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25th September 2009
With Climate Change and Global Warming now becoming more important daily, educators, students, journalists, scientists and governments all need fast access to all the latest Global Warming research and news.
Alphatech5.com has created a large directory... Read >
Author: wbdoyle24th September 2009
With a population of under 40,000 Monaco could be forgiven for believing that overseas embassies were an unnecessary expense.
Until now the world's second smallest country has been content to co-operate with French embassies around the world for any ne... Read >
Author: wbdoyle23rd September 2009
At first glance it’s hard to imagine how the proliferation of human activity upon the environment has been a major factor in climate change given that climate change alone is nothing new. Over two million years the earth’s history has seen enormous ch... Read >
Author: wbdoyle07th September 2009
The Kyoto Protocol was signed in December 1997. As of mid 2009, there are still a few countries who have not signed the treaty. Among them are the two largest producers of carbon dioxide emissions; the USA and China.
Japan and many countries in Europ... Read >
Author: drklaus13th August 2009
The F Gas Regulations aim to contain, prevent and reduce emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases, covered by the Kyoto Protocol, to help combat climate change and global warming. On March 9th 2009 the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2009 came i... Read >
Author: Sarah Edwards10th August 2009
Do you feel confident that your business can survive carbon restriction? The majority of people realize that we need to be environmentally sustainable whether the conservatives and skeptics like it or not so change is coming. Business needs to reduce th... Read >
08th August 2009
Cozumel real estate is famous for its beautiful nature, and it is of invaluable importance for both home buyers and visitors to preserve this aspect of the island. A recent announcement has indicated that further funding will be dedicated to help study a... Read >
Author: Thomas Lloyd23rd July 2009
Given the importance of deforestation to climate change it would be perfectly reasonable to ask why we don’t just protect the world’s forests. But reducing deforestation is no simple effort. Forests are being destroyed as a consequence of global econo... Read >
Author: latinize02nd July 2009
Carbon offsets have received some bad press of late, some of it deserved but much of it misdirected. This is due in part to the fact that there is no single prevailing quality assurance standard or government oversight of the voluntary emissions reduction... Read >
Author: Rahul Rungta28th June 2009
Green Week 2009 is nearing and will be held at the Charlemagne building in Brussels, Belgium and this is a yearly conference. This conference will focus on a new United Nations agreement that will replace the Kyoto Protocols that are currently in place. T... Read >
Author: Henning M12th May 2009
Although in 2007 the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report provided new solid evidence on the large contribution of anthropogenic activities to climate change, political leaders' decisions are still distant from what the scary results of science suggest: immediat... Read >
Author: Jocatkin06th May 2009
The Carbon trading is one of the fastest growing financial markets in the world. It is the most visible result of early regulatory efforts to mitigate climate change, and grew out of the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted in 1997. The protocol requires t... Read >
Author: Nyima Galestain07th April 2009
The EPA's mandatory carbon emissions reporting plan comes into effect in 2010. Companies must file a first report in 2011 covering the previous year. These requirements cover those facilities with HVAC systems, refrigeration and AC systems, companies that... Read >
27th March 2009
You know incandescent light bulb was used to bake brownies in olden times. Guess the amount of heat a 40 Watt bulb generates is great for baking brownies but certainly not for conserving electricity and saving money.
Not to forget some other application... Read >
Author: Studylite125th March 2009
If you manage a facility using a refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) system or heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC-R) system, it's time to comply with federal and state environmental laws regarding carbon emissions. To help reduce greenho... Read >
20th March 2009
The industrial process produces a lot of garbage. Very often these processes are highly toxic or in any case not sustainable. It is just from the industry sector that comes most pollution.
Among community regulations, the Kyoto protocol, the warning fo... Read >
Author: martinapp03rd March 2009
How have you been feeling about the green economy lately?
Hopeful? Apprehensive? Excited? Skeptical? Curious? Wary? Motivated? Disillusioned?
There are more and more signs from the Obama Administration that we are moving into a new era where climate... Read >
Author: Carol McClelland02nd March 2009
There was a time not too long ago when the only significant public concern on the topic of energy was having access to it, and being able to afford it while keeping lights on, buildings cool on hot days, warm on cold days, and machines running to keep the... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle23rd January 2009
Understanding the Relationship Between the California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) and the Stationary Equipment Refrigerant Management Program
The California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), first passed in 2006 with additional early actio... Read >
05th January 2009
The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 was signed by 38 signatory countries to address the issues of greenhouse gasses and resulting climate change issues. The following article will provide an understanding of trading greenhouse gas emissions.
