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3 hrs ago | China Daily

US experts welcome China's pledge on carbon emission cuts

WASHINGTON: US experts Thursday welcomed China's new goals to reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 to 45 percent compared with the level of 2005.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Global Warming, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Hu Jintao

8 hrs ago | Ocean Resources

Canadian biofuel cuts emissions sharply: report

Canadian ethanol emits 73 percent less greenhouse gas than conventional fuel, taking into consideration all stages of the fuel's production from planting a crop to burning the fuel, a new report prepared for Canada's biofuel industry said on Friday.

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Related Topix: Biofuel, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Berkeley, CA, UC Berkeley

12 hrs ago | San Jose Mercury News

Alameda firm to use grant for wind energy project

An Alameda-based energy storage company will be using a grant from the federal government to help it store green energy being harnessed by the Modesto Irrigation District.

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Related Topix: Alameda, CA, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

17 hrs ago | Gulf Times

Hasina goes green with solar panel installation at the office

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has installed a solar power system at her office to encourage green energy expansion in her power-starved nation.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Corporate Social Responsibility News

India electric car pioneer plans biggest plug-in car plant

Chetan Maini, the engineer who pioneered India's first electric car, had his eureka moment two decades ago when he drove a vehicle fuelled by solar power across the blazing Australian outback.

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Related Topix: Electric Vehicle, Hybrid Vehicles, Travel, India Travel, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

The Modesto Bee

Corporation still planning Fire Island wind farm

The Cook Inlet Region corporation says it plans to go ahead with the Fire Island wind farm project, despite a split last month with a developer.

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Related Topix: Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy

ABC News

New Jersey Lawmaker Pushing for Windmills on Piers

One New Jersey lawmaker wants to add a new attraction to amusement parks along the Jersey shore: windmills.

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Related Topix: New Jersey, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Wind Power

Market Wire

Quantum Technologies to Acquire Schneider Power

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. and Schneider Power Inc. today announced the signing of a definitive business combination agreement under which Quantum has agreed to acquire in a stock-for-stock exchange all of the outstanding common shares of Schneider Power.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy)

Lansing State Journal

Saginaw looks to land solar plant and 500 new jobs

SAGINAW - Saginaw officials are vying with a Texas community to land a California-based solar panel manufacturer that would create 500 new jobs within five years.

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Related Topix: Saginaw, MI, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Saginaw County, MI

UPI

U.S. stimulus funds wind power batteries

North Carolina's Duke Energy said it plans to match a $22 million federal grant to examine the use of batteries to store wind energy from a Texas wind farm.

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Related Topix: Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Department of Energy

Thu Nov 26, 2009

The Sligo Champion

China to boost energy efficiency

China has said it is aiming for a big boost in energy efficiency by cutting carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by up to 45% by 2020.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Global Warming, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

24 Hours Vancouer

24 Hours Vancouver

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will attend the Copenhagen conference on climate change next month.

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Related Topix: Stephen Harper, Canada, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, North America, World News

Edmonton Journal

Feds will contribute $30M to Alberta CO2 pipeline

The federal government said Tuesday it is contributing about $30 million to the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line project through the Clean Energy Fund.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

San Diego Union-Tribune

SoCal desert highway landmark demolished

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 7:46 a.m. A California desert highway landmark is history.

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Related Topix: Barstow, CA, Daggett, CA, Needles, CA, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Phelan, CA

Battle Creek Enquirer

Thumb-area residents upset with loud wind turbines

Dozens of Thumb-area residents say their lives have been changed for the worse by noisy, energy-producing wind turbines and recommended that future installations be kept far away from homes.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Michigan

Wed Nov 25, 2009

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

Texas to Receive More than $27 Million for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

Energy Secretary Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is awarding more than $27 million for 3 projects in Texas to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will help build a smarter, more efficient, more resilient electrical grid.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Solar Energy

WSHM - News - News Now

Mass. moves to streamline renewable energy efforts

Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill designed to streamline the state's push for renewable energy.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government

TulsaWorld.com - Education

OU's Norman campus to become wind-powered

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' The University of Oklahoma's plan to power its Norman campus with wind energy was approved Wednesday by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Oklahoma City, OK, Oklahoma City Metro, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

CLTV - Chicago Land's TV

Obama to attend global climate summit in Copenhagen next month, outline pollution-cutting goal

Dousing rampant speculation, President Barack Obama has decided to travel to Copenhagen next month and spell out U.S. goals for curbing greenhouse gas emissions at a widely anticipated, high-stakes global climate summit.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Summit Daily News

Salazar fires back at oil industry 'untruths'

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar lashed out at the oil and gas industry Tuesday, accusing some industry trade groups of acting like an arm of the Republican Party in criticizing the Obama administration's record on energy production.

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Related Topix: US News, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

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