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Peak CO2 Emissions by 2020

While some people may wonder if the world can really peak its CO2 emissions by 2020 in order to, as ecological experts have said, avoid irreversible damage to the planet, those at the recent Major Economies Forum say it can be done. One of those saying this the loudest was Ed Miliband, the UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary.

The forum, which took place in Mexico, featured representatives from around the world in what was basically a follow-up meeting to the forum that was held last December in Copenhagen. These meetings are designed to put together the next set of Kyoto Accords, and the attending countries all have committed themselves to not just make the peak year but actually to beat it if at all possible.

According to scientists, if we delay the peak for another ten years, the overall temperature of the planet will rise a half degree. That may not seem like much, but it will be irreversible. Some models have shown, though, that developed countries may be able to reach their emission peak by 2015 if they work at it. This would be followed by at least a three percent per year decline in carbon emissions up to 2050.

As part of this initiative, Miliband and the UK ecological team have created the Act on Copenhagen website and movement. They hope to educate the public on how to limit their CO2 emissions and put pressure on various officials and companies to take the 2020 peak very seriously.

While 2020 is only 11 years away, many countries are already making good progress. Of course, this doesn’t mean people can stop working to reduce their emissions. In fact, there’s still a long way to go to meet the peak year, but things are looking good.

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Organic Beauty Products Launched in the UK

While the UK has seen a fair number of organic beauty products hit the shelves, none of them have had the fair-trade seal of approval on them until now.  The Fairtrade Foundation has recently given five different companies their seal of approval.  They include Boots, Essential Care, Lush, Bubble & Balm, and Neal’s Yard.  The 57 different products that have been licensed by the foundation contain at least one fair-trade certified ingredient.

So what does that have to do with green news?  Well, the fact is that these natural ingredients are often grown and sold by farmers in third world countries.  The Fairtrade Foundation guarantees that these farmers get a fair price for their ingredients.  This means that farmers are encouraged to grow these natural ingredients, which include things like sugar, brazil nut oil, and Shea butter.  In addition to getting fair prices for their products, companies also invest a bit in the community, giving money to local schools and other groups.

While going green does mean supporting companies and products that help the environment, buying products endorsed by the Fairtrade Foundation also helps the world.  By helping those who grow the natural ingredients found in the beauty products sold by these companies, we’re helping promote farming and organic products.  Many of the farmers who grow these products do so using green technology or, at the very least, avoid damaging insecticides and other harmful things.

Coffee Cozies—Get Rid of that Cardboard!

Every time you get a hot cup of coffee or an espresso at Starbucks, you probably get a cardboard cup cozy to help keep you from burning your hand on the warm cup.  But how much cardboard does Starbucks go through in a day?  And how many people recycle these cozies?  Most end up in the trash.  However, several companies have started looking at ways to get rid of these cardboard cozies altogether.

The silicone Cup Cooley is sold by a number of different companies.  These silicone sleeves can be found in several different colors, and they cost about as much as one of those fancy coffees.  They insulate, are slip resistant, and will protect your hand from heat.  They also fold flat so you can store them in your jacket pocket or purse.

Of course, if you’d rather create a custom cozy, that’s certain an option, too.  One idea is to take a sock put your cup down in it.  Get one of the short ankle socks and roll down any extra at the top.  It’s cheap and easy!

You can also find a number of crocheted patterns for creating cup cozies as well.  What’s nice about these is that you can use the cozy as a wrist band as well.  There are also patterns for creating cozies out of several different items, including old neckties or the sleeves of an old shirt.  No matter what kind of coffee you love, these types of cozies can be easily customized and decorated in any way you like.

If you’re a big coffee drinker, think about purchasing or making one of your own cup cozies.  You’ll save a good amount of cardboard, especially if you purchase a coffee every morning before work.

UK Launches Recycle Week with Recycled Sculpture

While the Coca Cola company hasn’t always been eco-friendly (there have been rumors regarding pesticide use and Coke has been involved in battling some recycling legislation), they’ve also worked to help the environment.  The company has electric delivery vehicles and they’ve added wind power to some of their manufacturing plants.  Well, now the company has done something else—they’ve trashed the UK coastline with millions of aluminum cans!

But wait, before you judge the company harshly, know that this was planned.  Coke has created a huge recycled sculpture to celebrate and support the UK Recycle Week, the week between June 22nd and June 28th.  The sculpture is more than 50 meters across and is made completely from used aluminum cans.  The image created is from Coke’s 1949 summer poster and features a woman relaxing on the beach with a large bottle of Coke behind her.  The sculpture has been dubbed the world’s largest sculpture to be created out of all recycled materials.

Recycle Week and the giant sculpture were created to help bring more attention to recycling and what it can do for the environment and the amount of energy we use.  Throughout the rest of the week, various recycling programs and activities will be held across the UK.

