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Germany Boosts Electric Vehicle Development (Cached)	4.9.2009	worldwatch.org
Germany, the birthplace of Volkswagen, Porsche, and BMW, plans to become a global leader for developing low-carbon vehicles. The country will increase electric vehicle production from less than 2,000 units currently to 1 million units by 2020 and 5 million units by 2030, aided by some 500 million euros (US$705 million) in research funding through 2012, the Overall, German greenhouse gas emissions have fallen some 21 percent since 1990, but transportation-related emissions increased roughly 1 percent through 2005. To achieve its target of a 40-percent emissions reduction sectorwide by 2020, Germany plans to use the long-awaited electric vehicle plan to further trim transport emissions. "The federal government's target is to make Germany the ...
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The US Open: Now 100% Wind Powered & Recycled - Locally Grown and Composted Too	4.9.2009	TreeHugger
All photos: The is pretty staggering in scale when it comes to one-a-year sporting events. Over 700,000 people attend over the tennis tournament's two weeks at the in Queens, New York. So when an opportunity to see how the , working in conjunction with , has ramped up their green efforts this year I jumped at the o... ...
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James Hoggan: Is ExxonMobil Really the "Green Company of the Year"?	4.9.2009	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
As the most profitable company in the history of companies, Exxon is in a position to do a huge amount of good -- or to continue doing a huge, huge amount of damage.
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Investment rushes into wind, but can we make it last?	4.9.2009	Grist Magazine
by Jesse Jenkins By Yael Borofsky and Jesse Jenkins, originally posted at “The money is coming back” That’s what Ethan Zindler, head of New Energy Finance Ltd., proclaimed to the in response to emerging evidence that the government’s $3 billion dollar cash grant renewable energy stimulus program is successfully incentivizing private investment in the wind sector. After falling into the doldrums for the past six-months, the wind industry is roaring back to life thanks to direct public investments enacted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also known as the stimulus bill.  A DOE and Treasury-funded cash grant incentive program is helping to grease the pipeline for private investors looking to ...
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Does the Wall Street Journal employ anyone that understands energy markets?	4.9.2009	Grist Magazine
by Adam Browning Actually, I think they do.  I think Keith Johnson knows quite a bit about energy markets.  Which makes this , published before the Senate considers national renewable energy legislation, so disturbing. After chronicling the problems of the Spanish solar industry, the article goes on to say: “Clean-energy skeptics, however, point to Spain as a cautionary tale of a government policy that created a speculative bubble with disastrous consequences. Some Republicans have cited Spain’s solar bubble and bust as an example of how unsustainable government clean-energy pushes are ... California and New Jersey, which lead the U.S. in solar power, are among states that have used subsidies similar to the ones in ...
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Will Swing Vote Senators Honor the Interests of Dirty Energy or their Constituents?	4.9.2009	TreeHugger
Photo via the That's pretty much what it comes down to now. We've already got evidence that the majority of Americans (which include climate action and clean energy reform) and a to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But now there's more: a found that voters in states with undecided... ...
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James Hoggan: Public Support for Clean Energy Bill Shows the Deception in Bonner Astroturf Campaign	4.9.2009	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
In swing states, 63 percent of voters support the climate change legislation currently being considered in the Senate.
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Sempra Energy Heads the List of Top 25 Smart Grid Utilities	4.9.2009	Resource Efficiency \| GreenBiz.com
Sempra Energy leads the list of the top 25 smart grid utilities in the first ranking of its kind conducted by IDC Energy Insights and Intelligent Utility magazine
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Jesse Jenkins: Wind in Wall Street's Sails: Investment Rushes Into Wind, But Can We Make It Last?	4.9.2009	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
"The money is coming back,"That's what Ethan Zindler, head of New Energy Finance Ltd, proclaimed to the Wall Street Journal in response to emerging...
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Native & Green Groups Challenge State Dept. Permit for Dirty Oil Pipeline	4.9.2009	Commondreams.org Newswire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2009 Native and Green Groups Native American and environmental groups filed suit in federal court today challenging a proposed tar sands oil pipeline that would bring the dirtiest oil on Earth from Canada to the United States. The U.S. State Department's approval on August 20 of Enbridge Energy's Alberta Clipper pipeline permits 450,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day to be pumped from northern Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin, for refining. read more
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Surface Area Required to Power the Whole World With Solar and Wind Power	4.9.2009	TreeHugger
Click for bigger version. Credit: Land Art Generator Initiative. Putting Things in Perspective The picture above has been making the rounds of the internet lately (sadly it hasn't always been attributed to the ). It's a bit similar to things ...
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Mike Sandler: Let's put a Saddam Mustache on Climate Change	3.9.2009	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
I find it surprising how different the political discourse was around invading Iraq in 2003 from today's political discourse around climate change.
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Delta Legislation Enabling Construction of Peripheral Canal Spells Disaster for Region's Struggling Fisheries	3.9.2009	ENN Network News - ENN
San Francisco- A coalition of conservation and commercial-fishing groups sent a letter today to the state legislature opposing the badly flawed Delta bill package that is being rushed through the legislature and opposing the approval of an expensive and environmentally destructive "peripheral canal."
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Harvey Wasserman: BonTaj Roulet Blazes New Ground Raising Green for Greens	3.9.2009	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
In a tough economy, with music lovers thinking twice before going to see their favorite acts, the BonTaj Roulet Tour by Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal is blazing new green ground in raising money for charities.
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China tries to calm unease over rare earths curbs	3.9.2009	Science / Technology News
A Chinese official tried to calm unease about curbs on exports of rare earths used in clean energy products and superconductors, saying Thursday that sales will continue but must be limited to reduce damage to China's environment.
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Climate Change Bill a Tough Sell in Montana	3.9.2009	NewWest.Net All Headlines
Beyond the eventual success or failure of any bill overhauling the American health care system, another battle looms in Congress: climate change. The passage of legislation to limit heat-trapping carbon emissions poses the second great challenge for Democrats, many of whom campaigned last year with promises to take action against global warming. In December, President Barack Obama will head to a United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the successful passage of a U.S. climate change bill will allow him much firmer standing in any international agreements. Yet the lead effort to emerge out of Congress so far, the so-called cap-and-trade bill, sponsored by Democratic Congressmen Henry Waxman of California and Edward Markey of ...
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Duke Energy quits scandal-ridden American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity	3.9.2009	Grist Magazine
by Brad Johnson Cross-posted from . Electric utility giant Duke Energy has quit the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) because of the coal group’s unethical opposition to President Obama’s clean energy reform agenda. For the last few years, Duke has been one of the calling for the regulation of industrial global warming pollution, but has also supported the efforts of various right-wing lobbying groups to prevent such action. ACCCE, in addition to promoting , employs to paint the American Clean Energy and Security Act as a job-killing energy tax through whatever means necessary—even . According to the National Journal, Duke has finally recognized that the time has come to : Duke Energy left the ...
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Planting the Seed for a Municipal Carbon Economy	3.9.2009	Resource Efficiency \| GreenBiz.com
Local governments are looking for powerful tools to address climate change: What if our taxes and fees were calculated according to greenhouse gas emissions?
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Peter Lehner: Greening the U.S. Open	3.9.2009	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
This weekend, I had the pleasure of participating in a US Open event: the announcement of this year's greening initiative.
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No More Clunky Rooftop Panels: The Latest Solar Can Go on Everything From Your Home to Your Car to Yourself	3.9.2009	AlterNet
Thin-film solar is revolutionizing the renewables industry. How soon can you get in on the action? ...
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