Copenhagen, December 10, 2009 – Over 160 civil society groups, including social movements and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), today released a joint declaration on technology: “Let's Look Before We Leap!”. The declaration alerts governments to the
En kinesisk solskenshistoria. Thursday, October 12, 2006 By Andrew Batson in Wuxi, China, The Wall Street Journal. "When he arrived in Australia 18 years ago as a physics student, Shi Zhengrong scraped by on a meager stipend from the Chinese government t
Intentional, large-scale manipulation of the environment by humans to bring about environmental change, particularly to counteract the undesired side effects of other human activities. - Retooling the Planet: New ETC Group Report on Geoengineering
Diana Bronson: "...we still believe that there should be an exclusion for geoengineering technologies, for any of the enhancement measures that are now envisaged under this new technology body, and that there should be means of assessment and also of prec
Terrapower. 13 February 2010. "Today we are always refueling the reactor so lot of controls and lots of things that can go wrong," Gates said. "That is not good. With this, you have a piece of fuel, think of it like a log, that burns for 60 years and it
I often find myself quoting F. Scott Fitzgerald when I write about conspiracy theory, who said that "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time." It's an ability that no explorer of the oute
"Intentionally changing climate is a way of exerting power on a global scale in a context in which relevant norms, conventions, and treaties barely exist, are highly ineffectual, or very controversial. Yet the people of the world will have their say about
23.5.2011: Hexicon är en spektakulär, sexhörnad flytande energiplattform som fullt utbyggd med både vågkraftverk och vindkraftverk kan få en effekt på över 60 MW. Tillsammans med åtta andra svenska projekt inom bioenergi, vindkraft och Smarta Nät har Hexicon Baltic gått vidare till en noggrannare granskning hos Europeiska Investeringsbanken EIB.
The first edition of REthinking Energy, the flagship series from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), analyses the transformation of the global power sector while reviewing progress in the transition to a sustainable energy future. An alignment of economic forces, global population growth, the threat of climate change and rapid technological advances has set in motion a transformation of the global energy system. A new system based on renewables would enhance energy access and security, create jobs and safeguard health and the environment, IRENA’s report argues.
17.9.14 Par La Voix de la Russie | Skyguards, qui a tenu à Bruxelles le 8 et 9 avril 2013 un débat (intitulé Au-delà des théories sur la modification climatique – la société civile contre la géo-ingénierie) sur la géo-ingénierie répandant par des épandages quotidiens des agents chimiques dans le ciel, attend de passer à la commission des pétitions. Du 18 au 21 août a eu lieu à Berlin une conférence sur la géo-ingénierie et le climat. Josefina Fraile de Skyguards, qui était à Berlin, témoigne de la volonté des experts du climat d'introduire de manière durable le contrôle du climat par les épandages dans le ciel. Josefina Fraile Martin nous parle de ces nouveaux nuages qui nous sont devenus familiers dans notre ciel et qui n'existaient pas dans notre enfance.
Boston Globe 20 Oct 2013: ... another idea Keith wants to test — spraying a cloud of tiny particles of sulfuric acid into the stratosphere to reflect the sun’s heat back into space and keep it from warming the Earth.