One minute, you’re a bit of green slime on a rock that’s greeted with cries of “Ick.” The next minute, you’re saviour to a fossil-fuel-addicted, carbon-dioxide-overloaded planet. Such is the fate of algae, which is lately emerging as the possible next big thing in fuels and, now,
carbon capture and storage
While there’s no shortage of projects around the world aimed at finding ways to suck up carbon dioxide and store it safely away, they’re currently not making progress fast enough — or at a large enough scale — to make a dent in climate change. Even if such projects could
wind energy
A 270-megawatt offshore wind project will begin rising up off British shores starting next year. Final investment approval has paved the way for the Lincs project to get under way, according to Centrica plc, the parent company of British Gas. To be built at a cost of about £725 million,
carbon emissions
Keeping transport-related energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions from ballooning out of control between now and 2050 will require a mix of improved fuel efficiency, new technologies and stronger government policies, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The new report, “Transport, Energy and CO2: Moving
venture capital
The recession hasn’t kept the SETsquared Partnership from seeing a healthy year for investment in early-stage technology businesses: in the year from 1 September 2008, it’s seen the companies it incubates reap £52.5 million from private investors and VC funds. Those funds not only pave the way
Jurdy’s not dim when it comes to conservation …
global warming
What’s the price of failure to act on climate change? In the UK, it could be £6.50 for a loaf of bread and £18 for a pint of beer by the year 2030. That’s the future envisioned by “Climate change, food, poverty and the price of failure
Low Carbon Technologies Report
Interested in seeing for yourself what all the buzz is about over the new “Low Carbon Technologies Report”? For a limited time only, you can request a free sample here. A full version of the first report, which provides an in-depth analysis of 20 UK-based start-up companies in the low-carbon
energy
Some carbon and energy goals set out by the UK, Spain and Greece earn poor risk ratings in terms of investment potential in a new report from Deutsche Bank (DB). Produced by DB Climate Change Advisors, the “Global Climate Change Policy Tracker: An Investor’s Assessment” provides investors with an
global warming
Policy-makers exhibit a strange disconnect when it comes to global warming: while they acknowledge the possibility that we could tip into abrupt climate change, they consistently fail to address what we should do if that happens (pdf). That’s according to a new study, “Policy responses to rapid climate change,
carbon emissions
Simple changes in our individual behaviour could significantly reduce carbon emissions with “little or no reduction in household well-being,” according to a new study from researchers in the US. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the report — “Household actions can provide a behavioural wedge to rapidly
For people who already view efforts to curb climate change and energy use as a government “conspiracy” to control the masses, the suggestion that we should go vegetarian to reduce carbon emissions is guaranteed to elicit howls of protest. However, a growing chorus of voices is calling attention to just
