The
climate is changing
Guardian
June 29 2001
"Mr Bush, beware, you're seriously out of synch. The rest
of the world is backing Kyoto" - Michael Meacher, UKEnvironment
Minister
Stores
set to sell rubbish new petrol
Independent
June 24 2001
Britain's biggest supermarket chains set to sell ultra-green
renewable fuels from Kwikpower International, a US company which
converts household rubbish and agricultural waste into cleaner-burning
petrol.
Britain
could become as cold as Moscow
Independent
June 21 2001
Measurements over the past 50 years suggest that the warm Gulf
Stream, which dominates the British climate, is beginning to slow
and could cause drastic temperature changes.
Hold
Your Breath for PEM Fuel Cell Market Entry
Financial
Times June 18 2001
Plug Power to commercialize 5 kW PEM fuel cell systems by "the
second half of 2001," perhaps as early as July.
Toyota
Motor to Sell Limited Number of Fuel Cell Cars in 2003
Bloomberg.com
June 18 2001
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to be one of the first companies to market
cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells, with some models to be available
as early as 2003 that use the low-pollution devices.
Clean
air means healthier corn prices
Independent
June 17 2001
Tough anti-pollution laws in US create shock surge in demand
for ethanol and a rise in corn prices.
Europe
to leave Bush behind on climate treaty
Telegraph
June 16 2001
Europe's leaders plan
to ratify the Kyoto treaty without the US.
More
heat than light
The
Economist June 15 2001
The US and the EU have “agreed to disagree” about global
warming. Both sides agree that the problem is real; but the prospects
for international co-operation look bleak
Burning Bush
The
Economist June 14 2001
Report from America’s National Academy of Sciences confirms
the reality of global warming.
Cuts leave Navy 'short of fuel'
Telegraph
June 12 2001
Defence sources claim that at least two Royal Navy ships have
been withdrawn from Nato exercises due to a combination of "financial
efficiencies" and rising oil prices, which left the MoD unable
to pay for their fuel.
Fuel
Cells Picking Up Steam, Offer Power to the People
EyeForEnergy
June 05 2001
Fuel cell technology leaves the realms of science fiction and
is set to have an enormous impact across all energy markets.
Nissan,
Renault to Develop Fuel-Cell Cars That Run on Gasoline
Yahoo!
June 04 2001
Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA of France have decided to follow
the lead of the world's largest automakers and develop cars with
a fuel cell that runs on gasoline.
Iraq suspends oil exports
BBC
News June 02 2001
Iraq protests resolution by the UN Security Council extending
by a month the existing sanctions regime under which Iraq is allowed
to export oil in exchange for food and medicines.
Architects' idea blowing in the wind
Telegraph
June 01 2001
The Royal Institute of British Architects will make its headquarters
the first building in London to be powered by wind energy.
Climate change debate is far from over
Earth
Times June 01 2001
"Less than a generation ago, few would have thought it possible
that something as seemingly mundane as the climate could stand
center stage in a fierce political struggle."
Shrub
census shows Alaskan Arctic losing its cool
CNN.com
May 30 2001
Small trees in the Alaskan Acrctic have grown in size and number
in recent decades, lending support to the widespread scientific
view that the Arctic expanse is steadily warming.
Eco-friendly
homes go on sale
Ananova
May 26 2001
The public get a chance to buy an eco-friendly home of the future
in the Beddington Zero Energy Development eco-village in south
London that uses 10% of the heat energy of a conventional house.
Wind
farms call for incentives
Telegraph
May 26 2001
The Irish Wind Energy Association says incentives are needed
to promote wind-generated electricity, and fossil fuel taxes should
be increased.
Boeing
Promotes Down To Earth Use For Hydrogen Technologies
Spacemart
May 25 2001
Boeing demonstrates technology to increase safety for rockets
as well as hydrogen-fuel automobiles being developed by car manufacturers.
Green power takes to the stairs
Financial
Times May 22 2001
A fuel cell vacuum cleaner being developed by Electrolux in the
US could give birth to a new generation of domestic appliances.
Quantum
Ships World Class Hydrogen Storage
Canada
Newswire May 16 2001
QUANTUM Technologies, Inc. ships remarkable ultra-light
hydrogen storage tanks to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
for use in the FutureTruck 2001 competition scheduled for later
this summer.
British
Energy's Sizewell B nuclear power station closed after acid leak
Ananova
/ BBC May 16 2001
British Energy's Sizewell B nuclear power station has shut a
reactor down following an acid leak.
Labour's
pledge on green issues
Ananova
May 16 2001
The Labour party manifesto pledges determination to stick by
the Kyoto Protocol agreement, despite President George W Bush's
plan to abandon the deal.
The
oven is the only thing that's not getting hot
Telegraph
May 16 2001
California to face
a summer of power blackouts.