In addition to creating the sculpture and sponsoring many Recycling Week activities, Coke has also launched an educational program promoting recycling and is actively working to create recycling stations in shopping centers, parks, and airports.  The idea here is to make it just as easy to recycle when out in public as it is when at home.  While aluminum recycling is certainly a part of these stations, it’s not the only focus: paper, glass, and other materials will also be recycled.

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Blue Sky Uranium Ahead of the Pack in Argentina

Vancouver-based Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSX.V: BSK), barely out of the starting gate, makes no bones about its international ambitions.

“We would like to end 2008 as the largest uranium land holder in Argentina and the dominant uranium explorer,” says Blue Sky president Sean Hurd.

So far, 18-month-old Blue Sky is more than 4,000 km2 along that road, with its Santa Barbara property in Rio Negro province of northern Patagonia staked by the man who may be Argentina’s leading uranium exploration geologist.

As Hurd tells it, Dr. Jorge Berrizzo, after 14 years at the Argentinean National Atomic Energy Commission, is finding new freedom in the private sector, just as the Argentinean uranium market is starting to buzz.

While Berrizzo played a large role in the discovery of the Cerro Solo uranium deposit in Chubut province, to the south of Rio Negro, “the problem with working for the government is that your focus is narrow and your funding is limited,” Hurd said in an interview.

So Berrizzo has teamed up with a number of private businessmen in the Argentina Uranium Corp. to explore interesting, but untouched, regions. And Blue Sky, bringing to the table its ability as a public company to raise capital, now has a deal with Argentina Uranium to earn a 75% interest in the Santa Barbara property.

Surface sampling has turned up grades of up to 1.5% U3O8, along an 11-kilometre trend. That compares to 0.3-0.5% U3O8 at the Cerro Solo deposit.

“There is obvious uranium mineralization at the surface, which is rare and exciting,” Hurd said. “And we’ve completed an airborne radiometric and magnetic survey over 3,000 square kilometers. It’s the first survey of its kind conducted in that province.”

“At Santa Barbara, our objective is to follow up the air survey with detailed sampling, leading to a drill program.”

Hurd expects Santa Barbara to be just the beginning. “The geological environment in the western United States where the bulk of the U.S. uranium production comes from (also) exists in Argentina,” he said.

While the Argentinean government focused on exploring in Chubut, regions to both the north and the south look geologically promising, he said.

And, after years of slumber, the uranium rush appears to be underway. Argentina has seen uranium exploration since the 1950s, but the country only opened to foreign mineral exploration in 1993 and to uranium exploration, in particular, in 2000.

Meanwhile, the country’s mines all closed and exploration tapered off to nothing as the price of uranium bottomed out at US$7/lb, thanks to the recycling of military stockpiles.

But those stockpiles are petering out, the demand for energy keep growing, the price of oil keeps going up, new nuclear reactors are on the drawing boards, and the spot price of uranium has approached US$100/lb.

Argentina, with two Canadian-built nuclear reactors in operation, is now building a third, hoping to supply 20% of the country’s energy demand from that source by 2025, up from seven per cent today.

That means annual domestic demand for uranium will nearly double, from a current 110 tonnes, to 210 tonnes.

Blue Sky found its Argentinean niche in the first place through its stake in Grosso Group Management Ltd. - headed by Argentina native Joe Grosso - which has been exploring for minerals and for oil and gas in South America since 1990.

Blue Sky director Hernan Celorrio is on the ground in Argentina, dealing with the daily red tape of both federal and provincial governments. “It’s very difficult to do that from Canada,” Hurd said. The Buenos Aires professor of law was president of Barrick Explorations Argentina from 1999 to 2006.

And Dr. Clifton Farrell, with 25 years in the uranium and alternate energy fields, has just joined Blue Sky as chief operating officer. Along with a PhD in geochemistry from Harvard University, Farrell comes fresh from 12 years at the Nuclear Energy Institute in Washington, where he looked after licensing and regulatory affairs.

Argentina may be looking fairly stable politically these days, but Blue Sky also has a couple of small properties in Columbia. Hurd admits that, even five years ago, any foray into that country would have all but unthinkable.

However, “there’s been a vast improvement in Columbia in the climate for exploration,” he insisted. “We have option agreements on two uranium properties and we’re not operating in the country on our own. We’re going through the Grosso Group.”

“It’s a chance to get in before other companies recognize the opportunity.”

Blue Sky doesn’t have all its eggs in a South American basket, though. A joint venture with Eagle Plains Resources at Eagle Lake, on the outside edge of Canada’s Athabasca Basin, was Blue Sky’s first property.

“It’s had good historical sampling,” Hurd said. “We’ve completed several surface programs and we are waiting to drill the property as soon as the winter freeze-up comes.”

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