Archive | Climate RSS feed for this section

Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Announces Additional Steps to Increase Energy Security

Today, the Obama Administration is announcing new steps to bolster energy security for America’s warfighters – underscoring the significant and inherent connection between energy independence and national security.  In Michigan, the Army will open a new 30,000-square-foot lab to develop cutting edge energy technologies for the next generation of combat vehicles.  This new lab will [...]

Continue Reading

Clean Energy Could Lead to Scarce Materials

As the world moves toward greater use of low-carbon and zero-carbon energy sources, a possible bottleneck looms, according to a new MIT study: the supply of certain metals needed for key clean-energy technologies. Wind turbines, one of the fastest-growing sources of emissions-free electricity, rely on magnets that use the rare earth element neodymium. And the [...]

Continue Reading

Mapping Grasslands for Biofuel Potential

USGS scientists have developed a new method for mapping grasslands that demonstrate high potential for growing biofuel crops with relatively little energy input and environmental impact. The pioneering investigation used remote sensing data from satellites to identify detailed areas of the Greater Platte River Basin (most of Nebraska, parts of adjacent states) that are best [...]

Continue Reading

Verizon Announces Aggressive Sustainability Goal: Cutting Carbon Intensity in Half by 2020

 NEW YORK, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Verizon announced today that it will cut its CO2 intensity in half by 2020, as part of the company’s broad sustainability efforts. Sustainability is a key aspect of the company’s new strategy for delivering shareholder value. The other aspects are developing marketplace solutions to address social [...]

Continue Reading

The Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future: One-Year Progress Report

One year ago, the President put forward a comprehensive plan in the Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future that outlined the Administration’s all-of-the-above approach to American energy – a strategy aimed at reducing our reliance on foreign oil, saving families and businesses money at the pump, and positioning the United States as the global leader [...]

Continue Reading

EPA proposes to keep greenhouse gas permitting requirements focused on largest emitters

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing not to change the greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting thresholds for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V Operating Permit programs. Today’s proposal is part of EPA’s common-sense, phased-in approach to GHG permitting under the Clean Air Act. EPA is also proposing steps that [...]

Continue Reading

Global Water and OCWA to bring Smartgrid for Water to Canada

PHOENIX, AZ, Feb. 27, 2012 /CNW/ – GWR Global Water Resources Corp. (TSX: GWR), Global Water Resources, Inc. (“Global Water”) and the Ontario Clean Water Agency (“OCWA”) today announced that their respective organizations have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to offer  FATHOMTM to existing and prospective clients in Ontario and throughout Canada.  FATHOMTM [...]

Continue Reading

Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence sign MoU

WAM Dubai, Feb 26th, 2012 (WAM) : Dubai will develop a strategy to reduce carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as recommendations for ultimately monetising them through a groundbreaking carbon trading scheme, it was announced today. The initiative is an integral part of the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030, including the plans to [...]

Continue Reading

Executives Call On Rio+20 Participants to Take Urgent Global Action for Sustainable Business Growth

NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — KPMG’s Global Summit generates key recommendations to demonstrate a clear case for sustainable business. Policymakers and the business community should ramp up collaboration and demonstrate renewed leadership in order to achieve sustainable and equitable growth objectives, according to recommendations released today from KPMG’s “Business Perspective on [...]

Continue Reading

Towards a Sustainable Future

Societies across the globe are grappling with how to meet the increasing demands on our planet’s resources while considering the needs of future generations. Scientific knowledge is vital to improving our ability to respond rapidly to extreme events, such as power grid disruption, floods, and dangerous weather. In order to address issues of sustainability, the [...]

Continue Reading