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Kyoto CDM Offset Spending Fell 12% in 2008 – More to Come
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Solar Ferry Gaining Users
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UN Climate Summit Long on Rhetoric, Short on Substance
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If India and China continue their forward momentum in renewable energy investments, wind energy may be able to supply up to 24 percent and 50 percent ...
U.N. Calls for Tougher Emission Cuts
The world can still cap global warming at far lower levels -- 1.5 degrees Celsius versus 2 degrees Celsius -- and the Group of Eight industrialized ...
Retailers, Check Your Shorts (or be Bamboozled)
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Japan, China, India Toughen Opposition to Emissions Cuts
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Kyocera Reduces AC Bill With Natural ‘Green Curtain’
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China May Hoard Rare Earth Metals, Vital to Some Clean Tech
China is considering a ban on export of rare earth metals, which are essential to the production of some alternative energy technologies, including hybrid vehicles and ...
Pepsi, Coke to Clean Up Beijing Water Image
Days after a scathing report by a Beijing economic council put Coca-Cola and Pepsi on notice for contributing to water pollution in the Chinese capital, ...
Coke, Pepsi Listed Among Beijing’s Dirty Dozen Water Polluters
While Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have done much to publicize their environmental initiatives worldwide, the two soda bottlers and a host of other water users could not ...
China to Start Cutting CO2 Emissions in 2050
China's top climate change policy maker says carbon emissions will start falling in 2050, which is the first time the world's largest emitter has provided a ...
UN: Lack of ‘Strong’ CO2 Goals May Hurt Climate Talks
If before the Copenhagen talks there aren't strong commitments from rich nations to curb their 2020 CO2 emissions, the global climate treaty will be crippled, according ...
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