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Greenhouse Effect (Relating To Buildings) Defined

The characteristic tendency of some transparent materials (such as glass) to transmit radiation with relatively short wavelengths (such as sunlight) and block radiation of longer wavelengths (such as heat). This tendency leads to a heat build-up within the space enclosed by such a material.

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Thailand urged to act on carbon trading

Published September 5, 2008, 5:25 pm, Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news

Thailand should move to profit from carbon-credit trading between now and the end of next year, before international negotiations on emissions intensify, said Dr Sirintornthep Towprayoon, deputy director of the Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE). ''Starting from next year we will see additional uncertainties that may be imposed further to the Kyoto protocol,'' Dr ...

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International environment summary

Published September 5, 2008, 7:49 am, Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News

EPA tightens lawn mower, motor boat emission rules

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Nightmare power bills tipped

Published September 5, 2008, 6:05 am, The Courier Mail

HOUSEHOLDERS face a 40 per cent rise in power bills to combat climate change but it still would not be enough to save the Barrier Reef from destruction.

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Diesel Cleans Up Its Act

Published September 5, 2008, 6:01 am, KiplingerForecasts.com

The New Models are green, fuel-efficient and may be a better choice than a hybrid.

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Asian pollution could spur U.S., European warming

Published September 5, 2008, 5:54 am, Environmental News Network

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.

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Environmental & Energy

Published September 5, 2008, 5:34 am, Mondaq

On 16 July 2008 the Federal Government unveiled its green paper on carbon pollution reduction which included plans for an emissions trading scheme, entitled the Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme ( CPRS ), to be implemented in 2010.

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Green machine

Published September 5, 2008, 3:36 am, Macworld UK

If rising food and fuel prices aren’t convincing enough, there’s a world of good reasons to be a little more conscious of the cost of running your Mac.

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Letters to the editor

Published September 5, 2008, 3:16 am, Exeter News-Letter

I believe the chance of finding a candidate that completely mirrors your own positions on all of the issues is highly unlikely. Whether conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat, a party loyalist or independent thinker, there always seems to be...

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Asian pollution could spur US, European warming 5 Sep 2008, 0925 hrs IST,REUTERS

Published September 5, 2008, 2:31 am, The Times of India

WASHINGTON: 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, US climate scientists reported.

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Square dancing continues, though numbers dwindle

Published September 5, 2008, 12:59 am, The Pantagraph

LINCOLN -- As global warming chips away at the polar caps and honeybees vanish, troubling changes are occurring that may endanger the destiny of Illinois' official state folk dance.

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