NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 (UPI) -- Expanding interests in renewable energy technology could provide broad economic opportunities, the U.N. Environment Program said from Nairobi. A UNEP report looked at trade opportunities in six sectors, ranging from ...
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2013-05-09 05:50:55
Seattle is on the verge of a possible buying spree, to acquire cleaner lift trucks, parking-enforcement scooters, and other vehicles that emit less carbon. Using shiny white vehicles as a backdrop, Mayor Mike McGinn on Wednesday announced a “Million Gallon Challenge” to avoid burning tha
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2013-05-08 20:14:41
Now, this is not a risky proposition, it is easy to see and understand the potential, there are many precedents of large solar power plant installations. We are committed to renewable energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building a clean and green ...
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2013-05-08 18:16:32
U.S. News & World Report on natural gas-powered cars, The New York Times on the future of nuclear energy in Japan, Grist on the hidden history of spills in the Gulf of Mexico, Business Insider on how to make money off the fear of climate change, and Nature on the threat of Beijing's air quality
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2013-05-08 15:59:47
Canada will have access to enough renewable energy by 2050 to achieve the deep greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions required to do our part to put a brake on global climate change, according to a report released today by the Trottier Energy Futures Project ...
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2013-05-08 10:06:44
The growing global demand for energy, combined with a need to reduce emissions and lessen the effects of climate change, has increased focus on cleaner energy sources. But what unintended consequences could these cleaner sources have on the changing climate?
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2013-05-08 09:35:48
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2013-05-08 08:05:24
But it depends heavily on power from hydroelectric plants fueled by water and the rainy season is a month late, part of an increasingly common pattern scientists and forecasters have linked to climate change. Government officials have been warning that the ...
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2013-05-08 07:16:27
Guwahati, May 8 : With a view to expediting the process of obtaining environment clearance for category 'B' type projects and activities in Assam, the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests has constituted a State Level Environment Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC)
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2013-05-08 06:30:38
But it depends heavily on power from hydroelectric plants fuelled by water and the rainy season is a month late, part of an increasingly common pattern scientists and forecasters have linked to climate change. Government officials have been warning that the ...
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2013-05-08 01:09:42
Also, biodiesel, which makes up the majority of conventional biofuel, would not have to comply until 2020. “We have to take into account investments that have already been made,” she told the environment committee on Monday (6 May). She said that the ...
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2013-05-07 23:06:05
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' new proposal to let countries draft their own emissions reduction plans rather than working toward a common target can unlock languishing U.N. climate negotiations, the U.S. climate change envoy said on Tuesday.
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2013-05-07 15:09:44
Although miners are far more technologically conservative than oil producers, today's tough financing environment may prompt technological advancements in a sector that has historically approached processing "with brute force rather than finesse."
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2013-05-07 12:48:37
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The top speed of vans in the European Union should be electronically limited to 120 km (75 miles) per hour, according to a proposal backed by the European Parliament's environment committee.
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2013-05-07 12:21:11
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