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Second CDM PoA Efficient Cook Stove Project Achieves Critical Milestone for Ethical Investment in East Africa
Tuesday, May 15th 2012
co2balance has secured the crucial Letter of Approval (LOA) from the Rwandan government’s environmental department, endorsing its highly acclaimed energy efficient stoves project. The LOA is the last step, having already completed Validation, prior to official registration of the CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) project with the United Nations under their Framework Convention on Climate Change or UNFCCC.
This follows a stringent scientific assessment o...
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Carbon capture leak simulated in sea off Scotland
Tuesday, May 15th 2012
Several thousand kilos of CO2 will be pumped into the seabed off west Scotland from Monday to simulate what happens if a leak occurs from a carbon capture store.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a way to lower emissions from fossil fuel power plants by stripping CO2 from smokestacks of gas and coal power plants, and then transferring it to a former oil or gas reservoir underground. CCS projects have been initiated around the world – Statoil has had a CC... -
Methane Emissions From Ruminant Dinosaurs Might Have Caused Climate Change
Tuesday, May 8th 2012
Herds of Sauropods may have caused large scale climate change during their time. Producing enough methane gas from their ruminant style digestion, to intensify the greenhouse effect, according to new research just published in Current Biology.
The Sauropods, known for their enormous size and giraffe like necks, were spread across the globe 150 million years ago. Like cows and other modern ruminants, they digest their food by fermenting it in their stomachs with ... -
UK drought worsened in April despite record rains
Tuesday, May 1st 2012
Despite flash floods and gale-force winds battering the country, with more expected this weekend, Britain's drought worsened last week – because rain is falling in the wrong months.
The UK has had one of the wettest Aprils on record, with most of the country experiencing 70mph winds and huge downpours – up to 40mm of rain in places – causing flooding, traffic chaos and power cuts.
Some 97mm of rain fell between 1 and 25 April, the Me... -
Climate Change Has Intensified the Global Water Cycle
Friday, April 27th 2012
Climate scientists have been saying for years that one of the many downsides of a warming planet is that both droughts and torrential rains are both likely to get worse. That’s what climate models predict, and that’s what observers have noted, most recently in the IPCC’s report on extreme weather, released last month. It makes physical sense, too. A warmer atmosphere can absorb more water vapour, and what goes up must come down — and thanks to preva...
