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Are Current Projections of Climate Change-Impacts on Biodiversity Misleading?

This is the urgent question arising from the study "Quaternary climate changes explain diversity among reptiles and amphibians", published in the journal Ecography.

22 Nov 2007

Engaging the Environment, Engaging the Future

One of the world's leading authorities in debates on sustainable development, Professor Kenichi Miyamoto from the Ritsumeikan University in Japan will be giving the timely presentation "Towards a Sustainable Society in Asia - the Lesson of Japanese Environmental Problems" at the upcoming APNEC-8 conference held at The University of Sydney.

22 Nov 2007

Understanding History of Human Interaction with Nature Can Help Manage Global System

A better more sustainable and desirable future requires humans to learn from past interactions with the environment. Multidirectional connections have been created throughout time from human reactions to change.

22 Nov 2007

Long-Term Climate Change May Ultimately Lead to Wars and Population Decline

Climate change may be one of the most significant threats facing humankind. A new study shows that long-term climate change may ultimately lead to wars and population decline.

22 Nov 2007

Camelina-Based Biodiesel Agreement Ushers in New Era for Biofuel-Specific Feedstocks

U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Jon Tester (D-MT), Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, and representatives from state agriculture will join Targeted Growth, Inc. (TGI), a renewable energy bioscience company, and Green Earth Fuels, a vertically integrated renewable biodiesel energy company, as the two companies announce the formation of a joint venture called Sustainable Oils, Inc. at a press conference today.

20 Nov 2007

Could Nuclear Power be the Answer to Fresh Water Supplies?

New solutions to the ancient problem of maintaining a fresh water supply is discussed in a special issue of the Inderscience publication International Journal of Nuclear Desalination.

20 Nov 2007

Chevron and MIT Announce Research Program to Focus on Ultra-Deepwater Development

Chevron Corporation and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced an energy research program to develop remote, ultra-deepwater exploration and production technology.

20 Nov 2007

U.S. Department of State Supports Coal Cleaning Technology in India

In support of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, the U.S. Department of State has awarded more than $1 million to a university-industry team led by the Center for Advanced Separation Technologies at Virginia Tech to help India increase energy production and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by developing and testing advanced technologies for cleaning coal.

19 Nov 2007

Illinois Electric Utility Gets Approval to Use Calgon Carbon Product for Mercury Removal

Calgon Carbon Corporation has announced that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (ILEPA) has granted Midwest Generation approval to use Calgon Carbon's FLUEPAC MC Plus activated carbon to control mercury emissions from plants that burn coal to produce electricity.

19 Nov 2007