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Kyoto starts fuel cell project using hydrogen obtained from waste

While waste products can be used to obtain biogas or ethanol, the Japanese have found some other use for them. The city of Kyoto has announced a research project that uses hydrogen produced from biomass such as food waste and used cooking oil. The plans are far from modest, with a working prototype expected in 2010 and a fuel cell system to generate electricity from hydrogen produced at the biogas plant by 2013. The source for hydrogen, biogas, will be obtained through fermentation of waste, as most processes, but the project also aims to ... Read more →

Japan to buy carbon rights in Hungary Xavier Navarro

Japan has decided to pay for its CO2 emissions. Since the country is unlikely to meet the Kyoto Protocol agreement for its emissions, the Japanese government is thinking of going shopping in Hungary ...

Kyoto's Smart Car Use Project increases number of "smart" drivers/riders Sebastian Blanco

Since 2005, the city of Kyoto in Japan has been encouraging people to leave their cars behind and opt to get around by train and on foot. So far, the "mobility management" strategy has been a ...

Al Gore's Inconvenient Proposal - "Moving Beyond Kyoto" - and editorial Jeremy Korzeniewski

Just yesterday, July 1st, Al Gore authored an opinion editorial which was published in the New York Times. I have copied a few choice portions from the editorial, and will have a few comments after ...

Transport holds EU back from meeting Kyoto climate change targets Dane Muldoon

A new European Environment Agency (EEA) report has been published that identifies transport as a major stumbling block for the European Union in trying to reach its Kyoto climate change targets. The ...

Japan hopes to increase ethanol production from domestic biomass sources 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here is a posting that hits on two very controversial subjects: global warming and ethanol as a fuel alternative. Good stuff! In an effort to reach the goal set forth under the Kyoto Protocol, Japan wishes to increase their ethanol production using domestic sourced biomass, such as wood-waste and ...

Switch to green energy to drive Australian power bills higher 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Australian Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has stated that converting existing energy supplies to clean and renewable sources will inevitably cost households up to 40 percent more on their power bill. He is concerned that few consumers are aware of the spikes in their power bills that will ...

REEEP reduces uncertainty in voluntary carbon offset market 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is working with the Gold Standard to eliminate irregularities from the voluntary carbon-offsetting marketplace. Kyoto Protocol compliance introduced a regulated Certified Emissions Reduction (CER) marketplace where carbon credits ...

European Commission Cranks Down Carbon Caps 7% 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The European Commission is trying to force EU member states to move more quickly to meet their requirements under the Kyoto Protocol. The first phase of their CO2 reductions runs from 2005 to 2008, and the new requirements cover the phase two period up through 2012. Member states requested CO2 ...

Nations find tough going to reach Kyoto targets 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

An Associated Press analysis finds that most of the world's big industrialized nations aren't having an easy time reducing greenhouse gas emissions as part of their commitment to the Kyoto pact. Basically, says writer Karl Ritter, Europe is veering off course, Japan is way off the mark and Canada ...

Beyond Kyoto 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday, the AP reported that 25 European Union and 13 Asian nations pledged to set new emissions reducing targets beyond those established in the Kyoto Protocol. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol brought 35 nations together in agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 5 percent below 1990 levels by ...

Climate change affecting shareholder value? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

While we generally hear about global warming and climate change from scientists, people involved in the financial world should also consider it a major economic issue facing all U.S. companies, according to an article by the Vermont State Treasurer. While the U.S. government declined to ratify the ...


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