In the Headlines
October 2010
World's First Carbon Capture and Storage Project in Basalt Begins in U.S. • India's Climate Chief on Making India Greener • EU to leave decision on CO2 cuts until next year • Google joins $5 billion U.S. offshore wind grid project • Electric cars need 2 years of government aid: Renault CEO • S. Africa woos investors for huge solar plant • China winning race for green jobs • LED momentum builds at annual Street and Area Lighting Conference • U.S. Envoy Says Deal on Climate Is Possible • EU agrees stance for Cancun climate talks
World's First Carbon Capture and Storage Project in Basalt Begins in U.S.
Clean Technica
October 26, 2010
Washington state’s Department of Ecology has just granted the permit for the world’s first pilot test of carbon capture and sequestration in continental flood basalt near a paper mill in Wallula.
India's Climate Chief on Making India Greener
Time
October 14, 2010
India's environment minister and chief climate change negotiator Jairam Ramesh spoke to TIME about India's stand in such an eventuality, and the challenges he faces to chart out a green path for India.
EU to leave decision on CO2 cuts until next year
EurActiv
October 14, 2010
Environment ministers are meeting in Luxembourg to set out the EU's strategy for the UN climate conference in Cancún at the end of the year. No decision is expected on whether to raise the bloc's CO2 emission target.
Google joins $5 billion U.S. offshore wind grid project
Reuters
October 12, 2010
Google Inc has thrown its financial clout behind an ambitious $5 billion proposed electric transmission line aimed at jump-starting investment in new wind farms off the heavily populated U.S. East Coast.
Electric cars need 2 years of government aid: Renault CEO
Reuters
October 27, 2010
Electric cars will need two years of government support in developed markets before they can take off on their own, Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said on Tuesday.
S. Africa woos investors for huge solar plant
AFP
October 28, 2010
South Africa wooed investors Thursday for what could become the world's largest solar project, built on the edge of the Kalahari Desert to provide an eighth of the country's electricity.
China winning race for green jobs
The Guardian
October 7, 2010
China is prevailing in the global race for green jobs in sectors from solar panels to advanced lighting, and appears to be on an unstoppable upward path, an annual report by cleantech research firm Clean Edge said on Wednesday.
LED momentum builds at annual Street and Area Lighting Conference
LEDs Magazine
November, 2010
In late September, the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) held the annual Street and Area Lighting Conference (SALC) in Huntington Beach, California with a crowd of more than 600 attendees focused increasingly on LED-based street lights.
U.S. Envoy Says Deal on Climate Is Possible
Wall Street Journal
October 23, 2010
The top U.S. climate-change negotiator said Friday after a "constructive" meeting with his Chinese counterpart that "there's a deal to be had" at the November global-warming summit in Mexico.
EU agrees stance for Cancun climate talks
Reuters
October 29, 2010
The European Union will only sign up to a second phase of the United Nation's climate treaty if loopholes are closed and other big economies make deeper cuts to greenhouse gases, EU leaders agreed on Friday.