> Steve Spence wrote: > Carbon trading of course is just a scam to allow you to buy polluting rights > from others while pretending everyone has a right to pollute just a little. > > Carbon trading is not a good thing!
Increased use of renewable energy and advancing efficient use of renewable and fossil fuels is not a good trade off regarding climate change? > Russia to ratify Kyoto treaty > > Putin joins fight against climate change, leaving Bush > isolated and US cut out of carbon trading market > > Paul Brown, environment correspondent > Oct 1, 2004 > The Guardian > http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,1317289,00.html <SNIP> > ----- Original Message ----- > > EMS UPDATE - Sept 30, 2004 > > > KYOTO CLEARS LAST HURDLE > > The Russian cabinet approved the ratification of the Kyoto global warming > treaty today. Russia's ratification means the Kyoto Protocol will enter > into force as an internationally binding treaty in 2005. > > The treaty must still win the approval of Russia's lower parliament house, > but that is considered a virtual certainty. > > News stories & press releases: http://www.ems.org > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > SCIENTISTS BEGIN TOUR TO OPPOSE BUSH > > Scientists and Engineers for Change, a group that includes 10 Nobel > laureates, has begun a tour to battleground states to highlight the misuse > of science by the Bush administration. > > "I am not a Democrat and I have never played a significant role in > politics," said Dr. Douglas Osheroff, a Nobel-winning professor of physics > at Stanford who is a part of the group. "We must begin to address climate > change now. To do so, we must have an administration that listens to the > scientific community, not one that manipulates and minimizes scientific > input." > > Tour stops are scheduled for Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New > Mexico, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia and Wisconsin. > > Press release, news: http://www.ems.org > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > STUDY: U.S. CAN END OIL USE > > A Pentagon-cofunded blueprint for making the United States oil-free, > released September 20 by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), finds that by > 2015 the United States can save more oil than it gets from the Persian > Gulf -- and can eliminate its oil use altogether by 2050. The plan achieves > a net cost savings for the United States and does not require taxation or > regulation. > > The plan, "Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and > Security," would eliminate half of U.S. oil use through improved efficiency, > and the other half through the use of biofuels and natural gas. > > "Because saving and substituting oil costs less than buying it, our study > finds a net savings of $70 billion a year," said RMI CEO Amory Lovins. > > More: http://www.ems.org > > > > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > EMS listservs provide news tips and resources for journalists. > You received this email because you signed up at our website, > http://ems.org. Please forward this email to your colleagues. > > To subscribe or change your preferences: > Please visit http://www.ems.org/updates.html _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
