels and compromise food production but also draw investment away from clean sources of energy.
A grant last week from the European Union to Scottish scientists in Oban near Glasgow has alerted the mainstream media to the potential of marine algae, such as seaweed to supply large quantities of fuel oil. Algae can potentially return hundreds of times the volume of complex hydrocarbons as the same area of land growing Continue Reading →
Australia’s Great Barrier reef will almost certainly suffer a major bleaching event this summer according to the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The temperature stress analysis carried out by the agency on a regular basis shows major rises in sea temperature for the Coral Sea off north eastern Australia and for the Carribean. As well as causing extreme weather, the rise in acidity and hotter temperatures call permanent damage to coral. In 1998 more than ten percent of the Great Barrier Reef was permanently damaged in the first major bleaching event in living memory. Large stretches of the reef remain a white skeleton, reminding divers and tourists of the dramatic impact of global warming.
KEVIN Rudd has bookended his first two Christmases as Prime Minister by visiting Australian troops in Afghanistan and addressing the issue of homelessness. It’s part of his determination to meet his promises and the public’s expectations.