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Financing said vital for world climate change deal - Climate Change - GREEN NEWS - ECOSEED Global Green News Portal
ecoseed.org via @carbonexpo_oz &bull 1 Hour AgoGENEVA, September 1 (Reuters) - A global fund to help poorer countries switch to green industrial technology is vital in any new international pact to battle global warming, Switzerland's top climate change negotiator said on Wednesday. The official, Franz Perrez, was speaking at a news conference on the eve… Full Story »
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Reduce Your Carbon Footprint With Carbon Credits -- AOL Real Estate
realestate.aol.com via @greenexistence &bull 1 Hour AgoSarah Warren considers herself an "unlikely environmentalist": someone who a few years ago would only casually recycle her garbage but who now has fully embraced the green lifestyle. That happened after Warren, a psychologist in Evanston, Ill. realized how environmental degradation poses "a clear threat to the health and well-being of my children," she says. After that, Warren switched from incandescent to compact fluorescent lightbulbs, vigilantly turned off… Full Story »
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Improve Your Business Energy Efficiency By Hiring An Energy Broker
www.ienergysaver.com via @epccertificates &bull 1 Hour AgoAs the energy market grows more complex with new regulations, extra fees, and penalties for exceeding energy usage, carbon commitment reductions and prices going up and down all the time. It has never been so hard to keep control of… Full Story »
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Report: Jamestown on front lines of climate change threat
climatechange.tweetmeme.com via @TM_Climate &bull 3 Hours AgoWind turbines may cause more carbon emissions! WWW.MNN.COM - Report: Jamestown on front lines of climate change threat: Virginia's economy and some of America's most beloved p... Wind turbines may cause more carbon emissions! GroenWerkt says: #mnn Report: Jamestown on… Full Story »
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Tesla Roadster eligible for $38,000 clean energy rebate in Japan
AutoBlogGreen &bull 4 Hours Ago
Tesla Roadster 2.5 - Click above for high-res image gallery Less than four months ago, Tesla Motors entered the Japanese market by shipping a dozen or so right-hand drive Signature Series Roadsters across the pond. The base Roadster, which starts at a rather shocking price of 12.8 million yen ($151,500 U.S. at the current exchange rate) has now been approved for the Japanese… Full Story »
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Greenies hail cross-party climate body
news.smh.com.au via @TWSvictoria &bull 4 Hours AgoEnvironmental groups have welcomed the formation of a cross-party climate change committee as part of a governance agreement struck between Labor and the Greens. Greens leader Bob Brown announced the deal on Wednesday, under which his party would ensure supply,… Full Story »
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Guess who wants a carbon tax? - Sep. 1, 2010
money.cnn.com via @letsmarketbiz &bull 4 Hours AgoFORTUNE -- If Republican leaders were serious -- and gutsy -- about using the Gulf oil spill as an opportunity to put the nation on a sane energy course, they'd pull out a little-noticed bill sponsored by Arizona's Jeff Flake and South Carolina's Bob Inglis and plop it atop their 2010 campaign book. But they won't. It's politically lethal. Why? Inglis and Flake, two House members with impeccable conservative credentials, want to impose a carbon tax on the nation. Surprised? Most people are. But scratch the surface at conservative think tanks and universities that house free-market economists, and… Full Story »
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Hubble observations of supernova reveal composition of star guts pouring out
www.chem.info via @Chem_Info &bull 4 Hours AgoThe team detected significant brightening of the emissions from Supernova 1987A, which were consistent with some theoretical predictions about how supernovae interact with their immediate galactic environment. Discovered in 1987, Supernova 1987A is the closest exploding star to Earth to be detected since 1604 and resides in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy adjacent to our own Milky Way Galaxy. The team observed the supernova in optical, ultraviolet and near-infrared light, charting… Full Story »
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Solar Power On Bob Katter's Wish List : Renewable Energy News
www.energymatters.com.au via @Carydc &bull 5 Hours AgoMr. Katter also remains adamant that there should be "No carbon tax. Mr. Queensland - the third-largest electorate in Australia. Full Story »
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Lisa Jackson's High-Wire Act on Carbon Controls - BusinessWeek
