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Who will put another brick in the wall?

Monday, 11 February 2008 00:15 By Chris Innis

Visiting Durham University, David Jones of the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) speaks to Professor of New & Renewable Energy and Head of the School of Engineering, Peter Tavner, to see if Britain can produce pioneering engineers for the environmental age.

There has been a glut of articles recently about the decrease of homegrown engineers, and an increasing reliance on the purported one million engineers produced annually by the population powerhouses. Is engineering in the nation that fired the Industrial Revolution mov...

US Heavy Vehicle Truck Trends by Clean Fleet Report

Sunday, 10 February 2008 23:06 By Chris Innis

Most oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from transportation are not from passenger vehicles; they are from the heavy-duty vehicles, ships, and planes that move all our goods, serve public transit, and provide the infrastructure that keeps cities running. Heavy-duty operators have often been years ahead of passenger vehicle owners in using advanced technology to do more with less fuel.

Hybrids. Wal-Mart operates 7,000 trucks that in 2005 drove 872 million miles to make 900,000 deliveries to its 6,600...

A Question of Less Power

Thursday, 07 February 2008 20:01 By Chris Innis

In the UK press today several of the national dailies carried stories which pointed to an energy crisis in Europe if more investment is not made in energy infrastructure. Variously articles pointed to the fact that new sources of power both traditional and renewable were being held up by new (environmental) legislation, plannning regulations, government process and lobby groups. Without a doubt this is all true.

All the large power companies have projects that are pending. All say they are prepared to spend billions...

EU Emissions Trading Scheme Key

Monday, 04 February 2008 12:45 By Chris Innis

Environmental issues are now very much at the centre of political debate, where they belong and, at long last, the Environmental Industries Commission’s (EIC) message that environmental protection and economic growth advance together is becoming widely accepted in the corridors of power.One area where there are huge economic opportunities in tackling the environmental challenges we face is developing the carbon trading sector.Carbon trading will be a key component of future efforts to tackle climate change. Central to its success will be a strong, effective EU Emissions Tradin...

Wine Region to Measure Wine's CO2 Footprint

Wednesday, 30 January 2008 17:14 By Chris Innis

The Bordeaux Wine Board (CIVB) is launching a project to measure the GHG the region’s industry is producing. The project, called “Bilan Carbone” in French, will run for the next six months in association with the French Environment Agency, and the

The aim of the study is to give an overview of all emissions resulting from growing and tending vines, making wine, and bottling, storage and delivery. It will also look at associated activities such as personnel, packaging, vine treatments and waste management. According to Roland Feredj, CIVB director, the study will cost about $70,000.Last November, the first-ever attempt at a carbon neutral vineyard in France began in Bordeaux’s Medoc region.

Another Bordeaux winemaking family, the Despagne Family, has already launched a carbon reduction project, planting 25 acres of sunflowers that will be used to produce fuel for tractors, but they said studying carbon emissions was a challenge. The Despagnes are using an Australian protocol, developed by Australian wine industry consultant, Provisor, and the Yalumba Wine Company, to measure their GHG and compare them with global standards.

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