Month: August 2012

Wood is reaching new heights in buildings

What if we used wood as a construction material for high buildings ? Given how many trees we are planting to fight climate change, we are not going to lack from it any time soon if we manage it sustainably. Back to June the New York Times published an interesting article on how this is …

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China to invest $372 billion in energy efficiency

Yes, you read that right : the People’s Republic of China has announced last week a massive $372 billion plan for the next three and a half years in order to curb fossil fuels consumption and pollution. That’s $291 million per day ! The main goal is to cut coal consumption by 300 million tonnes …

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Bill Gates wants to reinvent the toilets

We all know that around a billion people are not eating enough and around 1.5 billion do not have access to electricity. But do you have an idea of how many of our fellow human beings are lacking access to proper toilets ? 2.5 billion people, more than a third of Mankind. This staggering amount …

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Coal consumption increases in Germany

When Germany announced after the Fukushima disaster that it was willing to stop all its nuclear reactors, I published a piece on Cleantechies on how this was premature and dangerous for climate. I guess I was quite right as this week the same Cleantechies published an article stating that coal consumption of the first European …

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The Arctic is melting to record low levels

These are bad bad news. As the New York Times Green blog notes : “Next week, Arctic sea ice may melt to its smallest size since data collection began in 1979, according to the lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The summer of 2007 holds the record for sea ice melt, …

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Huge success for Bangladeshi solar company

The huge blackout in India that affected 700 million people earlier this month has taught us a valuable lesson : big coal fired plants failed and little solar installations delivered to the point to they look like a no-brainer. Given this, it is more than probable than the India government will be willing to increase …

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Deforestation of the Amazon hits new low

Here are more good news as deforestation in Brazil hit another record low. As The Guardian reports : ”  Data from satellite images shows a 23% reduction in deforestation from August 2011 to July 2012 against the previous year.” ” The figures, published on Thursday, mark the continuation of a long-term trend that has seen …

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Two tips for more sustainable vacation

Hello all ! I took a few days off – but not by the sea as the illustration might suggest – and this the occasion for me to share with you two ideas that will make your vacation a bit more sustainable. First thing first, when leaving for a week or two, don’t hesitate to  …

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Book : The case for a carbon tax

The Energy Fix have published a compelling article presenting a book – by law professor Shi-Ling Hsu’s The Case For A Carbon Tax, published by Island Press -on why we need to implement a carbon tax at a global level. To the article’s author it is  ” THE most effective mechanism to combat climate change …

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Latest news of the Great green wall of Africa

With over 1,300 articles published here so far, it is sometimes hard to keep up with old topics. So for today’s post I would like to present you an update of the Great green wall of Africa Back to 2010 I was writing that several African countries are willing to stop the Sahara desert to …

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