Updated on May 28, 2008 – SCMP In Hong Kong you see so many colourful neon signs and other forms of lighting on Nathan Road and parts of Mong Kok. Friends of the Earth has argued that these garish signs are a waste of energy and affect people’s health. However, the government faces a problem [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2008’
Solar Energy To Replace Rising Coal
Google, Chevron bet on solar energy to replace rising coal Natural gas prices, emissions limits support case for switch Bloomberg in San Francisco – Updated on May 24, 2008 Along a dusty two-lane highway in California’s Mojave Desert, 550,000 mirrors point skywards to make steam for electricity. Google, Chevron Corp and Goldman Sachs Group are [...]
Lights turn night into day
Updated on May 24, 2008 – SCMP I am always completely amazed at the light pollution in Causeway Bay, in particular, the area with huge advertising billboards on and opposite the Park Lane Hotel. The lights are so bright that I get confused and think it is daylight when in fact it is night. Is [...]
Power Firms Asked To Cut Down On Coal
22nd May 2008 – SCMP The two power companies have been asked to use more natural gas and less coal during the Olympic Games in an effort to improve air quality. Environment Minister Edward Yau Tang-wah told legislators the suggestion had been made in talks between the government, CLP Power and Hongkong Electric. “We approached [...]
Exxon Investors Rebel Over Climate Change Planning
Monday 19 May 2008 – by: Andrew Clark, The Guardian UK A shareholder revolt at ExxonMobil led by the billionaire Rockefeller family has won the support of four significant British institutional investors who will call on Monday for a shakeup in the governance of the world’s biggest oil company. Guardian.co.uk has learned that F&C Asset [...]
Power Chief To Head Chamber
Scarlett Chiang – Updated on May 16, 2008 – SCMP The chief executive of electricity supplier CLP Holdings, Andrew Brandler, has been elected General Chamber of Commerce chairman, replacing Lily Chiang Lai-lei. Chiang, the first woman to head the group, has been charged with fraud. She has been on leave of absence since January after [...]
WindPower To Add Up To 10 Plants
Carol Chan – Updated on May 14, 2008 – SCMP China WindPower Group plans to add eight to 10 plants with a capital commitment of about 700 million yuan (HK$781 million) every year to tap the growing demand for clean energy on the mainland, chief executive Liu Shunxing said yesterday. “Installed capacity of wind power [...]
Nathan Road Tours To Expose Lighting Abuses
Green group says it will show visitors the wasteful use of garish signs by businesses Cheung Chi-fai – SCMP – Updated on May 13, 2008 A green group is organising tours along bustling Nathan Road to expose what it says is the city’s abuse of, and obsession with, lighting. The tours aim to challenge the [...]
Amended Air Pollution Law Will Lead To Drastic Emissions Cuts
Updated on May 02, 2008 – SCMP I refer to David Renton’s letter (“Change in pollution law relaxes controls over power plants”, April 19), regarding our proposed amendment to the Air Pollution Control Ordinance. Quite contrary to what he thinks, the proposed amendment is an important step towards achieving the 2010 emission reduction targets agreed [...]
HK-Shenzhen Technology Project Launches
Environment news.gov.hk Hong Kong and Shenzhen have launched the first major technology co-operation project under the Shenzhen Hong Kong Innovation Circle to form a solar energy research and industrial platform in collaboration with DuPont. Financial Secretary John Tsang said the project is a major co-operation initiative between Hong Kong and Shenzhen to upgrade the environment [...]