Completion date for UAE renewable energy city pushed back
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – The completion date for Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City, set to be the first in the world powered solely by renewable energy, has been pushed back until between 2020 and 2025, Masdar said on Sunday.
Trees planted for global climate campaign
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – Environmental campaigners planted trees, collected rubbish and rallied against pollution on Sunday for what organisers aimed to make the world’s biggest day of climate-change activism.
Gulf Coast attorneys to lead U.S. oil spill lawsuits
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
Reuters – Four attorneys from Texas, Louisiana and Florida were appointed on Friday to a committee to lead the hundreds of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc and its partners, according to court documents.
China and US blame each other in climate stand-off
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – The United States and China clashed on the final day of climate change talks on Saturday, accusing each other of blocking progress ahead of a major summit next month on global warming.
EDF charges Constellation pulls out of US reactor project
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – French electricity generator EDF said Saturday it was shocked and disappointed that Constellation Energy has decided to pull out of a project to build a nuclear power plant in the US state of Maryland.
America moves on from spill; coast feels abandoned
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AP – About 800 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, Dave Edmonds is struggling to remind people about the BP oil spill.
Climate talks marred by bickering, progress on finance
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
Reuters – China hit back on Saturday at U.S. claims it was shirking in the fight against climate change, likening the criticisms to a mythic pig preening itself.
Hungary sludge reservoir at risk of collapse
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AP – The cracking wall of an industrial plant reservoir appeared on the verge of collapse late Saturday, and engineers were working to blunt a possible second wave of the caustic red sludge that has already deluged several towns in western Hungary and killed seven.
China and US in stand-off at climate talks
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – UN climate talks were set to wrap up on Saturday with China and the United States locked in a stand-off, slowing down progress ahead of a major summit next month on global warming.
China highlights climate change efforts
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AP – As the world’s biggest greenhouse gas producer, China was widely seen as an obstacle in the Copenhagen climate summit last year. But while negotiations inched forward, Beijing poured $34.6 billion into clean energy in 2009, nearly double the U.S. investment.
