The Japanese government will introduce a new subsidy for home owners who want to convert to solar power. The program is designed to reduce solar power conversion costs by almost 10 percent.
Japan is a nation that has virtually no natural resources. Oil is used to meet nearly 60% of Japan’s total energy needs and almost [...]
From time to time, we browse recently released Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports and highlight those with potential interest to our readers. This week’s release was so extensive we’ve organized documents into broad categories.
Many financial experts are concerned that the current US financial market meltdown and the staggering infusion of 700 billion dollars to save it will only result in restoring the status quo.
Some are also concerned that the normal use of fossil fuel consumption will continue at the expense of plans to convert power production towards techniques that could [...]
The following reports, prepared by the U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS), are now available to the public online through the Open CRS project. Links below lead to a document summary, from which the full documents can be downloaded as PDFs. Dates shown indicate when the reports were prepared.*
Animal Waste and Water Quality: EPA’s Response to [...]
Noting that Brazilian authorities have significantly reduced deforestation over the last years, Norway will contribute US$1 Billion to Brazil’s Amazon Fund over the next seven years starting with US$20 Million this year. This makes Norway the first international contributor to the Amazon Fund, a major Brazilian effort to sharply curb deforestation of the world’s largest rainforest [...]
After a frustrating year and half of delay the US Environmental Protection Agency has finally been able to introduce new regulations that target summer pollution levels.
The new regulations could result in a 25 percent reduction of smog-forming emissions and carbon monoxide from the nation’s motor vehicle sector.
Small gasoline engines that power pleasure craft boats and [...]
The following reports, prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), are now available to the public online through the Open CRS project. Links below lead to a document summary, from which the full documents can be downloaded as PDFs. Dates shown indicate when the reports were prepared.*
The Toxic Substances Control Act: A Summary of the [...]
The image of Canada’s great Arctic expanses covered with snow and ice and stretching for thousands of kilometers into the distance is changing, or rather melting.
Canadian scientists are reporting with some alarm the break up of some Canada’s largest ice shelves.
In August the Markham Ice Shelf, a 50 kilometer square area of fresh water ice, [...]
Science is an art of exploration. The dedication of the explorers is sometimes directed by other discoveries, a chance encounter or simply just the pure serendipity of a crazy idea.
The effects of global warming started to be a concern for scientists during the early 1960s. Acid rain was the environmental issue of the day and [...]
There is a huge plastic waste dump site in the Pacific Ocean that is twice the size of the continental United States.
It is estimated that 10 percent of the world’s plastic waste finds its way into the sea and slowly but surely most of it ends up in the Pacific Ocean.
