Global IssuesClimate Change: The Danish Example
Friday, November 20, 2009
Whether a new internationally binding treaty to reduce greenhouse gases and forestall climate change will be signed next month remains to be seen. What is clear though, is that if there is a place in the world that deserves to be the stage where this treaty ought to be signed, it is the Danish capital of Copenhagen.
Energy-Tanzania: Charcoal A Dirty Trade-Off
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop.
Energy: Clean, Green Goo to Power Engines
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Stephen Mayfield, the recently appointed director of the University of California at San Diego's Algae Biotechnology lab, is taking on a Texas-sized challenge - giving birth to a nascent alternative energy industry.
Afghanistan: Black & Veatch's White Elephant in Kabul
Thursday, November 19, 2009
In a secluded valley a few miles from Kabul's international airport, Caterpillar turbines custom-built in Germany and giant transformers flown in from Mexico hum away at a brand-new power plant.
Energy-Denmark: Samsø Island, Beyond Fantasy
Sunday, November 15, 2009
On the Danish island of Samsø, a model of energy self-sufficiency, even cow's milk helps reduce emissions of climate changing gases.
Economy-US: 'Green' Jobs Should Be Black and Brown Too
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Barack Obama administration's drive to promote a 'green' economy is not working in the interest of poor people in the United States, especially those who belong to minority communities, according to a new study by a leading think tank.
Climate Change: Africa Told 'Stop Playing the Victim'
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Critics of carbon trading, a strategy meant to combat global warming, say the buying and selling of carbon credits is being exploited.
Energy-Spain: Windfall for the Grid
Monday, November 09, 2009
Wind energy notched up a new record in Spain on Sunday, when it generated 53 percent of total electricity demand nationwide for part of the day, according to official figures announced Monday.
Climate Change-US: Too Little, Too Late for Copenhagen?
Friday, November 06, 2009
The momentum that U.S. climate change legislation has picked up in recent weeks will not be enough to get it through prior to the Copenhagen climate talks that kick off Dec. 7. It has also come at a steep price for those most committed to seeing such legislation pass.
Mideast: Israelis Show the Light to Palestinian Herders
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Hundreds of impoverished Palestinian herders and farmers living in caves and tents in a remote area of the Palestinian West Bank have been provided free electricity due to the ingenuity of two Israeli physicists.
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