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EU, Japan Move Ahead with Low-Carbon Economy Plans

May 5, 2009October 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

The European Union (EU) and Japan have joined forces in the battle against climate change and invited large countries, including the United States, China and Russia, to follow suit at a recent summit meeting in Prague, reports Associated Press. Both the U.S. and Europe have agreed to cut their carbon emissions ... Read more »

Canada, China, Germany Struggle to Reduce GHG Emissions

May 1, 2009October 18, 2009 by Gina Roos

Although many countries are setting carbon reduction targets, many of them are still struggling with ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — much of it from coal power plants — that contribute to global warming. Canada, for example, has one of the fastest growth rates of greenhouse gases in the ... Read more »

Senator Kerry: Climate, Energy Challenges Spell Opportunity

April 30, 2009May 5, 2009 by Paul Nastu

At a reception for representatives of 17 countries attending President Barack Obama’s “Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate” in Washington, D.C., this week, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., compared pending climate legislation to the successful acid rain cap-and-trade system established in the 1990s and said climate regulations could buoy and ... Read more »

Bonn Climate Talks May Preview Obama’s Policies

March 27, 2009March 29, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Expectations are running high for the world climate talks starting March 29 in Bonn, Germany. The talks, which run through April 8, are but the first stage in crafting a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. The event will mark the Obama Administration’s first big statement on how the United States ... Read more »

Street Light On Demand Via Cellphones

February 25, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Tight budgets have forced cities to become creative. In some small towns across Germany, lights are no longer on at night when no one is on the streets. However, residents can turn on the lights via their mobile phone, on demand. The solution seems to have started about one and ... Read more »

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