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US Agriculture Secretary Discusses USDA Renewable Energy Proposals |
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Friday, 23 March 2007 |
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(Biofuel Review) -- US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today (23rd March) discussed
details of the administration’s farm bill proposals during a renewable
energy roundtable discussion at Purdue University in Indiana. The
proposals would dramatically expand the commitment to renewable fuels
in the farm bill.
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Aluminum Industry States Position on Climate Change U.S. Legislative Policy |
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Friday, 23 March 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Aluminum Industry today has made public its “Position
on Climate Change Policies.” This action
follows Aluminum Association member meetings in Washington and a ballot
vote of its board.
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Gore Warns Congress of 'Planetary Emergency' |
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Thursday, 22 March 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times) -- It was part science class, part policy wonk
paradise, part politics and all theater as former Vice President Al Gore came to Congress on Wednesday to insist that global warming constitutes a “planetary emergency” requiring an aggressive federal response.
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Gore Urges Congress to Act on Climate Change |
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (USA Today) -- Global warming is "a crisis that is by far the most
serious we've faced," former vice president Al Gore told Congress this
morning, calling on representatives to put aside partisan differences
and address "a true planetary emergency."
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Utility Chiefs Wary of Emission Limits |
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top executives of some of the country's largest
electric utilities gave guarded support Tuesday - or at least said they
were not opposed - to mandatory carbon emission limits to deal with
global warming.
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All Homes Energy Efficient within Decade, Announces Brown |
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 |
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(The Independent) -- Every household will have been offered the means to improve the energy
efficiency of their home by 2017, Gordon Brown announced today.
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Iraq Parliament Finds a Quorum Hard to Come By |
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Tuesday, 20 March 2007 |
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BAGHDAD (International Herald Tribune) -- Mahmoud al-Mashadani, the speaker of Parliament, read a roll
call of the 275 elected members with a goal of shaming the no-shows.
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Ritter Will Sign Bill to Double Renewable Energy |
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Friday, 16 March 2007 |
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DENVER (AP) -- Over two years after voters required that
utilities get 10 percent of their power from renewable sources,
Colorado is poised to double that requirement.
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Gore Gets Signatures for Climate Change |
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Friday, 16 March 2007 |
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NASHVILLE, TENN. (AP) -- Former Vice President Al Gore has collected
nearly 300,000 electronic signatures asking Congress to take action on
global warming, Gore said in an entry on his Web site Friday. Gore said
the signatures demonstrate "that hundreds of thousands of people share
my sense of urgency" on climate change. Gore is scheduled to testify
before Congress about the issue Wednesday.
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Britain Could Be First Country to Put Legal Limits on Carbon Emissions |
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Thursday, 15 March 2007 |
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(The Guardian) -- Plans to make Britain the first country in the world to set legally
binding limits on its carbon pollution were announced yesterday when
ministers unveiled their draft climate change bill.
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China's Pollution Cuts Local Rain |
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Thursday, 15 March 2007 |
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(BBC News) -- Pollution from China's factories and vehicles is significantly reducing rainfall in hilly areas of the country.
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N.H. Towns Send Climate-Change Message to Presidentials |
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Thursday, 15 March 2007 |
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire voters are sending a message to the
presidential candidates who routinely visit the state: Do something
about global warming.
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Climate Crisis Action Day - March 20, 2007 |
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 |
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(Media-Newswire.com) -- Congressional Democrats are
pressing ahead with legislation to address global warming despite
uncertainty over where the White House stands on specific issues.
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Climate Laws Depend on Bush Help |
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (Time) -- Democrats running Congress will likely not be able to pass
climate legislation with mandatory limits on "greenhouse" gases without
help from President Bush, the chairman of the Senate's energy panel
said Monday.
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Biofuels Boom: Ethanol Not Exactly an Energy Cure-All |
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
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(Tulsa World) -- Farmers in the Midwest are
sending billions of bushels of corn to refineries that turn it into
billions of gallons of fuel. Automakers in Detroit have already built
millions of cars, trucks and SUVs that can run on it, and are committed
to making millions more. In Washington, politicians have approved
generous subsidies for companies that make ethanol.
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With Coal Plans Cut Back, Texas Faces Energy Gap |
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Monday, 12 March 2007 |
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HOUSTON, TX (NY Times) -- Texas,
as everyone knows, does everything big. Its giant oil and gas fields
dominate America’s energy patch. It is now the nation’s largest wind
power producer, with more than 2,000 turbines gathering some of the
country’s strongest currents. It gets the booby prize for being the
biggest producer of greenhouse gases.
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10,000 Acres of Greenbelt under Threat |
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Monday, 12 March 2007 |
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(Guardian Unlimited) -- The Queen, British Aerospace and BP will make billions of pounds from
developing the greenbelt under proposals to meet government housing
targets. Research by the Guardian and the Campaign to Protect Rural
England shows at least 10,000 acres of greenbelt land are likely to be
sacrificed to build some of the biggest developments in Britain in the
past 30 years.
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Climate is Big Issue for U.S. Hunters, Anglers |
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Saturday, 10 March 2007 |
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CULEBRA CREEK, COLO (Monsters & Critics) -- As the snow melts from the towering peaks in the
distance, Culebra Creek runs fast and the trout are biting. But Van
Beecham, a fourth generation fishing guide, is uneasy.
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Climate of hope: Cities lead the way |
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Wednesday, 07 March 2007 |
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(BBCNews) Seattle mayor Greg Nickels is hopeful that the US
will soon join the global effort to tackle climate change. Building on
comments he made in the BBC News website's Have Your Say pages, Mr
Nickels says more than 400 US mayors are committed to curbing emissions
- something the White House has so far refused to do.
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Madison utility expands renewable energy pricing program |
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Tuesday, 06 March 2007 |
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Madison utility is planning to expand its renewable energy pricing program. Madison Gas and Electric says its responding to growing concern about global warming in tripling the size of the program. The green power program allows customers to pay extra on their
monthly electric bill to support development of renewable energy
sources -- like wind turbines and solar panels. The utility has new wind power projects coming on line early next
year, which will triple the amount of green power available to
customers who pay extra.
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US CO2 emissions 'violate rights' |
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Sunday, 04 March 2007 |
(BBC) -- A delegation of Inuit has travelled to Washington to
argue that the US government's climate change policies violate human
rights.
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