Spring 2008 (YES! Magazine, Anna Fahey) – Last summer, Chinese President Hu Jintao toured the country in short sleeves to show that his countrymen could turn their air conditioners down. In China, conservation is “in.” Fashions do change.
Global warming denial is out of vogue. Unfortunately, though, the climate change do-nothing set is sporting a new [...]
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China Goes Climate Cool
Posted in Air Pollution, Carbon Credits, China, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Conservation, Emissions Reduction, Energy Efficiency, Hydro, Legislation, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Thermal, U.S., Wind on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Japanese government to draft plan to boost green businesses
Posted in Air Pollution, Carbon Credits, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Emissions Reduction, Japan, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Solar, Waste Management on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 11, 2008 (Yomiuri Shimbun) – The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry plans to expand the nation’s environment-focused business sector to about 83 trillion yen in 2015, from 59 trillion yen in 2005, sources said. In June, the ministry plans to draw up policies to achieve this target that will include proposals for popularizing environmentally [...]
6 Key steps to meet Singapore’s energy needs
Posted in Air Pollution, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Coal, Conservation, Emissions Reduction, Energy Efficiency, Hydro, LNG, Legislation, Oil, Renewable Energy, Singapore, Solar, Solar Thermal on February 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
February 10, 2008 (Lin Yanqin and Esther Fung) Spiralling oil prices, growing global demand for energy, limited and uncertain supplies from oil-producing countries, climate change from greenhouse gas emissions – these are the challenges faced by a Singapore dependent on imports for energy needs.But even if Singapore has to be a “price-taker” in meeting its [...]
China has made active response to climate challenge
Posted in Air Pollution, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Emissions Reduction, Energy Efficiency on December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
December 24, 2007 (United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, Khalid Malik) – In outgoing 2007, almost all important intergovernmental panels have so far focused their core topics for discussion on climate change, and this year will surely go down into the annuals of the world history as a crucial year.Internationally, a great deal of talks [...]
One of First Climate Change Workshops Held in China
Posted in Air Pollution, Carbon Credits, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Emissions Reduction, Energy Efficiency, GHG, Renewable Energy, Waste Management on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
September 17, 2007 (People.com.cn) – An international workshop, sponsored by China’s top think tank and the UN Environment Program, recently in Beijing highlighted the significance in the participation of businesses in dealing with climate change. This is one of the first high-profile events for Chinese enterprises on the issue of climate change.
There is a large [...]
CDM Changes to Benefit Efficient Coal Power Units (India)
Posted in Air Pollution, Carbon Credits, Coal, Emissions Reduction, India on September 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
September 17, 2007 (livemint.com) New Delhi: Indian power generation firms such as NTPC Ltd stand to benefit from a decision by the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Board to allow efficient coal-based power plants to benefit from the carbon trading scheme under the Kyoto Protocol.
In natural gas-starved India, coal is the preferred fuel for [...]
Navine Fluorine Launches Thermal Oxidizer Project in Surat
Posted in Air Pollution, Carbon Credits, Emissions Reduction, India on August 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Chennai, Aug. 2 (K.T. Jaganathan): Navin Fluorine International Limited (NFIL), an Arivind Mafatlal Group company, on Thursday, commissioned the clean development mechanism (CDM) project at its plant in Bhestan, Surat.
The CDM project was approved by the UNFCCC in March 2007 for generating 2.8 million tonnes of carbon emission reductions (CERs). The technology for the thermal [...]
