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US energy reboot cuts emissions 13% in five years
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Source: RTCC US emissions from the energy sector fell 13% between 2007 and 2012, according to a new report. Renewable energy capacity doubled while the uptake in natural gas and effective energy ef...
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Feb.4.2013
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Philippines climate chief invites leaders to visit typhoon devastation
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Source: RTCC The Philippines’ chief climate negotiator has called on world leaders who are ambivalent to the dangers of climate change to witness the devastation left by Typhoon Bopha. The Category...
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Jan.9.2013
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Let’s learn to love carbon capture, before it’s too late
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Source: The Guardian Progress on CCS technology has stalled, but with coal and gas generating much of our electricity for years to come, we need it Last week the prime minister laid out the importa...
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Dec.18.2012
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Shale gas: a burning carbon issue
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Source: The Guardian Fracking may have been given a clean bill of health in the UK, but taking hydrocarbons from the ground will increase emissions Ed Davey left the climate change talks in Doha th...
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Dec.14.2012
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China and US hold the key to a new global climate deal
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Source: The Guardian The world’s two biggest emitters face political problems that will make the talks for the next few years difficult China and the US are to be the clear focus of the next ...
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Dec.13.2012
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Can flex-fuel cars put US on the road to low oil prices?
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Source: The Guardian Barack Obama is in the market for creative ways of combating climate change, and Eyal Aronoff thinks he has one – involving the US’s beloved motor car Eyal Aronoff identi...
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Dec.11.2012
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COP18: Room for optimism on climate finance at UN talks
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Source: RTCC There is growing optimism that the current stalemate on climate finance could be this week when the ministerial level talks commence in Doha. Developing nations have said that there ca...
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Dec.4.2012
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US to begin Atlantic wind energy lease sales in first half 2013
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Source: Rechargenews The Interior Department (DOI) in first half 2013 will offer leases for commercial wind energy development in federal waters off the coasts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vi...
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Dec.3.2012
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Installed Price of Solar Photovoltaic Systems in US Continues to Decline at Rapid Pace
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Source: Sciencedaily The installed price of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2011 and through the first half of 2012, according to the latest edition...
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Nov.28.2012
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Obstacles threaten Scotland’s 100% green electricity target, MSPs warn
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Source: The Guardian The target is achievable but only if fast action is taken to improve infrastructure and financing Ambitious plans to meet 100% of Scotland’s electricity needs from renewa...
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Nov.26.2012
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Al Gore: nuclear power will play ‘limited role’ in future energy mix
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Source: The Guardian Former vice-president says cost of nuclear power is ‘absurdly high and still rising’ Nuclear power will only play a limited role in the world’s energy future ...
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Nov.19.2012
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Suntech slashes US output, staff, cites tariffs and supply glut
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Source: Rechargenews Suntech is reducing three production shifts to one and cutting the workforce at its Goodyear, Arizona, solar panel manufacturing facility, blaming the move on global oversupply...
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Nov.16.2012
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How cheap energy from shale will reshape America’s role in the world
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Source: The Guardian US self-sufficiency in energy is likely to end American reliance on despotic Gulf regimes but biggest loser of all may be Russia After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of ...
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Nov.16.2012
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China’s Clean Revolution A Top Governmental Priority
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Source: Earthtechling The change in China’s leadership is no doubt at the very centre of global attention – at an almost equal level with the American Presidential election. What is even more inter...
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Nov.12.2012
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ORNL’s titanic supercomputer
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Source: World-nuclear-news The installation of the new Titan supercomputer at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) marks the start of a new era of scientific sup...
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Nov.6.2012
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Australian infrastructure not up to facing new climate reality, according to new report
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Source: RTCC Australia’s infrastructure is badly prepared for the growing threat posed of climate change, according to a new study. The report by The Climate Institute found that as the frequency o...
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Nov.6.2012
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New enzyme ‘produces more fuel from less corn,’ Danish company says
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Source: Phys Danish industrial enzymes maker Novozymes on Tuesday launched an enzyme that it said produces more ethanol from corn, addressing concern that growth in biofuels has come at the expense...
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Oct.31.2012
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Pacific fish from Japan to Oregon still radioactive from Fukushima fallout
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Source: Grist More than 18 months later, the full scope of the decidedly human-made Fukushima nuclear meltdown is still rippling through the natural world. Like the butterflies before them, Fukushi...
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Oct.26.2012
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World Bank urges nations to end ‘wasteful’ gas flaring
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Source: The Guardian Figures show gas flaring among major oil countries contributes as much to climate change as a major economy like Italy Gas flaring in 20 of the world’s leading oil-produc...
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Oct.25.2012
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Big loss of biodiversity with global warming
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Source: Earthtimes The major threat of climatic changes hangs like the sword of Damocles over the heads of many endangered species – and the rest of us. The cause of their extinction, past an...
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Oct.19.2012
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