Saturday, April 30, 2011

Snaptu: Total invests £800m in US solar power firm

French oil company is to buy 60% of SunPower Corporation, the second biggest solar panel manufacturer in America

Total, one of the world's largest oil companies, is to make a $1.38bn (£800m) investment in solar power reversing a trend that has seen…


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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Snaptu: Is it time to overhaul Europe's carbon trading scheme?

Yale Environment 360: Europe's seven year-old emissions trading scheme needs reforming - or even scrapping - for its failure to control CO2 emissions

When it was launched in 2005, the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) was hailed as…


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Snaptu: What are CO2e and global warming potential (GWP)?

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CO2e, or carbon dioxide equivalent, is a standard unit for measuring carbon footprints. The idea is to express…


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Snaptu: How can we clean up London's air?

Last week an air quality monitoring station on Marylebone Road gathered unwelcome news about pollution in the capital. The concentration of health-harming PM10 particles Londoners inhale in that part of town had exceeded the legal daily limit for the…


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Snaptu: Which industries emit the most carbon?

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"Carbon" is shorthand for greenhouse gas emissions, including CO2, methane, nitrous oxide and F-gases. These…


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Snaptu: Solar panel installations surge on UK's roofs

• Government subsidies driving demand for panels

• Expert says fall in price removes need for feed-in tariff review

Householders rushing to put solar panels on their roof in order to take advantage of government subsidies have more than tripled the…


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Snaptu: Avião movido a energia solar tentará seu 1º voo internacional

A equipe do avião experimental Impulso Solar HB-SIA vai executar o primeiro voo internacional na próxima semana. A decolagem será da Suíça com destino ao aeroporto de Bruxelas, na Bélgica, informaram os coordenadores do projeto. O Solar Impulse…


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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Snaptu: Apple named as 'least green' company

Greenpeace report puts Apple at bottom of green league table due to reliance on coal at data centres

Apple has come bottom of the most comprehensive green league table of technology companies because of its heavy reliance on "dirty data"…


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Snaptu: Apple named as 'least green' company

Greenpeace report puts Apple at bottom of green league table due to reliance on coal at data centres

Apple has come bottom of the most comprehensive green league table of technology companies because of its heavy reliance on "dirty data"…


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Snaptu: Cows, climate change and the high court

If you took all the cows in the United States and figured out how much greenhouse gas they emit, would you be able to sue all the farmers who own them? Justice Antonin Scalia wondered about that in a...


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Snaptu: Silencioso demais, carro elétrico oferece risco no trânsito

Carros elétricos silenciosos serão em breve coisa do passado nos Estados Unidos. O motivo é uma lei para melhorar a segurança dos pedestres, sancionada em janeiro de 2011 pelo presidente Barack Obama. A lei obriga automóveis elétricos e híbridos a…


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Snaptu: CPFL faz acordo com produtora de energia renovável Ersa

A CPFL anunciou no final da terça-feira uma associação com a produtora de energia renovável Ersa, em uma operação em que deterá 63,6% de uma nova unidade focada em pequenas usinas hidrelétricas, termelétricas a biomassa e centrais de energia eólica.…


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Snaptu: Emissões de gases do efeito estufa crescem 58% em SP

As emissões de gases de efeito estufa no Estado de São Paulo cresceram 58%, entre 1990 e 2008, considerando as emissões de um dos principais gases, o CO2 (dióxido de carbono). Veja o inventário completo Os dados constam do primeiro inventário…


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Snaptu: Buraco na camada de ozônio explica seca australiana, diz estudo

Os cientistas concluíram que outros fatores também têm influência, como a emissão dos gases que causam o efeito estufa e os ciclos naturais do clima, como os que causaram secas no passado. MECANISMOS "O estudo ilustra o papel importante que…


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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Snaptu: China's low-carbon leadership headlines fail to capture the reality

There is no doubt that China is emerging as a major economic force, but some claims about technological leadership are premature

It is now common to hear claims that China has "caught up" with the world's leading economies. Last month, the Pew…


