carbon emissions reduction
By Joseph Baker on December 1, 2010
Tags: British Columbia, Canada, carbon emissions reduction, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, green building, greenhouse gas positive building, net zero building, sustainable building, UBC, UBC solar power, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, waste heat capture
By Nathanael Baker on March 5, 2010
Tags: British Columbia, Canada, carbon emissions reduction, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, green building, greenhouse gas positive building, net zero building, Professor John Robinson, sustainable building, UBC, UBC solar power, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, waste heat capture
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is constructing an outrageously sustainable building, which, when completed, will be "greenest" building in North America.
By Alison Pruitt on October 21, 2009
Tags: China, Japan, Russia, United States, USD, carbon emissions reduction, clean energy, climate chnage, Copenhagen Conference, greenhouse gas emissions, IEA, International Energy Agency, investment, Nobuo Tanaka, U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCC, World Energy Outlook 2009, energy, European Union, Nobuo Tanaka, United Nations
While the worldwide economic crisis has been bad for many environmental initiatives – as companies and consumers scale back their purchases of solar panels and wind turbines – it turns out to be a blessing in disguise for greenhouse gas emissions.
By Nathanael Baker on October 14, 2009
Tags: alternative fuels, biofuels, biomass, carbon emissions reduction, cellulosic biofuel, cellulosic ethanol, garbage-based biofuels, landfill, research, scientific report, second-generation biofuels
An international research team has shown that replacing gasoline with second-generation biofuels derived from processed waste could reduce global emissions by as much as 80%.
By Nathanael Baker on October 5, 2009
Tags: cap-and-trade program, carbon capture, carbon emissions reduction, carbon trade market, Eco Products Fund, forestry industry, forests. California, Sierrra Pacific Industries
Carbon trading might soon be arriving in the United States on a permanent basis.
By Nathanael Baker on September 11, 2009
Tags: biodiesel, biofuel, Canada, carbon emissions reduction, government grant, government mandate, greenhouse gas reduction, Manitoba
Manitoba is set to become the first province in Canada to mandate the use of biodiesel.
By Nathanael Baker on May 27, 2009
Tags: carbon emissions reduction, clean power, clean technology, Copenhagen Conference, Denmark, renewable energy, renewable power
Over 500 top executives from solar, wind, electric car, geothermal, and utilities companies have called for a binding agreement to cut carbon emissions to be made at the Copenhagen Conference in December.
