Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Carbon credit consultancy established29 November 2004, Published under Cement NewsClimate Focus, a new Dutch-based firm to assist governments and companies on carbon credit procurement, was established late-November. Climate Focus was founded by Adriaan Korthuis, who has headed ERUPT and CERUPT, the Joint Implementation (JI) and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) credits procurement programs of the Dutch government agency Senter. The company will set up carbon procurement structures, assist in carbon procurement and marketing and project development, consult on climate cha... |
Finnish CO2 emissions surge29 November 2004, Published under Cement NewsFinland’s CO2 emissions in 2003 were 20 per cent higher than in 1990, official data revealed yesterday. Finland’s target under the Kyoto Protocol is to stabilise the emissions of all six greenhouse gases at 1990 levels. AFP reported that Finnish CO2 emissions totalled 88.5Mt last year, according to provisional figures from Statistics Finland. In 1990 Finland emitted 73.5Mt, where it remained for most of the 1990s. However, emissions have surged since, much due to the commercial success in the... |
Public domain awards26 November 2004, Published under Cement NewsEntries are now being accepted for the 2005 Public Domain awards, recognising Australia’s best use of concrete in the urban environment. Organised by Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia, the biennial awards reward and encourage the innovative and functional use of concrete in the public domain. The 2005 awards have seven categories covering streets, paths, precincts, walls, bridges, public artworks and sustainable design. One project will also be named best overall. To be eligible for entr... |
Cairo authorities fight back pollution25 November 2004, Published under Cement NewsA vast cloud of pollution has descended on Cairo once more, creating health problems and challenging authorities as they seek ways to stop it coming back. Every year since 1999, an autumnal cloud has appeared above the Egyptian capital, already one of the world’s most polluted cities, with the thick bitter-smelling fog reducing visibility and making the throat and eyes prickle. Environmentalists say the pollution is causing severe damage to people’s health in the capital, home to nearly a qu... |
Cauldon Works cements reputation for safety24 November 2004, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Cement UK’s Cauldon Works has been commended for its commitment to safety for the second year in a row. Last year the site beat off competition from sites in more than 70 countries employing 77,000 people to receive the company’s Global Award for Safety Performance. Cauldon has now gone almost six years without a lost time accident - an accident on site which would prevent someone returning to work the next day. "Safety is, as always, our number one priority at Cauldon Works," s... |
US Mountain Cement pollution lawsuit22 November 2004, Published under Cement NewsBiodiversity Conservation Alliance has served notice to the Mountain Cement Company that it intends to proceed with legal action if Mountain Cement continues to operate in a manner that Biodiversity says is in gross violation of Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) permit guidelines. Mountain Cement contends that it is compliant with its permit requirements, and that the violations are excused as start-ups, shutdowns and malfunctions. Lawyers from both sides have met in ... |
Leaders of Asian industries wake up to regional impact of global warming22 November 2004, Published under Cement NewsFor decades, most Asian business leaders have dismissed concerns about the global environment . Such attitudes are starting to change. As they become integrated into the global trading system, big Asian companies are increasingly called to account over environmental and labour standards by foreign partners and customers. Chief executives, meanwhile, are confronted daily with direct evidence of environmental damage, including toxic smog in cities such as Beijing and Hong Kong. At a discree... |
Towards alternative Cities, the green-friendly way22 November 2004, Published under Cement NewsAlarmed by the pace at which consumer-driven lifestyles are destroying the planet’s resources, a leading environmental body has set its sights on creating a green-friendly haven replete with houses, restaurants, shops and hotels. Portugal will serve as the launching pad for these planned ’’eco-cities,’’ said officials from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as they revealed the blueprint for the ’One Planet Living’ initiative in Bangkok, at a major conservation conference. The 4340 hectares of ... |
$500,000 needed to save Saylor cement kilns19 November 2004, Published under Cement NewsA group of people interested in saving Coplay’s kilns have formed an organization to raise money for the effort. The Saylor Cement Kilns Preservation Society must raise $500,000 to save the kilns, which date to the late 1890s. The society has formed an interim board of directors and is seeking nonprofit status, said Coplay Borough President Beverly Miller, also a member of the interim board. The group must raise between $200,000 and $230,000 by March 31, 2005, to receive matching funds from... |
Plan could put end to daily trips to Michigan landfill19 November 2004, Published under Cement NewsCanada’s York Region’s great hope to stop sending household trash to Michigan, United States in the next few years is a two-inch long, hard brown, mottled cylinder. That’s what our garbage looks like when drained of all moisture, shredded, mixed with "high heating value" material so it will burn and then pulverized into a pellet cement factories can use as fuel. It’s a plan untested in Canada. But Borealis, an investment arm of a municipal employees’ pension fund, has Vaughan eager to host... |