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Snaptu: Greek protest over planned landfill site

Keratea has become a symbol of the struggle against the government in crisis-racked Greece

Every evening for the past four months the people of Keratea, a small town south of Athens, and neighbouring villages have gathered round a shed, the centre…


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Snaptu: Solar companies take legal action over UK feed-in tariff cuts

High court to re-examine decision by Chris Huhne to fast-track review that scrapped subsidies for large-scale solar installations

Solar power companies are taking the government to court over last-minute changes to subsidies that they say are…


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Snaptu: Poluição já afeta 60% dos ambientes selvagens da Europa, diz estudo

Uma pesquisa da Universidade de York, no Reino Unido, mostra que a vida selvagem europeia não tem para onde correr diante da poluição. Formas reativas do elemento nitrogênio já afetam 60% das áreas selvagens do continente. Emissões vindas de carros,…


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Snaptu: Hidrelétricas se preparam para conter "praga do mexilhão"

A disseminação em rios de um tipo de mexilhão trazido da Ásia está deixando hidrelétricas em alerta pelo país. O molusco, de duas conchas, adere a superfícies duras, pode entupir tubulações, parar máquinas e elevar gastos com manutenção. Vista pela…


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Snaptu: Eólicas têm R$ 25 bilhões em investimentos

Os projetos de energia eólica (gerada pela força do vento) no país, com entrada em operação prevista até 2013, somam R$ 25 bilhões em investimentos, informa reportagem de Tatiana Freitas para a Folha (íntegra disponível para assinantes do UOL e do…


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Friday, April 15, 2011

Snaptu: Google invests $168m in world's largest solar power tower plant

EcoWorldly: Innovative solar energy plant will generate 392 MW of power and is due for completion in 2013

Google's product portfolio has now expanded from search engine power to solar power.

The company has invested $168 million in a Mojave Desert…


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Thursday, April 14, 2011

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Snaptu: Aos 50, Xingu vira 'ilha verde' cercada por desmatamento

Criado em abril de 1961, o parque indígena do Xingu completa 50 anos com a maior parte de seus 2,8 milhões de hectares praticamente intactos, mas cercados por áreas de desmatamento por todos os lados. Imagens de satélite mostram que o parque, com…


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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Snaptu: New rights challenge to Belo Monte dam in Brazil

Inter-American human rights commission requests that government suspend project and consult indigenous groups

For the first time in the long drawn-out struggle between indigenous peoples living in the Xingú river basin and the Brazilian government,…


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Snaptu: Has BP really cleaned up?

Officially, marine life is returning to normal in the Gulf of Mexico, but dead animals are still washing up on beaches – and one scientist believes the damage runs much deeper

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Snaptu: Green news roundup: BP anniversary, bee roads and Brazilian savannah loss

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• Has BP really cleaned up the Gulf oil spill?

• BritNed power cable boosts hopes for European…


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Snaptu: Projeto regulamenta recolhimento de pilhas e baterias usadas

Uma resolução do Conama (Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente) admite o descarte de alguns tipos de pilhas e baterias, como as comuns e alcalinas, no lixo doméstico ou de uma empresa. Mas o ex-senador Gerson Camata (PMDB-ES) considera que o correto é…


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Snaptu: Ativistas param pesquisa marítima da Petrobras na Nova Zelândia

A Petrobras suspendeu neste domingo uma pesquisa do fundo marinho no norte da Nova Zelândia, depois que vários ativistas pularam na água para criar um obstáculo para a passagem do navio que realiza o estudo, segundo a imprensa local. A Petrobras…


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Snaptu: Avião abastecido por luz solar será colocado à prova em 2012

O protótipo de avião Impulso Solar HB-SIA deve tentar seu primeiro voo ao redor da Terra daqui a um ano. Nesta segunda-feira, o piloto alemão Markus Scherdel realizou um teste preliminar no aeroporto de Payerne, na Suíça. A nave possui 12 mil…


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Snaptu: Cientistas associam terremotos à mudança climática

