A revolutionary device that can harness energy from slow-moving rivers and ocean currents could provide enough power for the entire world, scientists claim. 29 Nov 2008 | The Daily Telegraph | Jasper Copping The technology can generate electricity in water flowing at a rate of less than one knot – about one mile an hour [...]
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We need a big green jobs machine
Ban Ki Moon | Secretary-general of the United Nations Tuesday, November 25, 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle Amid the pressures of the global financial crisis, some ask how we can afford to tackle climate change. The better question is: Can we afford not to? Put aside the familiar arguments – that the science is clear, [...]
The World's Largest & Deepest Lake, 25-million-Years Old, is in Trouble
25.11.2008 As the oldest, largest and deepest lake on planet Earth, ancient is known as the “grand dame” of all lakes. UNESCO declared it a World Heritage due to its stunning bio-diversity. Most of its 2500 some odd plant and animal species, including the freshwater seal, evolved in pristine isolation and are found nowhere else [...]
One-third of China's Yellow River polluted
By HENRY SANDERSON BEIJING (AP) — Newly released scientific results show one-third of the famed Yellow River, which supplies water to millions of people in northern China, is heavily polluted by industrial waste and unsafe for any use. The Yellow River, the second-longest in China, has seen its water quality deteriorate rapidly in the last [...]
Beware Of Water Wars
24 Nov 2008 | Brahma Chellaney Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s disclosure that during his recent Beijing visit he raised the issue of international rivers flowing out of Tibet underscores the enormous implications of China’s hydro-engineering projects and plans. Through its control over the Tibet plateau, China controls the flow of several major river systems that [...]
Experts: Half world faces water shortage by 2080
The Associated Press | November 18, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Half the world’s population could face a shortage of clean water by 2080 because of climate change, experts warned Tuesday. Wong Poh Poh, a professor at the National University of Singapore, told a regional conference that global warming was disrupting water flow patterns and increasing [...]
Floods under Antarctic ice speed glaciers into sea: study
17 November 2008 PARIS (AFP) — Scientists unveiled Sunday the first direct evidence that massive floods deep below Antarctica’s ice cover are accelerating the flow of glaciers into the sea. How quickly these huge bodies of ice slide off the Antarctic and Greenland land masses into the ocean help determine the speed at which sea [...]
Britain's water mills given role in clean energy generation
Alok Jha | The Guardian | Sunday November 16 2008 Britain’s iconic water mills, some of which date back to the 11th century, are to become a major force in the fight against climate change. Mill owners around the UK have started to refurbish their old buildings and install turbines in order to show that [...]
How to Quench the World's Thirst
The U.N.’s new water adviser talks about privatization, policy and the issue of ‘virtual water’ Wall Street Journal – 13 November 2008 Water has become a booming $500 billion industry, by some estimates. Economists and investors call it “the new oil” and “blue gold.” Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens, who has bought water rights for [...]
