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Schwarzenegger Newest Ally on Climate Change Won't Swear Off Coal Power Plants |
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 |
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(SF Gate) -- Ever-green Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took a trip to Utah today to add
Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s signature to a growing list of Western
states and other governments pledging to work on climate-change issues
together. The addition of Utah to the "Western Regional Climate Action Initiative"
was framed as a big deal by the administration, mainly because it was
finally another Republican joining Schwarzenegger (the four other
governors who have signed on were Democrats).
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Greenpeace Building New Noah's Ark to Highlight Climate Change |
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Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
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ISTANBUL (AP ) -- Environmental activists are building a replica of
Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat - where the biblical vessel is said to have
landed after the great flood - in an appeal for action on global
warming, Greenpeace said Wednesday.
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Alternative Energy Proposals Live, Die in Legislature |
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Monday, 14 May 2007 |
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HELENA (Chronicle) -- Own a wind farm, drive a car that runs on biodiesel or
install solar panels on your home and you would have been eligible for
a tax credit proposed by state lawmakers over the past few months.
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Maryland Joins 30-State Effort to Address Climate Change |
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Friday, 11 May 2007 |
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BALTIMORE, MD (MD Dept. of the Environment) -- Maryland
has joined with 30 states, representing over 70 percent of the U.S.
population, as charter members of The Climate Registry, marking the
largest multi-state effort to address climate change.
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Budget's Climate Change Focus Ridiculed |
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Tuesday, 08 May 2007 |
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(news.com.au) -- Treasurer Peter Costello defended the outlay of $741 million over five
years to counter global warming, saying the spending covered practical
measures to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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GM Joins USCAP, Climate Group On A Roll |
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Tuesday, 08 May 2007 |
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(Environmental Leader) -- General Motors is joining the United States Climate Action Partnership, becoming the first automaker to support the group’s call for action to address climate
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Approved Energy Bill Would Cut Gas Use by 45-Percent |
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Friday, 04 May 2007 |
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(USAgNet) -- Senators moved ahead Wednesday on
legislation to replace one-quarter of the nation's gasoline with
ethanol and set a goal of cutting gasoline consumption nearly in half
by 2030. Coal-state lawmakers tried to promote liquefied coal as a
motor fuel substitute, but their effort stalled amid a debate over
global warming.
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Administration Proposes New Energy Drilling |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times) -- The Bush administration proposed on Monday leasing out millions of acres along the coasts of Alaska and Virginia to oil and gas drillers, a move that would end a longstanding ban on drilling in those environmentally sensitive areas.
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What a Scorcher ... Hottest April for 140 Years |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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(Guardian Unlimited) -- This April has been the warmest for more than 140 years, the Met Office said today.
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Recruiting Plankton to Fight Global Warming |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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SAN FRANCISCO (NY Times) -- Can plankton help save the planet?
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Canada Announces Goals for Reducing Emissions |
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Sunday, 29 April 2007 |
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OTTAWA (NY Times) -- Canadian industries must cut the rate at which they produce gases linked to global warming by 18 percent over the next three years, the federal government said Thursday.
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Premier: China's Macro Control to Focus on Energy Saving, Emission Reduction |
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Sunday, 29 April 2007 |
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BEIJING (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday
that the current macro-control policy must focus on energy conservation
and emission reduction in order to develop the economy while protecting
the environment.
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McCain Urges to Give Up Oil as Energy Source |
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
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(Kommersant) -- John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned about U.S. reliance on foreign oil and the threat of global warming.
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Oil Stocks Soar on Profit Reports, $65 Crude |
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The bulls romped through the energy
sector Wednesday, charging ahead on higher crude-oil prices, a batch of
generally strong earnings reports, and a rally past the 13,000 mark by
the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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Ex-Generals: Global Warming Threatens U.S. Security |
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Global warming poses a "serious threat to
America's national security" and the U.S. likely will be dragged into
fights over water and other shortages, top retired military leaders
warn in a new report.
