Hit TV series ‘24′ goes carbon neutral

Show Will Take Significant Steps to Reduce its Carbon Footprint For Season Seven with the Goal of Accruing Enough Emissions Savings To Render Entire Season Finale CarbonNeutral; “24” Hopes to Inspire Other Series and Millions of Viewers To Join Fight to Curb Climate Change.

http://www.fox.com/24/info.htm

Kiefer Sutherland video announcement–>

http://www.fox.com/video/index.htm?cat_id=24&clip_id=24_psa_hi 

Carbon offsets needs rules

Carbon offsetting has a role to play in fighting climate change but urgently needs a code of practice, an environment committee of British parliamentarians said on Monday.

http://ww.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSL2241660420070722?pageNumber=1

Australia opens carbon exchange

AUSTRALIA’S first carbon trading exchange went live at midday today with the bidding price of $8.50 per metric tonne.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22118793-2,00.html 

Airlines not doing enough

The airline industry has been sharply criticised for its unsatisfactory attitude to carbon offsetting in a report from MPs published today.

http://environment.guardian.co.uk/travel/story/0,,2132460,00.html

Greening Formula 1

Climate change is also affecting Formula 1. As this article reveals, many teams are already reducing their cabon footprint. Honda race cars emit 17 tonnes of CO2 a year and 1,500 grams of CO2 per kilometre — 10 times more than a small road car.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6797301,00.html

Climate change redraws map… for garderners

Article about how climate change is redrawing the map in the USA. Many maps of plants are out of date and now many plants found in Southern states are also found in Northern states.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/20/AR2007072000936.html

‘Souping up’ your hybrid

Getting 40km/litre or 100miles/gallon becomes a reality with this new upgrading system.  To be one of the world’s very few plug-in hybrid you will need a hybrid (Prius), and an extra $24′000.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/21/HYBRID.TMP&feed=rss.news 

Switch to ’smart meter’ imminent

The UK’s six leading energy retailers have committed a £1bn programme to replace Britain’s 45 million gas and electricity meters with a new generation of ’smart’ meters that have a two-way communication capability.

http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1141652007 

Thailand: climate change is hot topic

The majority of residents in Bangkok and nearby provinces are convinced climate change affects the country and are worried about it, according to a new poll.

http://203.150.224.53/2007/07/23/national/national_30041957.php

Nanotech solar startups offers light

North Caorlina is becoming a cleantech hub with two new startups. FlexiCell is a next generation solar cell producer, and PlexiLightdevelops a revolutionary lighting source that is lightweight, ultra-thin and energy efficient because it uses nanotechnology to produce visible light directly.

http://www.wfu.edu/news/release/2007.07.20.n.php