www.businessweek.com via @michaelmeehan &bull 5 Hours AgoEarly in his Presidency, Barack Obama made it clear that if Congress failed to limit carbon emissions, he would use his authority under the Clean Air Act to control greenhouse gases. Now that Congress has pulled the plug on legislation, that task has fallen to Lisa Jackson, Obama's Environmental Protection Agency chief. Caught between business groups and some Senate Democrats who want to stop her, and environmental organizations that say… Full Story »
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Renewable Energy Focus - DECC offers clarification on grants and feed-in tariffs
www.renewableenergyfocus.com via @Energy4Earth &bull 5 Hours AgoAfter a period of uncertainty YouGen welcomes the Department of Energy Climate Change's (DECC) explanation regarding how previous grants will affect feed-in tariffs in the UK. Until recent clarification issued by DECC, many schools and community groups had been told… Full Story »
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Cross party consensus on climate change, it IS possible
www.crikey.com.au via @crikeyheadlines &bull YesterdayThe accord released yesterday between Labor and the Greens delegates the development of policy proposals on a carbon tax to a Senate Committee. This is a welcome and very significant proposal-both in its own right and for its larger implications. Full Story »
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RGGI volumes surge ahead of auction
Point Carbon &bull Yesterday
Carbon Market News Online- Online news service Real-time news including: comprehensive in-depth coverage on international carbon policy; market moving news on the European, North American and international carbon markets; and latest developments from international negotiations.Carbon Market Daily- Daily market report… Full Story »
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Nations meet on climate cash, U.N. sees long haul - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com via @pkzmk &bull YesterdayGENEVA (Reuters) - About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming. Environment ministers and senior officials in Geneva… Full Story »
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How Bad Are the Next Few Years Going To Suck?
Mother Jones: The Blue Marble &bull Yesterday
The hot question in green circles these days is, "what next?" For the last decade, strategy has been built around getting a federal climate bill that would place a cap on carbon emissions. That attempt was supposed to culminate in… Full Story »
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Network List
ajaxblog.com via @devseo &bull YesterdayCoca-Cola, a leading soft drink companies from the United States, has introduced its newest beverage packaging materials, made from plant parts. Coca-Cola bottle is the latest first-generation eco-friendly plastic bottles. Coca-Cola was first introduced these new plastic bottles at the… Full Story »
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GetGlobe.com - Global Warming News - Double Play for Global Warming - NewsHour
www.getglobe.com via @getglobe &bull YesterdayDouble Play for Global WarmingNewsHour(Its official title is the Global Warming Solutions Act.) And Schwarzenegger boasted that California led the nation, and possibly the world, in promoting ...Hedge Fund Manager Earns Millions on Carbon, Spends it Financing Global... Full Story »
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U.S. Department of Energy - Upping Efficiency Standards, Lowering Utility Bills
blog.energy.gov via @jorge_salazar &bull YesterdayPurchasing energy-efficient appliances is one of the easiest and most important ways consumers have to save money, reduce their electricity consumption and help cut down on carbon pollution. We use appliances every day - to cook our food, cool our… Full Story »
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Albright College News - Albright Receives $846,000 ARRA Grant to Improve Energy Efficiency
www.albright.edu via @AlbrightCollege &bull YesterdayReading, Pa.- Albright College has received an $846,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas pollution on campus. The grant is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The project will allow the… Full Story »
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Tax versus Trade -- ( Regarding the Rationale for the Global Warming Hoax and CO2 as cause )
www.freerepublic.com via @conservatweet &bull YesterdayI feel like I keep stating the obvious. A carbon tax is bad because its unnecessary and nobody wastes money better than big government, but a carbon trading scheme is worse. The latter is a fake market that feeds corruption and creates its own vested industry of financial brokers who profit no matter what the price and no matter who buys or sells (they just need a government mandated scheme that forces businesses to buy and sell), and no matter whether anything useful happens to… Full Story »
