Biofuels

FACT Project Kenya Title: Jatropha Curcas for local energy production Location: Gwassi Hills, Suba District, Kenya Duration: 3 years Partners: Stichting Het Groen Woudt (NL), Osienala friends of the lake (KE) The project aims to initiate and enhance production, processing, and utilization of Jatropha curcas in areas adjacent to Gwassi Hills forest. To a minor extent, also trees of the species Croton megalocarpus and Thevetia Peruviana that produce oil seeds will be planted and used. The seeds will be used to produce high quality vegetable oils, and the processing residues will be used to produce biogas.

Climate conference emits its share of carbon Buzz Up Share If they fail to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen, world leaders flying in their private jets and huddling in five-star hotels will have little to show for their efforts beyond a big, fat carbon footprint. The UN estimates 40,500 tons of carbon dioxide will be pumped into the atmosphere during the 12-day conference - 90 per cent of it from flights. The rest comes from waste and electricity related to transport to and from the conference center and lodging in and around the Danish city.

DOE Secretary Steven Chu and IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri speak at Bright Green by Rebecca Lutzy on 12/14/2009 15:27 0 comments , 739 views Categories: Headline, Carbon and De-carbonization, Politics & Legislation, Green Business, Energy, Energy Investing, Climate Tags: ipcc, department of energy, steven chu, copenhagen, rajendra pachauri, cop15, lutzy_cop15, bright green Last night in Copenhagen, Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chairman Rajendra Pachauri spoke back-to-back about emissions reductions, low-carbon technologies, and business opportunities at the Bright Green side conference.

Celebrities, activists descend on Copenhagen NGOs find innovative ways to spread the message — Photo: AFP California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger talks to the media as he leaves his hotel in Copenhagen on Tuesday for a press conference at the United Nations Climate Change Conference at the Bella Centre. Copenhagen: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Gore, Wangari Maathai, Desmond Tutu and a host of other celebrities descended here on Tuesday for the climate summit, rubbing shoulders with NGOs dressed as angels, penguins and trees.

India under attack as high drama mars climate summit Copenhagen: India and China came under a concerted attack from rich nations Monday for a three-hour suspension of the Dec 7-18 climate summit, though an Indian government delegate denied that the country had anything to do with it. The fracas occurred at an "informal" session of the summit called by the host, Denmark's Environment Minister Connie Hedegaard, in an effort to get at least a meaningful "political declaration" from the 192 countries gathered here.