Month: July 2011

France issues new regulations for large solar PV installations

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 / Energy

Here is my latest post for CleanTechies : “On Monday, the French Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, presented new regulations for large solar installations.” “(…) Let us hope these new projects will be successful as the previous attempts at creating an solar photovoltaic industry in France have been a resounding failure. ” …

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How the USA could get rid of OPEC oil

Thursday, July 14, 2011 / Energy, Sustainable development / Leave a Comment

According to Environment America, a federation of US organizations, the country could reduce its oil dependence by 79 billion gallons per year—more than all of their imports from OPEC nations. For those who are not familiar with gallons and other non-metric – I almost wrote exotic – measures, this represents 299 047 530 936 liters of oil, or …

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Al Gore’s new campaign : Climate Reality

Wednesday, July 13, 2011 / Climate change / 2 Comments

Al Gore certainly contributed to my involvement in cleantech and climate change mitigation. So when he is launching a new campaign – called The Climate Reality Project – I believe this deserves some mention here. Furthermore, I am amazed on how little attention this got. There were only 1,520 people who watched the video on …

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We are heading for a major planetary catastrophe

Saturday, July 9, 2011 / Climate change / Leave a Comment

To Common Dreams : ” Humanity is near to breaching the sustainability of Earth, and needs a technological revolution greater and faster than the industrial revolution to avoid “a major planetary catastrophe,” warns a new United Nations report. “The World Economic and Social Survey 2011: The Great Green Technological Transformation,” published today by the UN …

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Are climate change and extreme weather linked ?

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 / Climate change / Leave a Comment

To the Independent : ” Climate researchers from Britain, the US (…) have formed a new alliance that aims to investigate exceptional weather events to see whether they can be attributable to global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. ” ” They intend to assess each unusual event in terms of the probability that it …

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Great technologies for our computers

Saturday, July 9, 2011 / Energy / Leave a Comment

To Clean Technica : ” Samsung has developed a new computer that is solar-powered! The Samsung NC215S netbook it will be the first computer of its kind. The power will come from a solar panel embedded in the lid. “ Still to Clean Technica : ” a team of researchers at Australia’s RMIT have demonstrated a new, …

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Australia to price CO2 emissions in 2012

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 / Sustainable development / Leave a Comment

According to the BBC quoting Julia Gillard, the Australian Prime Minister : “As a nation, we need to put a price on carbon and create a clean energy future… Australians want to do the right thing by the environment.” As they note : ” The Australian government has unveiled plans to impose a tax on …

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A few quotes on pessimism

Saturday, July 9, 2011 / Culture and Art / 4 Comments

Despite I have a very optimistic personality – a trait inherited from my beloved grand-father Louis – It’s hard not to be pessimistic when we look at some news on climate these days. The socio-economic situation ain’t that bright either. So I had a look at some quotes on pessimism. Nearly all of them point …

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Lafarge pursues its sustainability commitment

Thursday, November 6, 2014 / Business, Corporate Responsibility, Sustainable development / Leave a Comment

According to the WWF : ” WWF and Lafarge, the world’s largest cement maker, today agreed to continue working together to further reduce the company’s greenhouse gas emissions and to help build hundreds of energy-efficient buildings.  ” ” (…) The company has been a member of WWF’s Climate Savers Programme since 2001 and has already …

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Quick climate fix : tackling black carbon

Wednesday, July 6, 2011 / Climate change / Leave a Comment

While browsing my tweets to prepare my selection of Twitter for June I found several articles pointing out to a quick climate fix : tackling black carbon (also known as soot) might prove to bring exceptional greenhouse gases emissions cuts. The work was carried out jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World …

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