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 …
the long-awaited us energy policy is finally out and its contents have come as no surprise. For people in the oil and gas industry, it is a dream come true. But for environmentalists, it is a disaster waiting to happen. The reliance on fossil fuels rather than renewable energy is …
By dislodging every attempt for progressive green legislation from very early on in his presidency, George Bush is proclaiming his disregard for the environment and open support for expanding energy supplies. He is making no attempt to balance the two. He is also proving to be a poor role model …
a proposal entailing schools across southern California, to replace diesel buses with ones using cleaner fuels has been approved by the South Coast Air Quality Management District ( aqmd ) board. "Our young people deserve the best we can provide both in terms of environment and education,' said William Burke, …
The world's largest windfarm, made up of 450 giant turbines, is to be be built on the Washington-Oregon border in the US. The state of the art technology used will produce 300 mw of power, which will be pooled with the power produced from hydroelectric dams and sold to 11 …
it 's been more than seven years since the authorities decided to set up a solar power project in Mathania, Rajasthan. Nothing has come of it, yet. The bidding process for the project continues. Allocated funds and precious aid lies unused. It was supposed to be a unique demonstration project. …
california's public utility commission (puc) has increased electricity prices by 46 per cent. This hike is the largest increase in the state's history. The prices have been increased in a bid to avert frequent blackouts that are threatening the state's economy and also to save the state's electricity producers from …
soot may be responsible for as much as 30 per cent of global warming, according to a study done by the researchers of Stanford University, Calfornia. Soot is emitted from fireplaces, diesel engines and jet engines. "Soot or black carbon may be responsible for 15-30 per cent of global warming, …
smoggy air damages plants, causes leaf injury, adversely affects plant growth and reduces fruit yield. Air pollutants such as sulphur, fluorides, ozone affect forest ecosystems adversely. This book brings out 30-35 years of research experience of around 30 scientists who have studied the effect of pollutants on plant life. The …
California, USA, is planning to introduce a toilet-to-tap programme to solve the prevailing water shortage problem in the state. The planned project will include a three-year trial period during which about nine million gallons of wastewater will be processed every day at the Donald C Tillman Water Reclamation Plant at …
the California Air Resources Board ( carb ) has recently announced a programme which will provide a total of us $18 million in grants to reduce the incremental cost of new zero emissions vehicles ( zev s) over the next three years. zev s are an integral part California's efforts …
The state of California in the us has declared the most stringent standards for heavy-duty diesel-driven vehicles in the world. Now 13 other states have joined California in their campaign against diesel. This multi-state clean-diesel initiative include New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Delaware, …
Argentine ants are making the US their home. Biologists of the University of California in San Diego ( uscd ) have discovered the biggest colony of ants
anybody who has tasted chillies deliberately or accidentally would know what it means to have your mouth on fire. A few years ago scientists discovered the reason. A cell surface protein that in cultured cells responds both to heat and to capsaicin, the active ingredient of chilli peppers. Now, scientists …
It is now well-known that albatrosses use smell to find food and navigate the oceans. Now a new study has found that they are sensitive to odours in the air released by krill and phytoplankton living beneath the wavers. Gabrielle Nevitt of the University of California studied the behaviour of …
For the first time in the world, a government has imposed restrictions on buying diesel vehicles for commercial use as an anti-pollution measure. Quite predictably, this move has come from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), California, which leads the world in air quality management. It adopted three …
For the first time two Californian companies, after analysing the entire sequence published so far on the human genome, have come up with a jumble of bases which make up our DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) into a meaningful inventory of genes, their locations and functions. "It's the first step towards turning …
that wound infections are common and serious complications of surgery is widely known. About 5 per cent of all patients who have undergone surgery and as many as 10 to 20 per cent undergoing colorectal surgery have postoperative infection in hospitals in the developed west. It is significantly higher in …
scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and the us National Renewable Energy Laboratory, have found a way to use green algae to produce hydrogen gas from sunlight and water. The technique, they say, may help produce enough hydrogen to meet future fuel needs. The scientists have demonstrated that the …
A team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, has successfully recreated the conditions inside the planets Neptune and Uranus. They managed to squeeze a tiny sample of methane to pressures that are 500,000 times the atmospheric pressure and heated the sample to almost 3,000
a tree-dwelling African ant prunes branches of host trees to prevent stronger neighbours from invading their tree and ousting them. Crematogaster nigriceps is one of the four ant species that dwell in the Whistling Thorn Tree ( Acacia drepanolobium) in East Africa. However, competition for trees is fierce and Crematogaster …
