Here at Greenbang, we’re trying to get a better handle on how well companies are communicating their sustainability efforts to the public. So we’ll be asking you, our readers, to chime in with your opinions on different organisations. Today’s company: EMC. Our questions for you follow: 1.
nuclear fusion
A project unveiled today is aimed at helping scientists harness the potential of fusion energy, the same process that powers the sun. Researchers hope that nuclear fusion, rather than the fission energy generated by nuclear plants today, could provide much of the world’s future electricity needs. The University of
arctic
Over the last couple of years, thin, broken-up and “rotten” Arctic sea ice has duped satellites into identifying it as thick, multiyear ice, scientists have found. Satellite data in 2008 and 2009 appeared to indicate that Arctic sea ice cover had started to grow again after reaching a record low,
energy harvesting
Energy “harvested” from vibrations in the environment could be powering our mobile phones, heart monitors and many other devices within the next five years, UK researchers predict. The concept of energy harvesting has been around for over a decade, but researchers at the University of Bristol aim to tap the
wildfires
Traditional indigenous fire-management techniques from Australia could help in the global fight against climate change, as well as create jobs and generate carbon credit sales. The long-standing practice, supported today by modern technologies like satellites, uses controlled, early-dry season fires to create fire breaks and patchy mosaics of burnt and
carbon emissions
With the Copenhagen climate conference set to kick off in just a week, how confident are you that an effective carbon reduction agreement can be reached? We’re surveying our readers and want to hear from you. Plus, if you take part, you get a chance to win some really
Peatland fires in Indonesia alone released up to 900 million metric tonnes of CO2 in 2006 — more than the total amount emitted by Germany that year, new research has found. In fact, those Indonesian fires were responsible for about 16 per cent of the carbon emissions associated with deforestation worldwide,
carbon emissions
What do you think about current efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions? Are we taking the right steps or not? You can have your say and help spark some constructive discussion via the Carbon Conversation, Greenbang’s new poll in association with Cisco. Just click here now to get started
carbon markets
Carbon offset schemes not only haven’t helped reduce carbon dioxide emissions to any degree, they might actually be encouraging companies to keep polluting and worsening the future climate situation. That’s the warning from Steffen Böhm and Siddhartha Dabhi, two researchers from the University of Essex who have compiled
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