14.01.2010
India Plans $16 Billion Energy-Saving Credit Market
India, the world’s fourth-largest polluter, plans to start a market to trade energy-saving credits that may reach 740 billion rupees ($16 billion) in five years as it seeks to curb emissions that cause global warming. |
14.01.2010
Un scut solar ar putea bloca incalzirea globala
O serie de masuri urgente de stopare a schimbarilor climatice, printre care si construirea unui "scut solar", vor fi discutate in cadrul unei conferinte despre geo-inginerie, ce va avea lor in martie in California, transmite The Telegraph. |
13.01.2010
Emisiile din SUA vor creste in urmatorii doi ani
Nivelul emisiilor de carbon generate de combustibili fosili, precum carbuni si petrol, va creste in urmatorii doi ani pentru ca economia sa-si poata reveni. Acest lucru va face din obiectivul administratiei Obama, de a reduce cantitatea de emisii pana in anul 2020, o sarcina dificil de indeplinit, au anuntat reprezentantii departamentului energetic din guvernul american, informeaza Reuters. |
13.01.2010
U.S. envoy optimistic Senate will pass climate bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. climate negotiator said he hopes the U.S. Senate will pass a global warming bill in the first half of the year, but the country will have to work on alternatives if the legislation fails. |
13.01.2010
Gore Urges Senate to Defend EPA’s Power to Limit Greenhouse Gas
Former Vice President Al Gore joined a dozen Senate Democrats in opposing a Republican effort to block the Environmental Protection Agency from placing limits on greenhouse-gas emissions. The Republicans may soon try to “strip” the EPA of “its ability to regulate most carbon pollution, letting the worst polluters off the hook,” Gore, who won an Oscar and a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to publicize global warming, said yesterday in an e-mail to supporters. |
13.01.2010
‘US-Japan ties is essential pillar of Asia-Pacific security’
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said that the relationship between the United States and Japan is not only testament to America’s engagement in the region but is also an essential pillar of the Asia-Pacific security architecture. |
12.01.2010
Urmatorii 40 de ani, cruciali pentru mediu
Oficialii guvernamentali ar trebui sa faca tot posibilul pentru a reduce emisiile de gaze cu efect de sera in cursul urmatorilor 40 de ani, pentru a evita inrautatirea iremediabila a conditiilor climatice pe termen lung, se arata intr-un studiu publicat luni si citat de AFP, informeaza Mediafax. |
12.01.2010
Casa Alba spera intr-un acord post Copenhaga
In primul comunicat emis de catre administratia Obama in noul an, Carol Browner, consilierul prezidential pe tema mediului si schimbarilor climatice, adminte faptul ca summit-ul de la Copenhaga nu s-a ridicat la nivelul asteptarilor. Cei care au fost prezenti la summit au sperat ca acesta se va finaliza cu un acord viabil, sau macar cu o intelegere operationala, insa nu au obtinut nimic, informeaza The Guardian. |
12.01.2010
UN, Denmark get active on Copenhagen deal
NEW DELHI: With the January 31 deadline drawing close, the United Nations and Denmark have stepped up the effort to get all countries to sign the Copenhagen Accord. UN Secretary-General ban ki-Moon and Danish prime minister Lars Locke Rasmussen have written to heads of state and government asking them to submit their emission reduction commitments and to take steps to get all countries to get on board. |
11.01.2010
China Says Achieved Goal In Copenhagen Climate Deal
BEIJING - Chinese negotiators achieved their goal at Copenhagen climate talks in ensuring financial aid for developing nations was not linked to external reviews of China's environmental plans, its top climate envoy said on Saturday. |
11.01.2010
BASIC to meet in Delhi, discuss targets under 'Hagen accord'
NEW DELHI: Even as India maintains that it is ready to meet the January 31 deadline to specify steps it would take to reduce emissions, a final decision likely only after the BASIC countries meets in the third week of January. Minister of state for environment Jairam Ramesh has made it clear that there would be no new announcements beyond the voluntary commitment of reducing emission intensity by 20 to 25% from 2005. |
11.01.2010
Singapore ramane la tinta pentru emisii fixata inainte de COP15
Autoritatile din Singapore au anuntat ca intentioneaza sa mentina tinta de reducere a emisiilor de CO2 cu 7-11% pana in 2020, chiar daca inainte de summitul climatic de la Copenhaga si-au aratat disponibilitatea de a creste procentul pana la 16%, transmite Reuters. |
10.01.2010
San Francisco vrea sa-si injumatateasca emisiile
Autoritatile din San Francisco vor sa injumatateasca emisiile de gaze cu efect de sera prin inasprirea reglementarilor de mediu care vor fi votate in aprilie, informeaza Treehugger. |
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