Archive for August, 2007
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Jurys Boston Hotel’s Offsetting Just One of Many Initiatives
On September 1, the Jurys Boston Hotel will do what few other properties have done—offset 100 percent of its electricity consumption. The hotel will pay a premium of 6 percent for its electric power to Constellation NewEnergy, which in turn will purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from renewable generation sources in the United States.
Keep readingDemocrats In $7 Billion Plan to Green US
The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives wants to spend almost $7bn in the coming year to reduce the nation’s enormous carbon footprint, reports the Independent. This has put it on a collision course with the White House, which still remains in denial about climate change.
Keep readingWho should bear the cost of the environmental damage that air travel causes?
Even as air travel in the domestic sector is being considered for its cost and convenience, is the benefit of such mode of transport coming at the environmental cost of the rest? Such and many more queries are challenging the role of aviation industry in the climate change.
Keep readingUS Secretary of Transportation says Bikes “are not transportation”
by Lloyd Alter
Interviewed on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters said that instead of raising taxes on gasoline to renew the nation’s sagging infrastructure, Congress should examine its spending priorities — including investments in bike paths and trails, which, Peters said, “are not transportation.”
Will Ferrell gets first BMW Hydrogen 7
by Matthew Sparkes
BMW has built the first of their Hydrogen 7 cars for public use, and handed the first set of keys over to US funny-man, Will Ferrell. 25 of the first 100 cars will be handed out to celebrities in order to promote their hydrogen cars in a predictable PR stunt that we just [...]
Almost Half UK Want Green Tax on Air Travel
Published by Andy Rowell
There may be a war of words at the moment between protestors and the airline industry at the climate camp outside Heathrow over the damage caused to the climate by aviation, but there is more bad news for the aviation industry.
Space tourism’s ‘green’ marketing dilemma
By the year 2012, two travel sectors will be represented in space. First there were flights, and now there is accommodation. Barcelona based tourism company, Galactic Suite, recently confirmed their intentions to launch a fully functional space hotel by 2012. This news follows the Virgin Galactic announcement of its commercial space flights, commencing early 2009. [...]
Keep readingWorld Travel Awards launches ‘Green’ Awards program
The World Travel Awards (WTA) will announce the winners of the newly launched `Green’ Awards program during the Europe Awards Ceremony in Newcastle Gateshead in October.
Keep readingWarning over wildlife souvenirs
Wildlife campaigners are asking British holidaymakers not to buy any souvenirs abroad which they think may have been made from a protected species. The conservation charity WWF says purchasing items such as coral and elephant ivory carvings is catastrophic for wildlife, as well as illegal.
Keep readingStudy says low-carbon research offers big payoff
It would cost up to $1.8 trillion to dramatically reduce U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, but spending $35 billion on research into cutting edge technology for nuclear and low-emission coal plants could cut the price tag in half, researchers said on Monday.
Keep readingSociety ‘needs the right chemistry’
by Stefaan Simons
Carbon offsetting schemes are all well and good, but do little to change the way people live day-to-day, argues Stefaan Simons. In this week’s Green Room, he says instead of wasting money on short-term solutions, attention should be focused on developments that can really deliver a low carbon future.
Heavy-Duty Air-Hybrid Engine Prototype Shows Up to 18% Improvement in Fuel Economy, Depending On Drive Cycle
Initial simulation studies of a prototype heavy-duty air-hybrid engine being developed by engineers at Volvo Powertrain, UCLA and Sturman Industries show a 4-18% improvement in fuel economy over a wide range of driving cycles. The amount of improvement depends on the cycle.
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