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L.A. Times Takes A Bath In Dirty Water With Icelandic Bottled H20 Scam

Creative Greenius

I’ve been seeing the b t full page ads for Icelandic Glacial water in the print edition of the Los Angeles Times for months now and every time I do they p**s me off. . No amount of carbon offsets that Icelandic Water pays for in order to call itself carbon neutral is going to make up for that. It’s no surprise.

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California Air Resources Board releases draft regulations for cap-and-trade program linkage with Québec

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Linking with Québec is a significant advance in California’s efforts to fight climate change and steer our economy toward a clean energy future. Climate change is a global issue that must be addressed by all levels of government. —Québec minister for Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Pierre Arcand.

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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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The selected projects are located in Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Carbon capture and storage infrastructure (1 project): A project in Iceland will build a highly scalable onshore carbon mineral storage terminal with an estimated overall storage capacity of 880 million tonnes of CO?.

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Deadline for applying for Keeling Curve Prize is 10 Feb; $250K for 10 projects

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Previous winners have fixed carbon into stone in Iceland, produced biofuels in Kenya, and helped corporations around the world set and achieve emissions goals. of the International Institute for Environment and Development; Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D., The competition is open until 10 Feb to applicants from around the world.

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ICCT study examines current & projected use of heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping; growth in BC emissions points to need for policies

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A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025. —Comer et al. —Comer et al.

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DOE Joint Genome Institute approves 41 projects for 2012 Community Sequencing Program; climate, environment and bioenergy feedstocks

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The projects span the globe and the unexplored branches of the tree of life, and promise to yield a better understanding of the interplay between climate, ecosystem and organism. Additionally, the microbes in this environment may offer insight into bioremediation applications for cold ecosystems. University of Iceland.

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It Just Got Easier to Visit a Vanishing Glacier. Is That a Good Thing?

Baua Electric

It’s a question that many travelers are asking themselves, as climate change threatens a growing number of tourist destinations — from glaciers to coral reefs, ski slopes to low-lying islands. When you go to Iceland, people walk for an hour to get to the glacier. There’s big machinery being installed. Where will it stop?”