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Climate Change

Sharp Launches Solar Academy in U.S.

Sharp today announces the U.S. launch of Sharp Solar Academy, a unique environmental education program designed to empower today’s youth with the knowledge to change and improve their environmental future. The Solar Academy is...

Global fund 'could pay owners to keep rainforests safe'

• Relatively cheap way to cut CO2 says report to PM •Plan could reduce poverty in developing countries A revolutionary multibillion-pound fund should be set up to pay the owners of the world's rainforests not to cut them down,...

Forest capital

Amid the global financial crisis, it is time to recognise the wealth we enjoy from nature's capital, says Andrew Mitchell, director of the Global Canopy Programme. In this week's Green Room, he argues that there will be no...

Wind farms must be nearer coast to meet targets, says report

• Carbon Trust urges series of measures to help sector • Investment also needed to create cheaper technology The government must allow companies to build offshore wind farms much closer to shore, as part of a series of measures...

British seas face ecological disaster due to over fishing and pollution

The seas around Britain face an ecological disaster because of over fishing and pollution, a new report warns. Many fish species that were once common are either vastly reduced in number or locally extinct, the Marine...

The conflicting Nobel Peace Prize

MOSCOW. On Friday, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari won the $1.4 million (10 million Swedish krona) Nobel Peace Prize for his 30-year work as peace mediator on different continents and for his contribution to settling...

One Hundred Pharmaceutical Water Systems Pitfalls Part IV ?EUR' Storage and Distribution

A discussion of the pitfalls associated with the design, operation and maintenance of storage and distribution systems in pharmaceutical water applications William V. Collentro 1. The emphasis on capacity appears related to a...

India demands much greater voice for developing nations in World Bank

Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) India has demanded 'substantial and effective enhancement' of the voice of developing and transition countries (DTCs) in the World Bank Group, saying a proposal approved by global financial leaders...

What warming? Climate change slips down global priorities

Washington, Oct 14 (DPA) You might call it the fourth crisis. While collapsing financial institutions plunge wealthy nations into recession and developing countries grapple with surging food and energy costs, the once urgent...

Exelon and The Field Museum Partner to Protect South American Forest, Measure Prevented Carbon ...

Exelon Corporation has partnered with Chicago´s Field Museum of Natural History to protect tropical forests in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador and improve the measurement of prevented carbon emissions, or offsets. The effort is...

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