Posted on March 3, 2008 by robertkyriakides
Is there a tipping point? Some people claim that there is a point at which the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reach such a quantity that the atmosphere cannot recover – the tipping point.
After the tipping point is reached the theory goes that our planet will be on an path of [...]
Filed under: James Hansen, carbon emissions, climate change, global warming | Tagged: 381ppm, atmsopheric co2 content, Christopher Hitchens, David Bellamy, Fred Hoyle, hall of shame, Melanie Phillips, Rising Tide, weeding the lawn | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 3, 2008 by robertkyriakides
Well, it is one step forward and two steps back. Medway Council have, despite over 9000 written objections, voted approval for Eon UK, one of Europe’s largest energy utility companies, to build two coal fired stations at Kingsnorth, which is near Rochester in Kent. They do not have the power to fully approve the application, [...]
Filed under: Coal, James Hansen, biomass, electricity, energy, gordon brown, malcolm wicks, microgeneration, natural gas, power, solar energy, solar panels, wind turbines | Tagged: biomass, coal power station, energy minister, Eon, Greenpeace, Kingsnorth, malcolm wicks, Medway, Port Talbot | No Comments »
Posted on December 18, 2007 by robertkyriakides
Iowa is right in the middle of the mid west, of America, and is the home state of about three million Americans. You might not have heard of one of the most renowned Iowans but he was born in 1941 and has probably done more than any American to raise awareness about global warming. I write [...]
Filed under: Coal, James Hansen, carbon emissions, climate change, pollution, power | Tagged: carbon dioxide, China. United Kingdom, Coal, dragons, energy balance, Germany, industry, Jmes Hansen, mulitnational businesses, power stations, venture capitalists | 2 Comments »
