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Japan, U.S. Forge Consensus on Climate, Cleantech
The United States and Japan will work with each other to develop renewable energy technologies and other cleantech, as well as set ...
U.S. Renewable Energy Exceeds Nuclear Power
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Regional Nuclear Compact Challenge May Pave Way for Global Nuke Dump in Utah
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Obama’s Energy Nominee: ‘Efficiency Is No. 1 Priority’
Steven Chu, the Energy Secretary nominee for the Obama administration, told a congressional committee this week that he while he supports nuclear and clean coal energy sources, he believes that the ...
R.W.I, Fortum Give Customers Nuclear Option
Two utilities companies are letting their customers decide what kind of power they'd like to use, reports the New York Times. In November, Germany-based R.W.E. introduced what it calls a "zero-carbon energy ...
RGGI Power Plant Emissions Down 16% in 2008
Total power plant emissions in 2008 are on track to be about 16 percent below the prescribed cap level in 2009, according to a report from Environment Northeast (pdf). Generation from ...
EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
If current laws and policies remain the same, world energy consumption is projected to grow by 50 percent by 2030, according to U.S. government energy statistics released in "International Energy Outlook 2008" by the ...
Citi: Investors Tapping Alternative Energy, Infrastructure Firms
A growing international consensus to tackle climate change is going to mean a new emphasis from investors on alternative energy sources from traditional fossil fuels and the expansion and renewal of infrastructure, ...
Environmental Throwdown At Duke Shareholders’ Meeting
Duke Energy's plans for new coal and nuclear plants did not please all who attended the company's recent shareholder meeting, Charlotte Business Journal reports. While Duke Chief Executive Jim Rogers responded to ...
Duke’s Sustainability Report Includes 50% CO2 Reduction Scenario
Duke Energy, the third largest emitter of CO2 in the U.S., has released its 2007/2008 sustainability report (PDF). According to the report, Global CO2 emissions rose from 105,200 thousand tons in 2006 ...
Big Business Talks Green At WSJ’s ECO:nomics Conference
The Wall Street Journal held its CEO-level "ECO:nomics - Creating Environmental Capital" conference in California last week. Here are some of the highlights as reported on WSJ's Environmental Capital. Wal-Mart: Lee Scott, president ...
Duke’s Carbon-Constrained Future
Duke Energy is the nation's third-largest corporate emitter of carbon dioxide - after American Electric Power and Southern Co. Depending on what controls Congress passes on carbon emissions, that's a potentially crippling ...
Senate Passes Energy Bill
An energy bill that included an increase in fuel-economy standards passed the Senate by a margin of 86-8 yesterday, The New York Times reports. Provisions of the legislation that passed the House ...
U.S. Can Halve Emissions Without ‘Big Changes In Consumer Lifestyles’
The U.S. could reduce projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases by between one-third to one-half at manageable costs to the economy and without requiring big changes ...
Advanced Electricity Technologies Could Lower CO2 Control Costs By 50%
The aggressive development and implementation of a full portfolio of advanced electricity technologies could reduce the economic cost of cutting future U.S. CO2 emissions by more than 50 percent while meeting the continuing growth in ...
Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies
With new sustainability initiatives being launched daily, U.S. companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their climate change credentials. Corporate Climate Response, a newly announced conference, is pulling together corporate sustainability leaders to talk about ...
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