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Special Report: The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King	19.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
By Charlie Zhu and Bill Powell HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a 2010 speech before a packed ballroom of university students in Sydney, Shi Zhengrong, founder of Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, listed the people who had been important in his rise to fame and riches. Two were of particular note: Yang Weize and Wang Rong, senior Communist Party officials from the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi. A decade earlier, Shi had been research director of a solar energy firm, a spin-off from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, where he attended graduate school. ... ...
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Obama Tries Hard To Change The Subject	17.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
By Mark Felsenthal and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will seek to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening...
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ICYMI: Hectares of sustainable food news, ESG pro profiles & more	17.5.2013	Energy & Climate \| Greenbiz.com
It's a research-heavy week here at ICYMI HQ, with studies detailing everything from profiles of ESG professionals to solutions for sustainable cities.
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David_Goldstein: A Daughter's Tears: The President's Speech	17.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
China has recently overtaken the United States as the world's highest carbon emitter. Of course, for any solution to be effective, not only the United States, not only China, but the entire world must get on board.
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Cycling Couture: The Kits of Silicon Valley	15.5.2013	Wired Top Stories
Cycling Couture: The Kits of Silicon Valley
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B.C. election: Vote 'yes' to green jobs and 'no' to Enbridge and Kinder Morgan pipelines	14.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Monday, May 13, 2013 We need people like George Heyman, the former Executive Director of the Sierra Club of BC, to get elected. Last week Van Jones , the founder of the green jobs advocacy group Green for All , was arrested at a rally organized to protest against a major American coal company. What's interesting about this is not just that Van Jones is a CNN correspondent and a former senior staffer for the Obama administration, sometimes called their "green jobs czar." No, what was really interesting is that he was standing shoulder to shoulder with the coal miners fighting to defend their pensions from a hugely wealthy coal company. read ...
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B.C. election: More vision needed for clean, green jobs	14.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Monday, May 13, 2013 While the BC Liberals have stepped away from envisioning a greener economy, the NDP is saying little to fill the void, according to observers. There was a time when the British Columbia Liberal Party had some vision for how the government might reshape the provincial economy to provide good jobs and benefit the environment, said Mark Jaccard, a professor of environmental economics at Simon Fraser University. "Prior to Christy Clark, Gordon Campbell did contact me from time to time," said Jaccard in a phone interview from Washington, DC where he was attending a meeting. "Green jobs from reducing greenhouse gasses in our province were something BC Liberals talked a lot about. She has changed the discourse." read ...
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Joy, disbelief as relatives embrace rescued Bangladesh factory worker	11.5.2013	Yahoo: Opinion/Editorial
Reshma Begum's family cherished one modest prayer: that hers would be the next body to be excavated from the rubble.
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Lambeau Field jobs: Packers hiring 400 new concession workers	10.5.2013	Twincities.com: News
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers' renovations at Lambeau Field have created a need for more than 400 additional concession workers.
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Canadian, U.S. responses to WTO decision in Green Energy Act case	10.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
As expected, people aren't very happy with the WTO decision this week reaffirming the illegality (under global trade rules) of local content requirements in the Ontario Green Energy Act. The WTO Appellate Body, which has a final say in trade disputes between countries, agreed with a WTO panel report on December 19 that the high local content quotas on solar and wind components (up to 60 per cent) discriminate against products manufactured elsewhere. Japan and the European Union were the complainants in the WTO case, which has attracted global attention for the threat this final decision will create for similar local content rules on energy, transit and other types of government spending around the world. read ...
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The call for a B.C. poverty reduction plan: Where have the parties landed	9.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
The CCPA is a founding member of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition (PRC), which for over four years now has been advancing the call for a comprehensive BC poverty reduction plan. Its Open Letter calling on the B.C. government to adopt a legislated plan has been signed by hundreds of organizations. The PRC has now published its analysis of where the parties have landed. You can find a summary table here. And below is an opinion piece on the subject co-authored by PRC organizer Trish Garner, Ted Bruce and myself. A Poverty Reduction Plan for B.C.: Government spending saves money in the long-term read more
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How gamification can help your business play on sustainability's team	9.5.2013	Business Operations \| GreenBiz.com
Gamification can turn mundane tasks into adventures, give people motivation to get involved and show the possibility for success, all key elements for putting sustainability into action.
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Composting Is Key to New Business Sector and Green Jobs, Says New Report	8.5.2013	Commondreams.org Newswire
Composting is a major job creator, according to a new report released by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC, in conjunction with International Compost Awareness Week. According to the report, Pay Dirt: Composting in Maryland to Reduce Waste, Create Jobs, & Protect the Bay, 1,400 new full-time jobs could be supported for every million tons of yard trimmings and food scraps converted into compost that is used locally. Collectively, these jobs could pay wages ranging from $23 million to $57 million. read more
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Jeff Sessions Attempts To Keep Green Cards From Low-Income Immigrants	8.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON -- The bipartisan Senate immigration bill would already make becoming a legal permanent resident a costly process for undocumented immigrants. But if Sen. Jeff...
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Public Citizen and Sierra Club Denounce World Trade Organization Attack on Successful Clean Energy Program	7.5.2013	Commondreams.org Newswire
A World Trade Organization (WTO) final ruling against Ontario’s successful renewable energy incentives program designed to reduce carbon emissions and create clean energy jobs, underscores the threat the WTO poses to a clean energy future. read more
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Some Democrats Back Same-Sex Amendment To Immigration Bill	7.5.2013	NPR News
When Americans marry noncitizens, their spouses become eligible for green cards and many of the benefits of citizenship — unless the couples are gay or lesbian. Some Democrats are hoping to extend the same benefits to same-sex couples by amending the immigration bill before the Senate.
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Could conference center be financed in euros? (Cached)	4.5.2013	Durango Herald
The prospect of building a convention center in downtown Durango has been bubbling up in public discussion since at least the 1960s. Funding the center was the original purpose of the Business Improvement District, and in 2009, the Durango City Council approved a conditional-use permit for the proposed Railroad Square Hotel and Conference...
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5 ways to communicate sustainability beyond words	1.5.2013	GreenBiz.com
Take a cue from Intel and Unilever: Go beyond mere words, and use video, social media and every other resource at your disposal.
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Growing green businesses in Austin	30.4.2013	Energy & Climate \| Greenbiz.com
The Texas capital's program to spur small green businesses is also providing a boost to its economy.
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Human cost of concrete and steel	30.4.2013	Green Left Weekly issue #780
Sun, 13/09/2009 By John Tognolini Framework of Flesh: Builders' Labourers battle for health & Safety By Humphrey McQueen Ginninderra Press, 2009 337 pages, $30 (pb) Available from www.resistancebooks.com Humphrey McQueen's Framework of Flesh takes up a 1920s challenge from a militant builders labourer, Charlie Sullivan: read more
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