The Kyoto Protoco... Read >
Author: Dwayne Strocen16th December 2008
The Kyoto Protocol is a UN-led international agreement reached in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan to address the problems of climate change and the reduction greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol went into force on February 2005.
Signatory countries are co... Read >
Author: Dwayne Strocen08th December 2008
Waste prevention and recycling which will massively reduce the amount of waste going into landfills are critical to stopping climate change. Waste-to-energy (WTE) plants create heat and electricity from burning mixed solid waste. Waste minimization and re... Read >
Author: Steve Last03rd November 2008
As we know, carbon dioxide is public enemy number one on the list of deadly greenhouse gases. But there's a new gas in town we must keep a watchful eye on. The name of the gas is nitrogen trifluoride. And actually, it’s not really new. We just underesti... Read >
Author: Joni Keith22nd October 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees
Why is the second largest producer of CO2 emissions, China, free from any of the regulations in the Kyoto Protocol? China's emissions have increased 40% from 1990 to 2003, but as the country was classified as a third worl... Read >
Author: Mervyn Rees17th September 2008
Thermostatic Radiator Valves (TRVs) have become a hit in the UK in recent years. All central heating radiators installed since 2002 must be fitted with a TRV, following the amendment to the Building Regulations that was issued that year. The 'Conservation... Read >
Author: Tal Potishman17th September 2008
Thermostatic Radiator Valves (TRVs) have proven to be a hit seller in the UK in recent years and as such become an important part in fighting global warming. All central heating radiators must be fitted with a TRV, following the amendment to the Building ... Read >
Author: Tal Potishman13th August 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Simon Rosser
This article is taken from The A-Z of Global Warming deals with the Kyoto Protocol. A major political force which brought global climate change to the fore was born from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, where an agreement c... Read >
Author: srosser25th July 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees
I thought I would chat about some aspects affecting the manufacturing of biodiesel.
The Kyoto Protocol goes by a number of aliases: The Kyoto Treaty, The Kyoto Accord, or The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framew... Read >
Author: Mervyn Rees04th July 2008
The Energy Performance Certificate or EPC is the efficiency appraisement of a property, or a building. The appraisement is represented graphically on a calibration from A to G, an A stands for the highest achievement, the most efficient property and G is... Read >
Author: Promila saini26th June 2008
Global warming is no longer something that you debate for awhile and forget. It has become a gigantic reality and all global leading companies are slowly waking up to the fact that unless they do something about it, this is not going to get better.
Th... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON14th May 2008
Do you know how the EPA, otherwise known as the Environmental Protection Agency, works for you? It affects you on a daily basis but you are probably not aware of the small differences one agency can make.
Your vehicle gives off fewer emissions than tw... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON22nd February 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Daniel Lafleche
Must the costs of clean development necessarily be prohibitive for developing nations?
Let's take a closer look at exactly how this is called into question.
There is a common belief that the most efficient way t... Read >
Author: dlafleche11th February 2008
George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush have been running the world’s only superpower for the past 20 years. George H. W. Bush called the world’s environmentalists “the spotted owl crowd”. He meant that the environmenta... Read >
Author: Karen Fish14th January 2008
From April 2008 all commercial buildings of more than 1,000 sq m will need an energy performance certificate (EPC) whenever they are constructed, sold or let.
In this article Richard Hegarty discusses the implications of this new regulation which is par... Read >
Author: Graham Drage08th October 2007
The phenomenon known as global warming is already here and affecting us even as we speak. But many people are still ignorant of what this phenomenon is and how it affects even ordinary folk like you and me.Global warming, strictly speaking, is the observe... Read >
Author: greenstore1127th September 2007
Every property should have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), which depicts the environmental impact of the building, that is, carbon dioxide emission. Actually, EPC shows the energy efficiency rating of a building. European Union Directive 2002/91/... Read >
Author: Manuel Kupka12th September 2007
Emissions trading is a market-based approach to achieving environmental change. It allows those reducing greenhouse gas emissions, particularly carbon dioxide, to use or trade the excess reductions to offset emissions at other sources. The controversy lie... Read >
Author: cpdwise02nd September 2007
Shortly after Prince Albert became Monaco's Sovereign two years ago he set a path that would show him to be a leader among leaders for the environment movement.
