Clear the Air says: This week we had the dust cloud from China sending our already high pollution levels off the scale. An EPD spokesman on 22nd March stated that they had instructed the power companies to burn gas to try and alleviate the air quality. The statement was made by Mr Mok Wai Chuen, [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2010’
The toxic legacy of Texaco-Chevron in Ecuador – Sign the petition
Support justice for the rainforest communities of Ecuador! Over three decades of oil drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Texaco (now Chevron) dumped more than 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater into the rainforest, creating an environmental tragedy experts call “the Amazon Chernobyl.” This systematic contamination has left tens of thousands of local indigenous people and [...]
Finding the American Dream in China
First published: February 5, 2010 Source: Foreign Policy Journal Why China is leading the green revolution and taking the rest of the world with it. US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu returned from China last July with a sober understanding of the degree to which China had advanced in green [...]
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 [...]
Clearly inadequate
Last updated: March 14, 2010 Source: South China Morning Post Power firms plan to pump HK$10b into wind farms, but they’ll do little to make the city greener or its skies cleaner Updated on Mar 14, 2010 Hong Kong’s two power companies are planning to spend HK$10 billion on offshore wind farms, but it will [...]
Emissions rise, but CLP vows to meet targets
Last updated: March 11, 2010 Source: South China Morning Post CLP Power emitted more air pollutants and greenhouse gases last year as a result of more coal burning, but was confident of meeting the more stringent emission targets this year. The city’s largest electricity supplier still complies with the 2009 emission caps set by the [...]
Prototype Solar Power-Assist for Buses
First published: March 10, 2010 Source: Alternative Energy News Sunpods Inc. is California-based manufacturing company. They produce modular, fully integrated and tested solar power generation systems. Recently they have come out with an idea of the first solar power-assist system for buses. They should be applauded for developing it in a mere six weeks. Their [...]
Clearly inadequate — Power firms plan to pump HK$10b into wind farms, but they’ll do little to make the city greener or its skies cleaner
South China Morning Post — 14 March 2010 Hong Kong’s two power companies are planning to spend HK$10 billion on offshore wind farms, but it will do little to reduce carbon emissions or clean the air, environmental scientists say. CLP Holdings, Hong Kong’s largest power company, plans to build what will be one of the [...]
Electric dream set to make us a motor city
First published: March 3, 2010 Source: The Standard Hong Kong will soon boast an automobile industry – but unlike most motor cities, this one will be green. In a joint venture with Taiwan and the mainland, Halo Motor plans to set up a small production line in the next two to three years and aims [...]