Renewable Energy
Climate change could trigger into an Arctic struggle
As the world is getting warmer because of the action of climate change the Arctic ice is melting, opening new transportation routes and easing possibilitites for oil and gas extraction in a region which is expected to contain 45 billion [...]
The end of commercial whaling?
Whale hunting has probably been one of the green topics most attacked by environmentalists. Also, one of the green issues more covered by media. The Oscar winning documentary The Cove and Animal Planet’s television show Whale Wars have brought western [...]
Lolland Island combines wind energy and fuel cells
We’ve seen in a couple of previous posts how Denmark is making great progress in advancing towards a more sustainable future. Today we’ll analyze the case of Lolland, a Danish island that is combining wind power with fuel cells to [...]
Samso: 100% renewable energy island
It seems like a school project, or a game, too perfect to be real. Yet it does exist; Samso Island, in Denmark, uses nearly 100% renewable energy. In 1997, it won a competition launched by the Ministry of Energy of [...]
Copenhagen: a chance for a turning point
Today starts the fifteenth meeting of the members of the UNFCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). They meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to discuss how the world will jointly address climate change. The challenges are numerous, and so are [...]
Obama has faith in Copenhagen, even without a climate bill
US president Barack Obama has announced he will be attending the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference next month, and will do his best to make a treaty happen. We were talking yesterday about the importance the US has for the Copenhagen [...]
Final talks before Copenhagen
This week, negotiators from around 180 countries are gathered in Barcelona, Spain with the aim of preparing a manageable proposal of a treaty, to be discussed and signed in December, in the Copenhagen Conference. They are in charge of a [...]
