While the existing "New Source Review" regulations and the Clear Skies proposal both call for reducing emissions of mercury, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, the difference lies in implementation. The current system relies on public advocates to engage utilities in lengthy legal battles to reduce emissions. Meanwhile, Clear Skies calls for the institution of a [...]
In his testimony, Nadel emphasized two major points: * Energy efficiency policy action is the best way to bring down natural gas prices over the next five years. Recent ACEEE analysis, using the same computer models employed by the National Petroleum Council, showed that reducing natural gas and electricity by 4-5% over the next five [...]
"This GMO shipment should never have been sent to Europe, and we call on the French public to go to the port in Lorient on Friday to take part in a peaceful protest against GE soy entering the French food chain," says Arnaud Apoteker. "Millions of tons of GE soy are imported each year to [...]
Tetra Pak is picking up after itself, as it were, by recycling waste from its own packaging materials. The revolutionary cartons produced by packaging giant Tetra Pak were used as containers fo? a broad range of products such as milk, juice, tomato sauce, and wine, and have now been converted into tables, chairs, trays, and [...]
The proposed Subpart I was contained in a larger rulemaking first published in April 2002 that was intended to make NRC regulations on the transportation of radioactive materials compatible with international standards set by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). That rule was issued as a final rule in January 2004 (and became effective Oct. [...]
Researchers from the St?nford Center for Conservation Biology took into account all 9,787 living and 129 extinct bird species and examined current conservation efforts. Then they fed the enormous data into their computers along with bird distribution data, ecological functions of birds and their life histories. Then they extrapolated the results via the computer to [...]
Yesterday the United States agreed to participate in a seminar to be held in 2005 with an aim to discuss emissions and their controls combined with climate change generally. This has been a global effort and it is a positive step forward albeit a small one in bringing the US back to the table and [...]
Fossil fuels to power our favourite form of transport, the automobile will soon be a thing of the past ac?ording to Vice President of research and development at G.M, Larry Burns, who claims that although currently prohibitively expensive, by 2010, hydrogen powered cars could be in mass production. G.M. is hoping to have a driveable [...]
If you are interested as an investor, a potential buyer or user of wind power and other renewable energy sources and keen to see development in this sector, keep an eye on these conferences and seminars for the latest information and progress. January 2005 USA 5th Annual HARVESTING CLEAN ENERGY Conference, January 20-21 2005, Heritage [...]
Fifty thousand ships and 14.5 million tourists visit the region every year. Other concerns center on the rising tide of household and industrial wastes contaminating the land, underground freshwater supplies and coastal waters. For example, only 13 per cent of the population of Saint Lucia is connected to the sewage system. Dwindling quantities of freshwater [...]
