Latest Kyoto Protocol Stories

As the 2011 annual UN climate summit kicks off this week in Durban, South Africa, the EU and a coalition of smaller so-called 'climate-vulnerable’ island states are already up in arms over a number of political developments that they believe are unfavorable to global progress in fighting climate change. For starters, burgeoning economic powers India and Brazil have both joined the ranks of the wealthier nations in calling for a postponement of negotiations on a legally-binding deal until...

The Obama administration expressed optimism on Tuesday about next week’s U.N. climate discussions in Durban, South Africa, but stopped short of raising hopes a binding commitment on greenhouse gas emissions could be reached. Experts say the contentious 2009 Copenhagen summit has cast a shadow over the upcoming Durban meetings (COP17), and could result in a potential breakup of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the only agreement setting legal curbs on greenhouse gas emissions. Supporters of...

EVEN YEHUDA, Israel, November 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Sphere Corp. (OTCBB: BLSP) (the "Company" or "Blue Sphere"), a company in the Cleantech sector as an emission reduction and renewable energy project integrator, is pleased to announce that it has arranged to commence drilling wells in the Oti Sanitary Landfill in Kumasi, Ghana within the next 3-5 weeks to assess the quantity of biogas in the landfill. The program will consist of drilling 3 boreholes in the...

Research from the University of East Anglia and University of Sussex calls for a major shake-up of carbon markets A panel of experts will meet ahead of the Durban climate summit to discuss a new report from the University of East Anglia and University of Sussex which calls for an overhaul of how markets in carbon emissions are governed. Environmental, economic and development experts will debate whether the commitment to carbon markets is the right approach to tackle climate change at...

EVEN YEHUDA, Israel, November 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Sphere Corp. (OTCBB: BLSP) (the "Company" or "Blue Sphere"), a company in the Cleantech sector as an emission reduction and renewable energy project integrator, is pleased to announce that it has embarked on a campaign to implement dairy farm waste to energy and high-value soil amendment production projects across the United States. These projects will comprise the installation and operation of proven organic...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, November 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Emissions of many pollutants from transport fell in 2009. But this reduction may only be a temporary effect of the economic downturn, according to the latest annual report on transport emissions from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM) explores the environmental impact of transport. For the first time, the report considers a comprehensive set of quantitative...

EVEN YEHUDA, Israel, November 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Sphere Corp. (OTCBB: BLSP) (the "Company" or "Blue Sphere"), a company in the Cleantech sector as an emission reduction and renewable energy project integrator, is pleased to announce that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly to reduce emissions at the Sofokrom sanitary landfill in Takoradi, Ghana. The Project will comprise the installation of a gas collection...

CO(2) Solution's Technology, Patented in the United States & Canada, is Positioned to Help California Electric Utilities Meet New Emission Reduction Targets TSXV: CST Outstanding shares: 79,187,836 QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - CO(2) Solution Inc. announced today that it applauds the announcement made on October 20, 2011, by the California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board (ARB) confirming adoption of its proposed cap-and-trade regulations -...

Fluorinated hydrocarbons are potent greenhouse gases, emission of which must be reduced under the Kyoto Protocol. If you rely on the official reports of the participating countries, the output of trifluoromethane (HFC-23) in Western Europe is indeed significantly decreasing. However, pollutant measurements carried out by Empa now reveal that several countries under-report their emissions. For instance, Italy emits 10 to 20 times more HFC-23 than it officially reports.International agreements...

EVEN YEHUDA, Israel, August 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Sphere Corp. (OTCBB: BLSP) (the "Company" or "Blue Sphere"), announces today that it has signed in July an agreement with Beijing Clinci Energy and Environment Technology Co. Ltd., an experienced Chinese company ("Clinci") with a proven technology to convert biomass to energy, to jointly implement 14 animal waste-to-energy projects in China. These 14 projects have the potential to support over 70 megawatts capacity of...