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Canada steps up oil sands push in United States

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:49:16 +0000

CALGARY -- Canada has mounted its biggest campaign yet to sell the United States on the energy security benefits of the oil sands as Washington debates new environmental policy, the country's energy minister said on Friday. Canadian Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt said she and her staff ...

Ramsay Home found this 14 hours ago on financialpost.com

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Global Climate Change Lobby

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:56:17 +0000

image Overview Stalemate in Copenhagen Global attempts to craft a pivotal new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being stymied by a far-reaching, multinational backlash led by fossil fuel industries and other heavy carbon emitters, according to an eight-country report by the ...

Commondreams.org Newswire found this 2 days ago on publicintegrity.org

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Amid Mounting Pessimism, A Voice of Hope for Copenhagen

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:42:41 +0000

With skepticism growing about the chances of reaching a climate agreement next month in Copenhagen, Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says he is “cautiously optimistic” that a treaty can still be signed. But in an interview with Yale Environment 360, ...

Yale Environment 360 found this 3 days ago on e360.yale.edu

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Danish PM upbeat on new global climate deal

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:53:08 +0000

* Danish PM sees growing political will for global deal * Hopes to issue invites to world leaders within weeks * Says they will attend if a substantial deal on table (Recasts, adds quotes, detail) By Conor Sweeney MOSCOW, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The host of next month's global climate conference said ...

Greenlight | OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC found this 3 days ago on reuters.com

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Bob Barker Donates $1 Million To University For Professorship In Animal Rights

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Bob Barker is stepping up to the plate once again and getting involved in animal welfare issues. Barker recently donated $1 million to Drury University to establish the Dorothy Jo Barker Professorship in Animal Rights. The program, which is named after his late wife, will offer intense ...

Green Daily found this 43 hours ago on ecorazzi.com

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Coping With Climate Change: Which Societies Will Do Best?

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:09:00 +0000

As the world warms, how different societies fare in dealing with rising seas and changing weather patterns will have as much to do with political, social, and economic factors as with a changing climate. BY GAIA VINCE

TreeHugger found this 4 days ago on e360.yale.edu

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Survey: Economists see threat in climate change

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:00:07 +0000

In fact, the survey of economists finds 94% believe the U.S. should join climate agreements to limit global warming. The survey results to be released today come as debate over the economics of global warming moves center stage in Washington, D.C. Republican senators boycotted a hearing Tuesday ...

The Oil Drum found this 3 days ago on usatoday.com

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Step Onto The Manhole

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:55:00 +0000

TreeHugger found this 2 days ago on yankodesign.com

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Michael Ruppert on Oil, Energy and 'Collapse'

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 01:25:51 +0000

ANTHONY KAUFMAN Michael Ruppert proudly claims that he predicted the global economic slump more than four years ago in his self-published "From the Wilderness," a monthly news publication and Web site. A narcotics investigator for the Los Angeles police department in the 1970s, Mr. Ruppert left ...

Peak Oil News found this 2 days ago on online.wsj.com

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Organic Farming and the Future of Food

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:18:42 +0000

By Laura Klein Sustainable agriculture is the fastest-growing sector of the food industry. On the other hand, less than 1% of American cropland is farmed organically. In light of this conundrum, what keeps the organic farmer going? I spoke with Richard Wiswall, author of The Organic Farmer’s ...

Chelsea Green found this 5 days ago on triplepundit.com

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Made Turbines to Fill U.S. Wind Farm

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:47:03 +0000

REBECCA SMITH A Chinese wind-turbine company, with financing help from Beijing, has struck a deal to be the exclusive supplier to one of the largest wind-farm developments in the U.S., a sign of how Chinese firms are aggressively capitalizing on America's clean-energy push. The 36,000-acre ...

Green Diary found this 5 days ago on online.wsj.com

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Canada sets aside its boreal forest as giant carbon vault | Environment | The Guardian

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:08:43 +0000

Jasper National Park, Canada Canada's boreal forest soaks up 22% of the carbon stored on the earth's land surface ... Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. Photograph: Karen Schwartz/AP

Environmental Leader found this 8 days ago on guardian.co.uk

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The plight of the vanishing frog

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:48:00 +0000

Is this deformed cyclops frog real? Thankfully, it's not. I triple-checked, because you never know these days. R eal and really freaky froggy mutations eerily similar to this Photoshop tweak aren't too far off in the future, give or take a leg or three. The evidence, according to an ...

w3ace posted 3 days ago from supereco.com

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STUDY: Lots of local, green electricity possible for most of the U.S.

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:59:00 +0000

One of the reasons that a vehicle powered by something other than gasoline is such a popular idea in the U.S. is that it helps us become less reliant on other countries for our transportation needs. To this end, biofuels and electric vehicles offer great potential to use local sources of ...

AutoblogGreen posted 3 days ago from green.autoblog.com

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Solar Power When the Sun Goes Down?

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:30:26 +0000

The Holy Grail of renewable energy is a solar power plant that continues producing electricity after the sun goes down. A California company has taken a step toward making that a reality.

Earth2Tech found this 3 days ago on greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com

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Warren Buffett Makes a $44 Billion (!) Bet on Trains, Buys BNSF

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 01:12:00 +0000

That's Quite a Nice New Toy You Got There, and It's Not Even Xmas Has the Oracle of Omaha seen the future? If so, it seems to include more trains, because Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's investment vehicle, decided to buy the remaining 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) ...

the green skeptic™ found this 3 days ago on treehugger.com

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A Solar Powered Monorail System For Bologna

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:27:25 +0000

Iosa Ghini Associati has designed the Energy Belt , a sleek solar-powered monorail system for Bologna, Italy that will connect the airport to the city center. The system’s smoothly sculpted lines run above the countryside, providing great views for travelers. The monorail will also ...

GreenPacks.org found this 4 days ago on inhabitat.com

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Prototype - Big Corporations Pool Their Green Innovations

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:18:48 +0000

Companies are sharing environmentally friendly innovations. They include an I.B.M. method to clean semiconductor wafers, top, and a DuPont process, right, that uses microorganisms to identify pollutants. Others are water-based shoe adhesives from Nike and a packing insert from I.B.M.

Ramsay Home found this 6 days ago on nytimes.com

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Study claims meat creates half of all greenhouse gases

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:24:13 +0000

Climate change emissions from meat production are far higher than currently estimated, according to a controversial new study that will fuel the debate on whether people should eat fewer animal products to help the environment.

Energy Bulletin - found this 3 days ago on independent.co.uk

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Rice Solar Energy Project - Power Plant Licensing Case - Docket # 09-AFC-10

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:17:12 +0000

Docket Number: 09-AFC-10 (Application For Certification) Committee Overseeing This Case: Key Dates GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT Artist rendering of project Rice Solar Energy, LLC, (RSE) a wholly owned subsidiary of SolarReserve, LLC, proposes to construct, own, and operate the Rice Solar ...

Green Inc. found this 4 days ago on energy.ca.gov

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