USA:
GM's fuel cell concept sets new records
Just-auto.com
May 15 2001
General Motor's Zafira-based HydroGen1 fuel cell concept car
has set a series of 15 new international records during four weeks
of endurance testing at the GM Desert Proving Ground at Mesa near
Phoenix.
Climate
debate puts oil majors in two minds on green power
Financial
Times May 15 2001
Pressure from green campaigners who want the big oil companies
to promise to quit fossil fuels entirely.
Airlines
warned over fuel gamble
Telegraph
May 15 2001
High aviation fuel
costs cause pilots to take less fuel.
Breakthrough
in Advanced Hydrogen Storage
Yahoo!
Finance May 14 2001
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL) is awarded the
prestigious Technology Innovation Award by the Hydrogen Technical
Advisory Panel (HTAP) for achieving a breakthrough in advanced
hydrogen storage technology as a collaborative effort with QUANTUM
Technologies, Inc. and ATK Thiokol Propulsion.
Powerball
International Granted New Hydrogen Generation System Patent
Yahoo!
Finance May 14 2001
Powerball International, Inc. announces that it has been awarded
Canadian Patent No. 2,225,978 for a proprietary system that produces
pure hydrogen on demand.
DCH
Fuel Cells to Power MeteoStar Systems for Environmental
News.com
May 14 2001
DCH Technology, Inc. announces that IPS MeteoStar, a global supplier
of remote data-logging systems that communicate information back
to customers real-time via satellite, will begin distributing
products with DCH portable fuel cells serving as the internal
electric power supply.
Lowland
Scotland to have less snow but more floods
Telegraph
May 10 2001
Researchers say that
lowland Scotland will have less snow but almost double the flooding
by the next century.
Hain
to unveil solar plan for 100,000 homes
Independent
May 02 2001
Peter Hain, the Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe
outlines plans for Britain's most ambitious solar energy program
to date - installation of solar panels on more than 100,000 homes.
Nuclear
power may aid US crisis
Telegraph
May 02 2001
Vice-President Dick
Cheney rejects calls for greater conservation to solve the problem
of serious power cuts in California.
US demand boosts marketplace: Liquified Natural Gas
Financial
Times April 30 2001
US appetite for liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports is wholly
welcome - in contrast to its effect on the oil market, US demand
is not raising the world price for gas.
US
edges closer to new energy policy
Financial
Times April 30 2001
US struggles to work out a new energy policy after the recent
power crisis in California
Canada
ice core to yield clues on global warming
CNN.com
April 27 2001
Scientists in Canada to launch international expedition to extract
a long core of ice from Mount Logan - Canada's highest peak -
that will reveal the secrets of 10,000 years of climate change.
Solid
acid offers hope for new fuel cell design
CNN.com
April 18 2001
New research into
electricity-generating fuel cells that are cheaper to manufacture
and are based on solid acid.
Britain
really is crumbling like never before
Independent
April 17 2001
British Geological Survey shows that Britian's 500+ landslides
over the last year may have made this the most significant period
of land instability on record in the country.
Rainfall
in England is the heaviest since Tudor times, reveals study
Independent
April 14 2001
One of Britain's leading independent meteorologists says that
the rain over England and Wales in the past 12 months may have
been the heaviest for 500 years and perhaps longer.
Dam
'will alter climate'
Telegraph
April 14 2001
Claims that the Three Gorges Dam, planned by China for the Yangtze
and the Yellow River, may change regional climate.
Sudan’s
government has adopted a brutal new policy of clearing the oil
areas
The
Economist April 12 2001
Government in the Sudan appears to be deliberately depopulating
oil producing areas.
Climate
timebomb ready to explode under Bush
Independent
April 06 2001
150 page report entitled Climate Change Impact on the United
States to be published next week despite President Bush's repudiation
of the treaty that would force industry to reduce the emissions
that may lead to global warming.
Winds
of change sweep British coastal resorts
Financial
Times April 05 2001
The world's biggest construction programme for offshore wind
farms to go ahead.
Canada
all talk about reducing emissions
Toronto
Star April 05 2001
Who is actually doing something to reduce emissions and who is
not?
State
Demonstrates 'Energy of the Future'
PR
Newswire April 05 2001
3,000-watt hydrogen fuel cell powers sophisticated air quality
monitoring equipment used by Texas' environmental agency.
Wave
Power - An 'Underwater Windmill' Could Provide Future Energy Source
ABC
April 04 2001
The Davis Hydro Turbine works like an underwater windmill forming
a tidal fence in the water. The device's designers say it can
meet up to 40 percent of the world's electrical needs.
Hydrogen
Powers Energy Hopes
San
Francisco Chronicle April 02 2001
The most abundant element in the universe may be the answer to
California's deepening energy crisis.
