From Yahoo News:
"Climate change imperils "the most precious treasures of our planet," he said, and the effects are "so severe and so sweeping that only urgent global action will do. We are all in this together. We must work together."
The whole article is unfortunately no longer available since Yahoo doesn't store the news forever. The orignal link was http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071118/ap_on_sc/climate_change_conference
From CNN:
"Most Americans think they're helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cell phones. But chances are they're contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas." ... Read on...
Instead of looking for ways on lowering the CO2 emissions, 970 Swiss companies rather look for ways to not pay the greenhouse tax. They have it upside down....
Read the whole article at Swissinfo.ch:
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/top_news/detail/Major_firms_seek_exemption_f...
Today, the 11-day conference has started that should prepare the way to a post-Kyoto protocol treaty. Most notable quote (source: AP):
"One of the stumbling blocks so far has been the fear of economic hardship," said Indonesian Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar, the host of the Bali meeting. "Though the cost will be significant ... it's insignificant compared to the damage that uncontrolled climate change will wreak." Read on...
The renowned German computer mazagine "c't" is looking in its latest edition more closely in what is behind "Green IT" and feels that it is mostly still only an empty label. Read on...
Turn off the lights for one hour at 8 pm local time on March 29, 2008, as a statement about climate change. This "Earth Hour" has been originally created in 2007 by the WWF Sydney and is much more wide-spread in 2008. Read more here: http://www.earthhourus.org
Many organisations, cities and individuals are going to switch off their lights again next Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 8:30 pm local time for one hour as a statement against climate change. We're planning to do the same - and you?
Follow this link for more information: http://www.earthhour.org
Europe's highest Solar Plant was inaugurated today on the Little Matterhorn, Switzerland. The power plant is located at an altitude of 3'883 meters (approx. 12440 feet) and has a size of 200 square meters (approx. 2150 square feet). It produces 22 kilowatts per year which is equivalent to the annual consumption of 12 households. It is said that the power production is twice as much as comparable plants in lower altitudes due to the lack of air pollution, the presence of lower temperatures and snow reflection. Read on...
Check out at http://www.solardays.eu if there are activities planned in your country. For Switzerland, the list of events can be seen here in French, German or Italian.
On May 15 and 16, 2009, you can return your old cell phone for recycling and you receive a chocolate cell phone instead. This incentive should inspire people to recycle instead of throwing the cell phones away. Many cell phone components are highly toxic if burned, and raw materials like copper should rather be re-used. According to Swico Reycling, so far only 15 % of all sold cell phones are being recycled.
Where exactly you are going to receive the chocolates is currently being investigated.
If you miss the dates above, you can still always return your old cell phone to a Swiss dealer for recycling; with the new cell phone, you already paid a recycling tax.
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