In an effort to encourage more people to leave their cars at home and use public transport ... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer29th June 2007
United Nations Conference on Climate Change is the largest intergovernmental conference on climate control that was ever held throughout the history of humanity. Aside from explicit achievements, the largest accomplishment of the Conference is the acknowl... Read >
Author: andrewshw208th June 2007
From their New York Headquarters the UN has launched a campaign to plant a billion new trees, which is being welcomed by environmentalists, but with a warning by some that in certain regions it could do more harm than good.
While the campaign claims th... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer30th May 2007
Monte Carlo has been leading the small countries of Europe in the campaign to heighten awareness of environmental issues since Prince Albert became Sovereign in 2005, and has launched a radical plan of its own to cut carbon emissions.
One of the first ... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer30th April 2007
monetary paradise Monaco has led the small countries of the world in the promotion to intensify awareness of environmental issues because Prince Albert became absolute in 2005, and has launched a radical mean of its own to cut carbon emissions.
One of... Read >
Author: alanpost15th April 2007
Unusually warm and longer summers and the environment have been much talked about subjects in royal circles since Prince Charles started to use his position to push it up the agenda.
Now a new royal has entered the debate, and Monaco's Prince Albert re... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer30th March 2007
37,000 residents and people could be forgiven for believing that for Monaco overseas embassies were an unnecessary expense.
Until now the world's second smallest country has been content to co-operate with French embassies around the world for any nece... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer27th March 2007
Europe's car industry is displaying the latest innovations for more environmentally friendly products in Monaco next month, and included will be the very latest green, clean vehicles.
Famous for the annual Monaco Grand Prix, the new car show ties in wi... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer15th March 2007
Western Europe's second smallest country Monaco has been leading the small countries of the world in the campaign to heighten awareness of environmental issues since Prince Albert became Sovereign in 2005, and has launched a radical plan of its own to cut... Read >
Author: Roger Munns01st March 2007
The most accessible volunteer opportunity to combat global warming is to change the way you live, and to do it in the most public way possible.
US citizens account for only 5% of the world's population, but 25% or more of its total resource consumption... Read >
Author: Nathan Brown09th February 2007
Global warming is happening but at a rate that can be considered quite slow.
Over the past 30 years, the increase totals to about one degree Fahrenheit which is not enough to cause alarm. Catastrophic hurricanes, droughts and floods that have been experi... Read >
Author: Kate Gardens29th January 2007
While Canada under the Kyoto Protocol is to reduce greenhouse gas emission by 6% below the level in 1990, it account for only 2% of world gas emission. Due to the fact that Canada is a relatively cold country and resource processing is a large part of the... Read >
Author: Jennifer Burns03rd January 2007
This seems to be mentioned in the papers almost every day recently. When you buy a holiday or even car insurance, carbon offsetting is available. What exactly is carbon offsetting and why do we need it?
Well, basically carbon offsetting helps you to of... Read >
Author: Davinos Greeno13th December 2006
In recent years the super yacht industry has gone from strength to strength, and the Monaco Yacht Show has proved to be the natural home for their annual display to would be buyers.
Spotted among possible buyers was British Royal Prince Michael of Kent... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer05th December 2006
Twelve months after Prince Albert of Monaco began a campaign to increase awareness of the impact of global warming among his fellow world leaders, Monaco itself has dramatically improved its own record on the environment among 40 nations from second worst... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer15th November 2006
Well?.. The greenhouse effect is the natural process by which the atmosphere traps some of the Sun's energy, warming the Earth enough to support life as we know it!
When humans cut down trees or burn fossil fuels, they release extra carbon into the atm... Read >
Author: Davinos Greeno09th June 2006
The world's leading luxury yacht show in Monaco is to pay for 55 wind turbines in New Zealand - enough to generate power for 45,000 homes - making the event 'carbon neutral'.
Under the watchful eye of Prince Albert, the yacht show is part of Monaco's n... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer28th May 2006
The world's leading luxury yacht show in Monaco is to pay for 55 wind turbines in New Zealand - enough to generate power for 45,000 homes - making the event 'carbon neutral'.
Under the watchful eye of Prince Albert, the yacht show is part of Monaco's n... Read >
Author: Roger Munns22nd February 2006
More used to Grand Prix cars than dog sleighs, Monaco's Prince Albert's forthcoming trek to the North Pole has been greeted with surprise by many.
But the Prince is fairly accustomed to the cold, in contrast to the Mediterranean warmth of Monaco where... Read >
Author: Roger Munns13th December 2005
At first glance it's hard to imagine how the proliferation of human activity upon the environment has been a major factor in climate change given that climate change alone is nothing new. Over two million years the earth's history has seen enormous change... Read >
Author: Jacob Fiennes
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