Clear the Air says: no doubt this is a backdoor pacifier payment after dragging the power companies before Legco for trying to apply the legal binding agreement that the inept Government had signed with them under the Scheme of Control. Subsidy only encourages power use A long time ago, the government said it would combat [...]
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Rethinking a bright idea
South China Morning Post – 17 Sept. 2011 The government wants to phase out energy-sapping traditional light bulbs, but the alternative isn’t as friendly to the environment – or your health – as some say It could be lights out for Thomas Edison’s light bulb. Moves are being made around the world, including in Hong [...]
New regulations urged to force city to cut back on its use of energy
South China Morning Post — April 26, 2011 New regulations are needed to force Hongkongers to cut energy consumption if they don’t want to rely on nuclear power, Council for Sustainable Development chairman Bernard Chan warns. The former Executive Council member made the comment as concerns mount locally over the use of nuclear power amid [...]
Mainland dams accused of carbon credit scams
Last updated: April 7, 2010 Source: South China Morning Post Environmental lobby group International Rivers has condemned the emergence of trade in fake carbon credits and says the biggest source is hydroelectric power projects on the mainland. Under what is known as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, industrialised countries can support [...]
Sign up for Earth Hour
From the Earth Hour website: SHOW THE WORLD WHAT YOU’RE MADE OF You only have to look around our map to see that people all over the world are pledging their commitment. Join them now by signing up, and help to work towards a sustainable future. And remember to switch off your lights for Earth [...]
China Unveils World’s Largest Solar Office Building
China is often dubbed as a heavy user of fossil fuels and polluter or a climate killer. Because it meets the 70% of its power needs by exploiting coals. But they are making changes on the environment front too. Slowly and steadily they are choosing wind and solar power as their source of energy. China [...]
Inventor Aims To Generate His Own Power
Dan Kadison, SCMP – Jun 21, 2009 Lucien Gambarota wants to go off the grid – the electrical grid, that is. In the next couple of months, the local inventor will use alternative energy technologies to try to generate all of the electricity needed for his new Kowloon headquarters. “My target is simple. I want [...]
Can China Clean Up Its Act?
BusinessWeek by Adam Aston – May 14, 2009 Source: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_21/b4132040805185.htm?chan=magazine+channel_in+depth Beijing has big plans to curb pollution and start a cleantech industry. But the global recession and looming trade frictions will test its resolve China’s unprecedented growth in recent years has come at a terrible price. Two-thirds of its rivers and lakes are too polluted [...]
‘Smart’ Meters To Help 20,000 Firms Cut Power
Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP – Apr 13, 2009 About 20,000 businesses that use large amounts of power, such as restaurants and hotels, will have their meters replaced with “smart” ones that will enable them to monitor their consumption online, Hongkong Electric (SEHK: 0006) has announced. The data fed by the meter to a business’ computer network [...]
Government To Help Firms Take Advantage Of Green Opportunities
Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP – Apr 08, 2009 The government will organise seminars for local professionals in environmental services this month, to help them explore emerging markets locally and across the border, Environment Secretary Edward Yau Tang-wah said. Mr Yau said the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement had enabled such servicing companies to own and operate businesses [...]