By Hans Nilsson / Published on Thu, 2007-02-01 08:00
Jorma Ollila, the creator of the IT-giant Nokia and chairman of Shell, has in an interview in the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat last Sunday stated his view on climate change and the priorities for the energy systems.
He found that the U.S. attempts announced in George Bushs address to the nation (state of the union) is “feeble and disappointing” . He furthermore declared that energy efficiency has to improve at least two-fold and that such an effort is more important than the development of nuclear power. A fact very well outlined also in the recent IEA reports , though less reported in the press.
So these statements by a person that has turned a rubber-boot company into a leading global technology business and also is chairing a major energy company seems to come from someone who knows rather than wishes.
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By Hans Nilsson / Published on Wed, 2006-11-29 08:00
Santa Claus among green campaigners.
The British Environment Agency has published a list of all-time heroes of ecological campaigning. The list naturally has a clear Anglo-Saxon slant and many interesting entries, like Father Christmas!
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By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Tue, 2006-08-08 05:30
Wouter van Dieren on People, the Planet, and Profits
Wouter van Dieren is a member of the Club of Rome and Director of the Institute for Environmental and System Analyses (IMSA) in Amsterdam. He is a very independent thinker, something which sometimes leads him into conflicts with both industry and environmentalists.
Unlike most environmentalists, he believes innovations in CO2 storage systems is one of the major routes for mitigating global warming. He also advocates another idea less than popular among his fellow greens: Van Dieren emphasises that environmental protection measures should always be worked out within an economically sound context. He is a strong proponent of energy savings since it is as much a way to reduce CO2 emissions as it is an economic opportunity.
Van Dieren talks about three P’s: People, Planet, and Profit.
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