Lamborghini Working To Protect The Environment
When it comes to automakers that are
perceived to be “green,” Lamborghini probably isn’t the first company to come to mind. After all, it’s
product line consists exclusively of supercars like the Gallardo and Aventador,
powered by V-10 and V-12 engines. In fact, it’s the first automaker to sign a
collaboration agreement with the Italian Ministry of the Environment and of
Land and Sea Protection. In it, Lamborghini agrees to work with the agency to
develop methods of analyzing, quantifying and recording the company’s carbon
footprint. Obviously, this extends beyond the vehicles built to include
the various processes used in vehicle production. Ultimately, the goal will be
to reduce or eliminate carbon dioxide emissions produced during the
manufacturing process. To read this article in full click
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Renewable energy could power Australia
Australia could be powered
almost entirely by renewable energy in coming decades, says a new report.
But the renewables expansion
needs to be large and sustained with investment growth encouraged by policy
certainty, says the report, "Generating a Renewable Australia" from
the Climate Commission.
The release of the report
Monday in Sydney coincided with the opening of the U.N. Climate Change
Conference in Doha. It also follows the appointment, announced over the
weekend, of former Macquarie Group investment banker Oliver Yates as chief
executive of the Clean Energy Finance Corp., the organization charged with
funding development of Australia's renewable energy sector, with an annual
budget of $2 billion. To read this article in full click
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Africa Carbon Credit Exchange to be launched
ACCE’s vision is to create a global
market mechanism that enables cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reduction
and a vibrant carbon offset market. Company chief executive officer Sabera Khan
said the launch of the exchange is dependent on Parliament approving the commodities
and exchange bill. In an interview in Lusaka, Ms Khan said the exchange has
partnered with Afriexim Bank of Egypt, United Nations, United Nations for
Economic Commission for Africa and Government to help African countries to
access funds to reduce the impact of climate change. Ms Khan said although the
exchange is in the formative stage, it has a number of key partnerships with
international organisations and memoranda of understanding have been signed. She
said the exchange is currently finalising structures and systems to have the
exchange in place. “We are in the process of putting together structures and systems with the help
of Government and we hope we can launch it next year,” she said. To
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Axios Mobile Assets Approved for Generating Verified
Carbon Credits
Axios Mobile Assets Approved
for Generating Verified Carbon Credits; Delivers Reduced Shipping and Logistics
Cost to the Supply Chain. Axios Mobile Assets Corporation (CNSX: AXA)
representatives today confirmed the company has received approval from VCS
(Verified Carbon Standard) for the adoption of the industry's first Light
Weight Pallet Methodology to track and retire carbon units. This methodology
positions Axios at the forefront of companies serving the logistics supply
chain, as Axios is the first, and only, company in the world to receive
approval by the VCS for this methodology within the Transport Energy Efficiency
from Lightweight Pallets category. Using this methodology provides firms, globally, the opportunity to earn
carbon credits, as they move goods throughout the supply chain, to offset their
carbon footprint. To read this article in full click
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The UK's first 'green investment bank' launches
It’s been two years in the making, but
the business secretary has finally cut the red ribbon on his green investment
bank, a £3bn government fund that will back firms in the renewable energy,
carbon capture and storage and energy efficiency industries. It's new CEO,
Shaun Kingsbury, hails from Hudson Clean Energy Partners, a private equity firm
specialising in this space. Vince Cable has announced that the bank,
which is headquartered up in Edinburgh, ‘will place the green economy at the
heart of our recovery and position the UK in the forefront of the drive to
develop clean energy.’ Not, as MT’s overactive imagination suggested, dole out
loans in leaves and rose petals from a tree house in The Meadows. Cable
has already cherry picked a couple of businesses to receive the first loans
from the GIB. To read this article in full click
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Severn estuary could provide more renewable energy
without barrage
Tidal lagoons and tidal
fences, deployed in conjunction with tidal stream technology, wave and wind
power could generate more renewable energy than a Severn Barrage and be
far less harmful to the environment, a new report claims today. The research
suggests that a combination of small-scale but innovative renewable
energy technologies could provide up to 14 gigawatts (GW) of low
carbon energy capacity, more than double the proposed Hafren Lower Severn
Barrage, which the Government is currently reviewing. Today’s report, by
renewable energy experts Regen SW and consultancy firm Marine Energy Matters which,
said the multi-project approach would also enhance the UK’s position as a
hotbed for new technology development and would be more
acceptable to local communities. To read this article in full click
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