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March 14, 2010 - 06:05

Plans for multi-fuel power station

Plans for a new multi-fuel power station at Hunterston are to be submitted to the Scottish Government next week.
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March 14, 2010 - 06:05

Thousands of tons of illegal timber in Madagascar readied for export

As the President of France, Nicholas Sarkozy, argues in Paris that more funding is needed to stop deforestation and mitigate climate change, a shipment of illegal rosewood is being readied ...
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March 14, 2010 - 01:05

(Metro News) QC supports national gov

The only U.N. body with the power to ban trade in endangered animals and plants starts a triennial meeting in Doha yesterday with bluefin tuna,
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March 14, 2010 - 01:05

Climate of hatred for climate change scientists growing stronger

The only U.N. body with the power to ban trade in endangered animals and plants starts a triennial meeting in Doha yesterday with bluefin tuna,
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March 14, 2010 - 01:05

ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Law on Forest Rights Fails to Deliver

Leaked adjudication largely clears government over campaign that some thought 'scary, inaccurate and too political' Read the full text of the ASA adjudication The advertising watchdog has mildly ...
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March 14, 2010 - 01:05

Support for geothermal projects open to govt abuse: Activists

Doha - Delegates from around the world Saturday began two- week conference under the auspices of the 175-nation CITES in Doha to draft tougher new measures to protect the planet's endangered plant ...
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March 13, 2010 - 23:50

SunEdison to Build Europe’s Largest Solar Plant in Italy

SunEdison has announced that the company will be building Europe’s largest solar power plant in Italy. The power plant is expected to be completed by the end of the year in Rovigo, on an area as ...
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March 13, 2010 - 23:37

New research claims the UK population of social enterprises could be as high ... - Social Enterprise Live (blog)

New research claims the UK population of social enterprises could be as high ...Social Enterprise Live (blog)Now this is interesting — and has some relevance to the question of social ...
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March 13, 2010 - 23:37

Pepal Innovation in India Programme: Development With a Difference - PR-USA.net (press release)

Pepal Innovation in India Programme: Development With a DifferencePR-USA.net (press release)Social enterprise, Pepal, launches its new executive development programme - Innovation in India. ...
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March 13, 2010 - 23:37

Mary Robinson: 'I feel a terrible sense of urgency' - The Guardian

The Guardian Mary Robinson: 'I feel a terrible sense of urgency'The GuardianRobinson likes to trace her profound sense of fairness, and her belief in the possibility of social change, back to ...
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March 13, 2010 - 23:35

Not so Fast - Solar Installation Costs are not Dropping

In an article stating that Cost of Installed Solar Fell 30% in Past Decade, there is a strong inference that the entire cost of installing solar is going down. This is not entirely accurate.
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March 13, 2010 - 23:35

Genetic mapping of algae biofuel species groundwork done

"Oils from the green algae Botryococcus braunii can be readily detected in petroleum deposits and coal deposits suggesting that B. braunii has been a contributor to developing these deposits and ...
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March 13, 2010 - 23:35

SunEdison to Build Europe’s Largest Solar Plant in Italy

SunEdison has announced that the company will be building Europe’s largest solar power plant in Italy. The power plant is expected to be completed by the end of the year in Rovigo, on an area as ...
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March 13, 2010 - 23:35

Crowdsourcing the Most Energy-Efficient Life

ISO bright ideas. Photo by Paul Keller via Flickr. If you want to get people to boost their personal energy efficiency, you should appeal to their vanity, their inner couch potato, their wallets, ...
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March 13, 2010 - 23:35

350 Million Reasons for Californians to Go Solar

Californians across the Golden State have additional incentive to consider solar water heating installations in 2010. This past January, the state Public Utilities Commission approved $350 million ...
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March 13, 2010 - 23:35

For a Sunny Tomorrow: Rooftop Solar Energy is Heating up China (and the World)

Rising fuel costs and better ecological awareness could be the factors behind the tipping point that’s making people turn to solar energy. This is amplified in a country which is home to the ...
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March 13, 2010 - 21:20

Birds in every U.S. region will be impacted by climate change, says new report

A new report, released from the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, highlights the troubling decline of bird populations in the U.S. over the last 40 years. “Now they are facing a new ...
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March 13, 2010 - 21:20

NY Times: Congressional Efforts to Undermine EPA Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Pollutants are "Worse than Inaction"

In an editorial today (13 March 2010), the New York Times criticizes efforts by some U.S. Senators to undercut the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gases.  ...
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March 13, 2010 - 20:21

350 Million Reasons for Californians to Go Solar

Californians across the Golden State have additional incentive to consider solar water heating installations in 2010. This past January, the state Public Utilities Commission approved $350 million ...
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March 13, 2010 - 20:21

Florida Governor Wants Bailout for Drywall

HVAC heat exchanger corrosion associated with Chinese drywall presence. Image credit:Chinese drywall PSC This headline is certainly the meta-story that hovers above the request by Florida's ...
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