Archive for May, 2009

CleanPower WebHosting 110% Carbon Negative – webhostdir.com

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

CleanPower WebHosting 110% Carbon Negative
webhostdir.com, UK
CleanPower WebHosting (www.cleanpowerwebhosting.com), New 2009 110% Carbon Negative Web Hosting Company is up and running with the Big Boys. Due to building structure and area distribution, our company couldn't install solar panels or construct wind ...

Norway’s ruling parties delay oil sands vote  (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Monday, May 18th, 2009
Norway's center-left government effectively delayed a parliamentary vote on Monday on whether majority state-owned oil and gas producer StatoilHydro should withdraw from a $2 billion Canadian oil sands venture. 

MORE THAN JUST EMISSIONS ON 2009 BUDGET DAY – Earthtoys (press release)

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

MORE THAN JUST EMISSIONS ON 2009 BUDGET DAY
Earthtoys (press release)
'While we must continue to look for technology-driven carbon negative strategies, we must also start deploying already available renewable energies that can happen now.' 'And renewable energy provides the only technology available today and ready to ...

The New Republic: Want To Fuel Your Car With Corn? Try Burning It. – NPR

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

The New Republic: Want To Fuel Your Car With Corn? Try Burning It.
NPR
... which pulls carbon dioxide out of the air, burns it in a power plant that captures and stores escaping CO2, and then replaces it with another crop, which pulls yet more carbon dioxide out of the air, the process becomes carbon negative. ...

Is Farming for Electricity More Efficient? – New York Times

Monday, May 11th, 2009

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Is Farming for Electricity More Efficient?
New York Times, United States
... which pulls carbon dioxide out of the air, burns it in a power plant that captures and stores escaping CO 2 , and then replaces it with another crop, which pulls yet more carbon dioxide out of the air, the process becomes carbon-negative. ...
Ethanol (Rhymes With 'Cornball') TheCarConnection.com
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Spanish GP Post-race press conference Pt.1 (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)

Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Drivers: Jenson Button (Brawn GP), Rubens Barrichello (Brawn GP), Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing) TV Unilaterals Q: Jenson, another brilliant day for you and your team. A switch for your team-mate to a three stop strategy relatively early in the race and then just a great day for you. Jenson Button: Well, it was the other way around. We were both going that direction but they switched me to a two ...

Green pioneers: Nikolaos Vlasopoulos and Stuart Evans – Times Online

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Times Online

Green pioneers: Nikolaos Vlasopoulos and Stuart Evans
Times Online, UK
By contrast, creating “carbon negative” buildings could make a huge difference to the industry's environmental record, said Evans. “The cement industry is a mature one and it does little in the way of fundamental research but there is a chance for it ...

American Hardwoods: Nature's 'Greenest' Choice – Creston News Advertiser

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Creston News Advertiser

American Hardwoods: Nature's 'Greenest' Choice
Creston News Advertiser, IA
They're carbon negative. No other material can compare!" To request the 48-page booklet entitled "Sustainable Solutions," and for more information on American hardwood species and sustainable design, visit the American Hardwood Information Center at ...

Australian agriculture — a carbon-neutral future? – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Australian agriculture -- a carbon-neutral future?
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Australia
Indeed, the sector might finish up strongly carbon negative, able to offset emissions elsewhere. The timelines would not be rapid, since trees would have to be planted and to grow to harvestable size, but the process could be well under way within 10 ...

Bus That Runs On Chip Fat Hits The Road (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
The single-decker bus, dubbed "The Chipper", is beginning a six-month trial in Bristol to see whether its performance can match that of conventional coaches.