Today’s look at the world through green-coloured glasses.
ACT aims to beat Garnaut. Federal Government climate change adviser Ross Garnaut has recommended that Australia offer to cut emissions by 25 per cent by 2020, reports the ABC. Now the ACT government has announced a plan to beat this target. More details to follow.
Financial crisis not an [...]
Today’s pick of the green news:
The paper bottle. In response to the millions of plastic water bottles thrown away each day, a company called Brandimage has created a completely renewable bottle, made from paper. Of course, there’s no guarantee anyone would actually recycle these either, but it would be certainly easier on landfill.
Fly the friendly (and clean) skies. Bio-fuel [...]
We wait with bated breath for the white smoke to emerge from the hallowed halls. Well, at least the white paper about emissions. It’s the numbers that are the interesting part. Will Rudd listen to Garnaut? Or the Climate Scientists? Or will he listen to the shrill cries from Woodside, Xstrata and the other big [...]
What’s happening on Earth today:
Yellow River partially unusable. A third of the water in China’s Yellow River is too polluted to be used for drinking or agriculture, reports the Guardian, and only 16 per cent is suitable for domestic use. Last year, 4.29bn tonnes of waste and sewage was dumped into the river.
Green electronics guide. Greenpeace [...]
Crikey’s pick of the green news for the day:
Life on the reef. The Daily Telegraph has an amazing gallery of photos from Reef Check Australia’s Reef photography competition, including that one to the left there.
Darryl Hannah makes a splash. Actress Darryl Hannah is joining the crew of Sea Shepherds aboard the Steve Irwin (which I [...]
Crikey’s pick of the day’s green news:
Carbon-friendly crypts. The town of Santa Coloma de Gramenet in Barcelona, Spain, has covered a cemetery with solar panels, “transforming a place of perpetual rest into one buzzing with renewable energy” reports MSNBC. The 462 panels produces produce the equivalent to the yearly energy use of 60 homes.
Fishy technology. Slow river [...]
What’s happening on this planet today:
World’s oldest polar bear dies. Debbie, the world’s oldest polar bear has passed away at age 42, this Guardian video reports. This makes me a sad panda… err, polar bear.
Nike, Starbucks, Levis, Sun Microsystems and Timberland the new Super Friends. The five mega companies have teamed up to form BICEP – or [...]
Applying an admirable glass half full approach to the climate change dilemma, the Russians have decided to look on the bright side of rising sea levels.
The Oz reported earlier this week that senior officials in Moscow are convinced that Russia stands to “reap an economic bonanza from ice-free northern oceans.”
Not put off by the [...]
Our pick of the day’s green news:
Solar-panel factory to close. Australia’s largest solar-panel factory, BP Solar, will close early next year to “cut costs”. Both the Greens and the opposition have criticised the government over the closure, saying it is a sign of the lack of government support for Australia’s solar industry.
Google goes off-shore for cleaner power. [...]
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