A mudança climática pode ser responsável por, a longo prazo, potencializar o movimento das placas tectônicas, segundo um estudo geológico divulgado nesta quarta-feira na Austrália. Um grupo de cientistas australianos, alemães e franceses estudou esse…


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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Snaptu: Think energy efficiency isn't working? Think again

Grist: Reports that US energy efficiency gains had been cancelled out by consumerism ignore a massive rise in population and households, warns Frank Ackerman

Imagine a press release with this message: We're not using more household energy than we…


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Snaptu: Plano brasileiro para cortar emissão de gas-estufa está parado

O Brasil ainda não gastou nenhum centavo de um plano de R$ 2 bilhões lançado em junho de 2010 para incentivar a redução de emissões de CO2 na agricultura. Batizado de ABC (Agricultura de Baixo Carbono), o programa do Ministério da Agricultura é…


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Snaptu: Franceses detectam destruição recorde de ozônio no polo Norte

A camada de ozônio no polo Norte sofre um nível sem precedentes de destruição por causa de excepcionais condições meteorológicas, informa nesta segunda-feira o CNRS (Centro Nacional de Pesquisas Científicas francês). No final de março, a redução da…


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Snaptu: Áreas protegidas vão diminuir ainda mais com Código Florestal

Relator do projeto do Código Florestal na Câmara, o deputado Aldo Rebelo (PC do B-SP) confirmou ontem que deve reduzir as áreas de preservação permanentes (APPs) em margem de rio de um mínimo de 15 metros (o que já é uma redução de 50% em relação à…


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Monday, April 4, 2011

Snaptu: Plano brasileiro para cortar emissão de gas-estufa está parado

O Brasil ainda não gastou nenhum centavo de um plano de R$ 2 bilhões lançado em junho de 2010 para incentivar a redução de emissões de CO2 na agricultura. Batizado de ABC (Agricultura de Baixo Carbono), o programa do Ministério da Agricultura é…


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Snaptu: It's not easy being green… rating white goods

Does an A rating really guarantee energy efficiency?

On the surface it looks good. Some 95% of dishwashers and 98% of washing machines now claim to be A-rated. Until you realise that for an appliance not to score an A it would need to belch out a…


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Snaptu: Why the UN can never stop climate change

For any progress to be made, diplomacy should shift to smaller forums, with achievable goals and focus on adaptation

On Sunday in Thailand diplomats opened another round of formal United Nations talks on global warming. For more than 20 years, the…


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Snaptu: BP recebe autorização para reiniciar perfurações no golfo do México

A BP recebeu autorização para reiniciar as perfurações em águas profundas no mês de julho no golfo do México, afetado ano passado por uma maré negra provocada pela explosão de uma plataforma da gigante britânica do petróleo, informa o jornal "Sunday…


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Friday, April 1, 2011

Snaptu: Coal price reaches new heights as demand from Asia soars

Xstrata's $130-a-tonne deal with Japanese power company expected to set new benchmark

Huge demand for energy resources in China and India has pushed the price of thermal coal to an all time high, reinforcing fears about spiralling…


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Snaptu: Can 'peak oil' help slow climate change?

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"Peak oil" describes the point at which the production of petroleum reaches its final high-point and begins a…


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Snaptu: EU carbon trading emissions rise 3.5%

BusinessGreen: European ETS figures for 2010 are in line with expectations and leave carbon markets flat, analysts say

Emissions from factories and power stations in the EU's emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) rose 3.5 per cent last year as power…


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Snaptu: UK must push on with nuclear plans: scientists

LONDON (Reuters) - Nuclear plants remain one of the safest ways to make electricity, and Britain should not allow Japan's tsunami-provoked problems to delay its new build plans, UK scientists said on Tuesday.


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Snaptu: Turbina de energia eólica ameaça morcegos e agricultura

As turbinas de vento para geração de energia eólica representam uma grande ameaça para as populações de morcegos, o que pode ocasionar perdas bilionárias para a agricultura, alerta um artigo publicado na edição desta sexta-feira da revista científica…


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