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Spreading the Green Gospel |
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
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(Guardian Unlimited) -- The atmosphere at times was like that of a polite revivalist meeting.
Hallelujah! It is not all doom and gloom! We can do something to save
the planet! More than 150 delegates turned up at the University of
Chester on Saturday to find out what they could learn from Ashton Hayes in Cheshire (pop. 1,000), which 15 months ago set out to become Britain's first carbon-neutral village.
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Verizon Steps Up Efforts to Conserve Energy and Protect the Environment |
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
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NEW YORK (WebWire) -- Verizon is stepping up its efforts to conserve energy and
protect the environment -- and the company is offering its customers
convenient ways to do the same. Among the efforts are a Verizon
Business tree-planting program to encourage large-business customers to
sign up for paper-free billing, and a Verizon Telecom plan to add 100
energy-efficient hybrid-engine sedans to its fleet of service vehicles.
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Rallies Nationwide Urge Congress: Step it up on Climate |
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans worried about climate change gathered
Saturday on ski slopes and in cities for a nationwide day of
demonstrations aimed at drawing attention to global warming.
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Business Targets Global Warming Law |
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Monday, 09 April 2007 |
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(LA Times) -- Business interests, including the California Chamber of Commerce, have formed a new coalition and launched a website
focused on the state's new global warming law. The approach is very
much like a political campaign - even though the law has been signed by
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California Air Resources Board is
preparing regulations.
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Duke Foundation Puts Up $100 Million for Climate Change Policies |
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Monday, 09 April 2007 |
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NEW YORK (International Herald Tribune) -- The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is
creating a $100 million program to support research intended to
encourage policies aimed at reducing the threat of global warming.
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Renewable Energy an Isle Struggle |
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Monday, 09 April 2007 |
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HAWI, HAWAII (AP) -- Down a dirt road on America's southernmost island, 16
windmills tilt their sleek blades toward the ocean, as dependent on the
whims of Hawaii's tropical breeze as residents are on the electricity
they help produce.
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House Passes Renewable Energy Bill |
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Saturday, 07 April 2007 |
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CONCORD (Seacoast Online) -- The state House on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of
a bill that would require electric companies to include a minimum
percentage of renewable, low-emission power in the electricity they
sell.
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Justices Rule Against Bush Administration on Emissions |
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Monday, 02 April 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times) -- In one of its most important environmental decisions in years, the Supreme Court ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate heat-trapping gases in automobile emissions.
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Amazon Groups Claim Victory as Soy Plant Closes |
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Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
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(Guardian Unlimited) -- Environmentalists in the Amazon celebrated this weekend after
authorities shut down a soy distribution plant owned by US agricultural
giants Cargill.
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'Preserve Peat Bogs' for Climate |
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Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
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(BBC News) -- British bogs store carbon equivalent to about 20 years' worth of national industrial emissions, the Trust says.
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Study Identifies Coastal Areas Vunerable to Climate Change |
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Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
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(Star-Ledger) -- A new international study finds that 23 million people living along
90,734 square miles of U.S. coastline are vulnerable to flooding, storm
surges and unusually intense hurricanes associated with climate change.
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EDP to Buy $2.2 Bln U.S. Horizon Wind Energy |
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Tuesday, 27 March 2007 |
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LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese power provider Energias de
Portugal (EDP) has agreed to buy U.S. wind-farm company Horizon
Energy from Goldman Sachs, valuing Horizon's equity at $2.15
billion, boosting its renewable energy business.
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Local Power Companies Back Alternative Energy Bill |
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Tuesday, 27 March 2007 |
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PORTSMOUTH (Foster's Online) -- Area power producers are supporting state legislation that
would require them to get 25 percent of their energy from renewable
sources such as wind, water and wood by 2025.
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Pill Stops Cow Burps and Helps Save the Planet |
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Saturday, 24 March 2007 |
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(Guardian Unlimited) -- Cut down on flying, sell the car and recycle your bottles. But if you
really want to tackle global warming, you should stop your cow from
burping.
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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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