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A Gore-y energy plan?

Ex-vice president Al Gore seems to think that the US is ready and able to eliminate the use of coal, natural gas or petroleum oil in US electricity within 10 years by using alternative energies such as wind, solar and geothermal. According to his speech yesterday (see the video below), his plan of a...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-18-2008
Video about eco-solutions

I came across this really cool YouTube video from GreenTechnology.com . It features one of CNN's EcoSolutions segment about developments of biobased or energy-reducing electronics by Sony as well as Mohawk carpets made from recycled plastic bottles. Based on watching this video it occurred to me...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-17-2008
Dirty ships keep out!

Ports from around the world are planning to join the greenhouse gas (GHG) cutters club by implementing their own regulations such as charging higher docking fees to polluting ships. Port representatives met last week at the C40 World Ports Climate Conference in Rotterdam and started planning on measures...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-16-2008
More sustainability at Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart is polishing its green image with more sustainability activities. Yesterday, the company announced that it joined the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Global Forest and Trade Network, which aims to eradicate global illegal logging. Wal-Mart said it plans to phase out illegal wood sources from...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-15-2008
US offshore drilling un-banned

Just saw this news from ICIS that President Bush is lifting an executive ban on offshore drilling that has long stood since his dad was president. The presidential offshore development ban was put in place by the first President Bush in 1990 while Congress also banned oil and gas drilling off the US...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-14-2008
Where's your old celphone?

According to a survey by Nokia , only 3% of the people they interviewed in 13 countries recycled their old mobile phones, 4% threw them in the landfill, and a majority left them on drawers or other places at home to gather dust. Others sell their used devices or passed them to families and friends. The...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-14-2008
G8's global warming thoughts

The White House released this morning a statement from the G8 nations and major emerging economies about their vows to cut greenhouse gas emissions and achieving a low carbon world full of peace and harmony. No specific actions were discussed at the G8 summit meeting but they did emphasized the need...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-09-2008
Green Canadian cash now available

The government of Alberta, Canada said yesterday that it is appropriating a total of C$4bn ($3.92bn) to reduce the province's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). A C$2bn fund will be invested in carbon capture and storage projects while the rest will go to public transit investments to reduce vehicle...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-09-2008
California hard on water softeners

Water softeners are expected to soon be banned in California , according to the Water Quality Association (WQA). The bill will not only costs homeowners sums of money, WQA said, but will also have the potential to drive up illegal water softener sales and installation that do not have greener softening...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-09-2008
Abengoa irritates European Federation for Transport and Environment

Abengoa irritates European Federation for Transport and Environment . The is the response from the EFTE , good points about fuel efficiency. I particularly like this statement from EFTE Running Europe's fleet of heavy, gas-guzzling cars on biofuels rather than petrol is no cure. If Europe truly wants...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008

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