The Year in Energy and Climate Policy
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Clean Skies News does a video wrap-up of the year in energy and environmental policy in the United States.
author By GREEN INC., source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Biomass Briquette Plant Opens in Cambodia
Thursday, January 7th, 2010The country’s first factory producing fuel briquettes from biomass opened last month.
author By SIMON MARKS, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Environmental Refugees Unable to Return Home
Thursday, January 7th, 2010The prospect of worsening climate conditions suggests that millions more people in the developing world could be on the move because of disasters.
author By JOANNA KAKISSIS, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
On Our Radar…
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Fast-tracking solar development on federal lands, fake fireplace logs and other energy and environment news from around the Web.
author By GREEN INC., source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
The Shrinking American Car Fleet
Thursday, January 7th, 2010The auto fleet in the United States shrank by roughly 2 percent according to a new report — the first decline since World War II.
author By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Carbon Market Grew as Prices Fell in 2009
Thursday, January 7th, 2010The global carbon market grew last year, although its total value remained unchanged as carbon prices dropped.
author By JAD MOUAWAD, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Accelerating Carbon Sequestration in Alberta
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009An Alberta energy council is proposing that carbon dioxide captured from large industrial operations could be pumped into dozens of semi-depleted oil fields, with an eye to extracting billions of dollars of uneconomic crude from conventional Alberta reserves.
author By John Lorinc, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
China, United States Pledge Climate Teamwork
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009China and the United States close in on climate cooperation.
author By Andrew C. Revkin, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Boulder Considers Carbon Tax Increase
Saturday, March 14th, 2009To meet emissions-reductions targets, the first city in the United States to introduce a carbon tax may have to raise it.
author By Kate Galbraith, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Shipping Carbon Dioxide to Sea for Burial
Saturday, March 14th, 2009A Danish shipping and oil company is exploring ways of delivering captured carbon dioxide directly to burial sites using specially designed sea vessels, initially in the area of the North Sea.
author By James Kanter, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Obama Vows Support for Renewables - and a Carbon Cap
Monday, March 2nd, 2009President Barack Obama identified energy as one of the “three areas that are absolutely critical to our economic future.”
author By Kate Galbraith, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Obama’s Budget Presumes Revenue From a Carbon Market
Monday, March 2nd, 2009The President’s budget projections include revenue from an as-yet-nonexistent carbon cap-and-trade system.
author By Kate Galbraith, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
The Coen Brothers Do Clean Coal
Monday, March 2nd, 2009The brothers behind “The Big Lebowski” lend a hand to tweak the nose of clean coal.
author By Tom Zeller Jr., source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Discount Shopping for Carbon Credits
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Some countries are seeking to expand imports of credits from developing countries to help offset their emissions. But many environmentalists condemn the move, saying it will reduce incentives at home to fund energy efficiency, public transportation and cleaner energy systems.
author By James Kanter, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Breaking: California Adopts Nation’s Most Comprehensive Global Warming Plan
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008The California Air Resources Board voted unanimously to adopt the nation’s most comprehensive global warming plan, outlining for the first time how individuals and businesses would meet a landmark 2006 law that made the state a leader on global climate change.
author By The New York Times, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
European Leaders Agree on Weakened Plan to Reduce Emissions
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008European Union leaders on Friday morning were on the verge of presenting a dramatically weakened plan to reduce emissions.
author By James Kanter and Stephen Castle, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Debate: The Ripple Effects of Biofuels
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008The debate rages on over land use changes and the development of biofuels.
author By Tom Zeller Jr. and Kate Galbraith, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Goldman Sachs Buys Into Carbon Offsets
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Goldman Sachs has recently bought pieces of two carbon-offset companies, in the latest sign of investment banks’ interest in the area.
author By Kate Galbraith, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Pickens Delays His Wind Farm Plan
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008The credit crunch and the drop in natural gas prices has forced the former oil man to delay his wind power ambitions.
author By Kate Galbraith, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Facing New European CO2 Rules, Airlines Promise Higher Fares
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Becoming impatient with international bodies, the European Union passes its own rules on aviation and CO2 emissions. Airlines, needless to say, are not happy.
author By James Kanter, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com