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- Navigating a carbon-constrained world. Grothen, Grant E. // Power;Jul2007, Vol. 151 Issue 7, p34
The article discusses the impacts of mandatory carbon controls on the electric power industry in the U.S. The country is reported to be the largest carbon-dioxide emitter per capita of any large nation. The author observes that scientific debate on the validity of global warming science...
- WE NEXT GRID. D. R. // Popular Science;Jul2009, Vol. 274 Issue 7, p48
The article discusses the necessity for the construction of a smart electrical grid in the U.S., whereby electricity generated from renewable power sources will be distributed nation-wide. Replacing the existing energy infrastructure with something more forward thinking is an inherent component...
- Carbon Trust gives �2.7m to support green energy start-ups. // Engineer (00137758);4/30/2004, Vol. 293 Issue 7650, p18
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- BP: going green with targetneutral. // MarketWatch: Energy;Oct2006, Vol. 5 Issue 10, p18
The article focuses on "targetneutral," a scheme introduced by the oil company BP PLC in Great Britain that enables automobile drivers to measure their carbon dioxide emission and helps in raising funds and make contribution for renewable energy and carbon reduction projects. The oil major will...
- Target practice. Wheadon, Bob // European Power News;May2006, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p20
The article reports that the Great Britain Government has acknowledged that it would be unable to achieve its targets for the emission of carbon dioxide by 2010. The government has urged industries to help achieve the targets for the limitation of greenhouse gases. Only nine percent of the 10...
- Questioning Carbon Currency. // Natural Life;Nov/Dec2005, Issue 106, p6
This article presents a query of a reader related to the principles behind carbon offsets. An offset is any project that negates the impact of a company's or individual's greenhouse gas polluting activities by avoiding an equal amount of pollution through the use of renewable energy sources, or...
- Long-term CO2 emission reduction scenarios in Japan. Masul, Toshihiko; Matsuoka, Yuzuru; Kainuma, Mikiko // Environmental Economics & Policy Studies;2006, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p347
Japan's long-term CO2 emission reduction scenarios are assessed with a computable general equilibrium model with recursive dynamics, which was modified in order to assess the effects of renewable energy supply. The period of assessment is from 2000 to 2050 and the increase of gross domestic...
- The Emission Divide. // Business Today;6/14/2009, Vol. 18 Issue 12, p20
The article focuses on the survey conducted by GreenPeace International which compares carbon dioxide emitted by rich people of India with those emitted by poor people of India. The survey reveals that the rich people of India emit 4.5 times more carbon dioxide as compared to poor people,...
- The heat is on. Thompson, Paul // Utility Week;4/24/2009, p22
The article suggests the need by the renewable heat sector in Great Britain for an obligation that is similar to that for electricity if it is to fulfil its potential for combating climate change. Renewable heat reportedly accounts for almost half of the total energy demand and carbon dioxide...
