GreenMonk news roundup 06/27/2009

• Global warming causing mass migration – UPI.com

  Global warming will submerge island states, destroy farmland and force millions of people into migration by 2050, according to a report unveiled at climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany.

  tags: climate change, global warming, sea level rise, greenmonktv

• UPDATE 1-Nissan sees big U.S. electric car output by 2012 | Industries | Consumer Goods & Retail | Reuters

  * Nissan aiming for mass-market lead in electric cars

  * First zero emission cars on sale in Japan, U.S. next year

  * Tennessee plant seen starting assembly in 2011 or 2012

  tags: nissan, ev, electric vehicle, greenmonktv

• Birth defects show human price of coal | International | Reuters

  coal mining and processing has given Shanxi a rate of birth defects six times higher than China’s national average, which is already high by global standards

  tags: coal, pollution, china, greenmonktv

• Technology Review: Blogs: Potential Energy: Tesla Receives Key Funding for Electric Sedan

  The plan at Tesla Motors has always been to go beyond its first vehicle, the $100,000 electric Roadster, to make more-affordable electric cars–a plan that had come to depend on the startup receiving a hefty loan from the government. Today, the Department of Energy announced that it has approved that loan–in the amount of $465 million. The money could allow Tesla to bring its Model S electric sedan to market, as planned, by 2011.

  tags: tesla, tesla model s, ev, electric vehicle, greenmonktv

• Scotland agrees world’s toughest 2020 climate goal | Green Business | Reuters

  Scottish lawmakers Wednesday backed a binding goal to cut greenhouse gases by 42 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels, edging Germany into second place in a ranking of the most ambitious developed world targets.

  tags: scotland, greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas emissions, 2020, 1990, greenmonktv

• Eco Cars: U.S.-based Oil Company Debuts 100% Electric Car, EV Sharing Program – Ecofriend

  ExxonMobil, a U.S.-based oil company, has stunned the auto world with the launch of a fully electric car – the Maya 300

  tags: ExxonMobil, Maya, Maya 300, electric vehicle, EV, greenmonktv

• Car Exhaust Associated With Premature Births in Southern California: Scientific American

  Women exposed to air pollution from freeways and congested roads are much more likely to give birth to premature babies and suffer from preeclampsia, according to a study by University of California scientists published Wednesday.

  tags: preeclampsia, premature babies, premature, car, pollution, particulates, greenmonktv

• Plastiki ship made of bottles to sail Pacific on voyage highlighting the perils of plastic – Los Angeles Times

  You’ve heard of a ship in a bottle. How about a ship made of plastic bottles? That would be the Plastiki, designed to sail the Pacific on an 11,000-mile voyage highlighting the dangers of living in a throwaway world.

  tags: plastiki, pacific, recycle, greenmonktv

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