http://en.redtram.com/ enn.com Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:00:40 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 45968 | Solar Powered System Helps Reduce Ship's Emissions - Innovation on the High Seas http://en.redtram.com/go/152013785/top100/ 152013785 Japan's largest shipping line, Nippon Yusen KK, has teamed with Nippon Oil Corporation in developing a system of solar panels capable of generating 40 kilowatts of electricity for use on a 60,000 ton cargo ship for Toyota Motor Corporation.Unlike the Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:48:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152013785/top100/ 45968 | Failing grades for carbon emitters down under http://en.redtram.com/go/152013781/top100/ 152013781 Some major Australian power generators are doing next to nothing to prepare for a low-carbon future, according to a new report from WWF-Australia. The 2008 WWF-Australia Power Generators Carbon Future Score Card assessed 19 of Australia's power firms on the Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:48:43 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152013781/top100/ 45968 | Trucking firms line up for ports' clean-air programs http://en.redtram.com/go/152013777/top100/ 152013777 Following weeks of worry about whether they could meet their own deadlines, Los Angeles and Long Beach port officials said Friday that they were closing in on having enough trucking companies lined up to get their clean-air programs off the Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:48:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152013777/top100/ 45969 | California revives program to buy water from farmers http://en.redtram.com/go/151714510/top100/ 151714510 SACRAMENTO -- -- Saying California's water reserves are all but gone, state officials on Thursday announced the revival of a dormant 17-year-old program to buy water from Sacramento Valley farmers and sell it to the thirstiest Southern California agencies in Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:01:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151714510/top100/ 45969 | Sea level rise limited to two metres http://en.redtram.com/go/151714512/top100/ 151714512 What is the maximum amount that sea levels could rise by 2100? Much attention has been given to the numbers issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007, and the fact that they are absolute minimums. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:01:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151714512/top100/ 45969 | Deforestation Escalates in Brazilian Amazon http://en.redtram.com/go/151714516/top100/ 151714516 Satellite imagery released earlier this week provided further evidence that deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region accelerated dramatically this year. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:01:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151714516/top100/ 45969 | Global warming: Western U.S. feels the heat http://en.redtram.com/go/151714496/top100/ 151714496 As pilot Bruce Gordon lifts up from the local airport, the distant perspective of the Teton Range raises the spirits, but the unfolding sight of dying forests sears the soul. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:01:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151714496/top100/ 45968 | E.P.A. Issues New Engine Rules http://en.redtram.com/go/151714438/top100/ 151714438 Announcing what it called new "surf and turf" standards, the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday set stricter antipollution rules for engines that run pleasure boats, lawn mowers and weed trimmers. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:01:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151714438/top100/ 45968 | Asian pollution could spur U.S., European warming http://en.redtram.com/go/151714436/top100/ 151714436 Asian pollution from Asian power plants, cooking and heating could create summer hot spots in the central United States and southern Europe by mid-century, U.S. climate scientists reported on Thursday. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:01:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151714436/top100/ 45968 | Beijing apologizes for stinking garbage plant http://en.redtram.com/go/151714435/top100/ 151714435 Beijing has made a rare public apology for a stinking garbage processing plant that prompted scores of angry residents to stage a street protest, local media reported on Friday. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:01:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151714435/top100/ 45965 | UK utility windfall profits in spotlight http://en.redtram.com/go/151714351/top100/ 151714351 British utilities will probably escape a tax on profits they make from a European Union carbon trading scheme -- but the issue has sparked fierce debate about the size of windfalls and how utilities spend them. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:01:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151714351/top100/ 45969 | Global Warming: Warmer Seas Linked To Strengthening Hurricanes, According to New Research http://en.redtram.com/go/151500582/top100/ 151500582 The theory that global warming may be contributing to stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic over the past 30 years is bolstered by a new study led by a Florida State University researcher. The study will be published in the Sept. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:30:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151500582/top100/ 45965 | How "Green" is Sarah Palin? Not very (unless you count her experience). http://en.redtram.com/go/151500392/top100/ 151500392 Before women get too excited about the nomination of Sarah Palin to the GOP Presidential ticket, they should pause long enough to take a look at her record. Political pundits have focused on her cred as a social conservative. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:29:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151500392/top100/ 45965 | Nissan blazes trail with clean diesel car http://en.redtram.com/go/151404026/top100/ 151404026 Nissan Motor Co on Thursday became the first domestic automaker to launch a diesel car in Japan in six years, blazing the trail for rivals looking to revive the fuel-saving engine to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:27:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151404026/top100/ 45965 | Steam Heat & Power: Journey to the Center of the Earth http://en.redtram.com/go/151404028/top100/ 151404028 Geothermal energy is attracting a lot of long overdue attention recently. Gathering in Reykjavik last week officials from Australia, Iceland and the U.S. signed a charter to establish the International Partnership for Geothermal Technology, reportedGreenbiz.com. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:27:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151404028/top100/ 45969 | Massive Arctic ice shelf breaks away http://en.redtram.com/go/151134445/top100/ 151134445 A huge 19 square mile (55 square km) ice shelf in Canada's northern Arctic broke away last month and the remaining shelves have shrunk at a "massive and disturbing" rate, the latest sign of accelerating climate change in the remote Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:37:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151134445/top100/ 45965 | Paintless Car Saves Energy http://en.redtram.com/go/151134375/top100/ 151134375 Energy can be saved in surprising places, but let's meander a bit first If you own a new car, built in the last decade or so, take look around the wheel wells or perhaps the door sills. You might see Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:37:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151134375/top100/ 45965 | Opposition to Offshore Drilling May Fade http://en.redtram.com/go/151134376/top100/ 151134376 One January morning in 1969, eight kilometers off the coast of southern California, all hell broke loose. A drilling accident at an offshore oil rig led to the leakage of 11 million liters of oil in the nearby Santa Barbara Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:37:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151134376/top100/ 45965 | Scotland could boost hydropower by 50 pct - study http://en.redtram.com/go/151134369/top100/ 151134369 Reuters, 2 September 2008 - Scotland has potential to raise hydropower capacity by about a half, helping Britain cut greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate global warming, a new study showed on Tuesday. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:37:19 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151134369/top100/