[Terrapreta] Fwd: The Weekly Report - 19 January 2007

[Michael Bailes]

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From: Forest News Watch -- The Weekly Report <
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Date: 19 Jan 2007 22:30:30 -0000
Subject: The Weekly Report - 19 January 2007
To: Michael Bailes <michaelangelica at gmail.com>

















 <http://www.forestnewswatch.com/content/view/1905/51/>

        *Arizona: New electrical generation biomass plant in construction at
Abitibi paper mill* <http://www.forestnewswatch.com/content/view/1904/51/>
NZ Legacy, LLC is in the construction stage for a $53-million, 24MW
electrical generation biomass plant near Snowflake, Arizona. The plant,
Snowflake White Mountain Power (SWMP), is being built at the Abitibi Paper
Mill 12 miles west of the town. The SWMP bid was selected by Salt River
Project's (SRP) request for proposals to purchase 10MW of biomass-produced
power in September 2004. Negotiations were soon completed and the resulting
20-year Power Purchase Agreement with SRP and Arizona Pu ...
read more>> <http://www.forestnewswatch.com/content/view/1904/51/>
        *UK: Supermarket giant to add "carbon labeling" to its
products*<http://www.forestnewswatch.com/content/view/1903/51/>
UK-based supermarket giant Tesco announced it will add carbon labeling to
all its products, recording the amount of carbon emitted during production,
transport, and consumption. If the plan is successful, Tesco will be the
first supermarket in the world to add carbon labeling to its products. The
company also plans to halve its energy use by 2008 and spent £500-million on
energy efficiency by 2012, as well as donate £5-million each year to help
fund academic research into greener con ...
read more>> <http://www.forestnewswatch.com/content/view/1903/51/>


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        *Doomsday Clock calculations include climate change dangers for the
first time* <http://www.forestnewswatch.com/content/view/1899/51/>
It is now five minutes to midnight, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists (BAS), who just moved the hand of the "Doomsday Clock" two
minutes forward. Though the clock was originally engineered in 1947 to
measure nuclear threat, and still does, this is the first time the BAS has
included climate change in the calculations. Executive Director Kennette
Benedict said carbon-emitting technologies were an obvious inclusion and a
danger second only to nuclear threats. According ...
read more>> <http://www.forestnewswatch.com/content/view/1899/51/>
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