To support California in meeting its climate goals and using its budget most effectively, CPI created this first-of-its-kind landscape of climate finance in California, building on the flagship Global Landscape of Climate Finance methodology. In doing so, aim to fill a gap in comprehensive data on both past spending and …
Climate change is causing grey whales to spend more time north before swimming to the waters off California's coast. Out in the deep waters of Monterey Bay, grey whales will be swimming home later this month after a brief winter vacation in Baja, California. Whale watchers and marine scientists say …
Date: 18-Feb-09 Country: ISRAEL Author: Ari Rabinovitch KIBBUTZ SAMAR - Israeli energy company AORA wants to prove it doesn't have to be sunny for a solar power plant to make electricity. Like weaning a car from total dependence on fuel, the answer, it says, is to go hybrid. Their idea …
It seemed that every chance he got, President George W. Bush ignored or flat out refused to address the problem of climate change. So we were greatly encouraged by President Obama's swift announcement that he is likely to approve California's request to regulate greenhouse gases from vehicles - a request …
The president directs the EPA to reconsider standards AS A senator, during his campaign for the presidency and in his inaugural address, Barack Obama repeatedly pledged to reduce America
Washington: Astronauts who spend months in space tend to lose bone strength, making them increasingly vulnerable to fractures in later life. Universities of California (UC) Irvine and San Francisco evaluated 13 astronauts who spent four to six months on the International Space Station and found that, on average, their hipbone …
It's like wearing white clothing outdoors in a hot climate. The light colour reflects electromagnetic radiation, including light and radiant heat, and keeps the body cool. Wearing a dark suit under a searing midday sun only absorbs more sunlight resulting in the body getting hotter. As Arctic ice, for instance, …
12 Jan 2009, 0000 hrs IST, Jonathan Leake & Richard Woods, Sunday Times, London Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research. While millions of people tap into …
Ten capital cities and the Californian government have recently signed up to a greenhouse gas inventory system that will help ciies and regions make deep cuts in their emissions.
Solar photovoltaics is the fastest growing area in the energy sector. Of the us $71 billion invested in renewables worldwide in 2007, 30 per cent was in solar pv. According to market analysts, between 2007 and 2011, this industry is poised to grow at a whopping 73 per cent. By …
Energy: Wind power has established itself as an important source of renewable energy in the past three decades. The basic idea is ancient, but its modern incarnation adds many new high-tech twists Corbis OLD-FASHIONED windmills, no longer used to grind flour, have become tourist destinations in much of the developed …
For all its economic capacity, population size, and resource base, California remains only one among the 50 United States and, essentially, is a subnational actor attempting to play a role in the climate change policy arena on par with the nation-states of the world. This raises a series of questions …
California committed to getting a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 in a Monday executive order by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. California, which often leads the federal government on environmental issues, already had committed to produce 20 percent of its power from renewables such as wind and solar …
Solomon Moore & Rebecca Cathcart David Grieb had just returned home three days earlier from a cross-country drive to be at the bedside of his dying mother when the order came for him to evacuate the Oakridge Park modular home development because of an approaching wildfire. Several weeks earlier, Mr. …
california gov. Arnold schwarzenegger on friday ordered preparations for rising sea levels from global warming, a startling prospect for the most populous us state with a pacific ocean coastline stretching more than 800 miles (1,290 km). recorded sea levels rose 7 inches (18 cm) during the 20th century in san …
Until recently, green investment funds were mostly a niche for individual investors. But now investing with the idea of improving the environmental actions of corporations, not just maximizing profit, is catching on among big pension funds and foundations, particularly in Europe and even in a few outposts in the United …
Millions of Southern Californians simultaneously dropped to the floor and huddled under tables and desks for two minutes of imagined seismic turmoil on Thursday in the biggest US earthquake drill. The Great Southern California ShakeOut was organised by scientists and emergency officials as part of a campaign to prepare the …
