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Posts Tagged ‘emission cuts’
Climate Change, Politics, Apr 23rd, 2010,
Finland announced plans to step up and meet EU requirements on cutting greenhouse gas emissions this week. The EU requirement is to raise the share of renewable energy to 38% of energy consumption by 2020. In order to meet this goal, Finland must raise renewable energy production by 38 terawatt hours. How do they plan to reach this goal? Well, on top of using their current nuclear power system, Finland also plans on adding wood-based and wind energy systems, plus increasing the use of biofuels and heat pumps. Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, stated: “This addition of renewable energy is equivalent…
Tags: Climate change, emission cuts, EU requirements, Finland, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy
Climate Change, Green living, Feb 27th, 2010,
Business has always been about supply and demand, and one business in particular is becoming very demanding of their suppliers. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wants its suppliers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 20 million metric tons—within the next 5 years. However, don’t think that this giant retailer won’t do their own part in reducing emissions. Currently, they are designing more energy-efficient stores and researching alternative fuels for their trucks. They claim that if their goal is reached, it will be the equivalent of taking 3.8 million cars off the road for a year. While suppliers don’t necessarily have to…
Tags: eco-friendly, emission cuts, greenhouse gas emissions, retail giant, supply and demand, wal-mart
Climate Change, Politics, Feb 25th, 2010,
Greenhouse gas emission cuts need to be bigger and they need to be bigger now; not next year, not 20 or 50 years down the line. Now. UNEP claims insufficient commitments have been made since the COP-15 failure. Although a last-minute “Accord” was drawn up at the conference, which set the necessary 2 C (3.6 F) goal, it did not explain how this goal would be achieved and anyone who even bothered to pledge emissions only did it voluntarily. Adrian Steiner, director of UNEP, stated: “No one should assume that the pledges will be enough.” … “Countries will have to…
Tags: Bali, Climate change, Copenhagen Accord, emission cuts, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, Kyoto Protocol, UNEP, world governments
