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Congo Hydroelectric May-be's
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23.5.2013 |
The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Health News |
| The Congo is one of the truly great rivers, but it is remarkable in that it can be navigated throughout, up to the Livingstone Falls and the hydro-electric possibilities will be opened up without undue disturbance. That is, if they are opened up? |
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China Environmental News Alert
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23.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing:
May 17, 2013- May 23, 2013 NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is... |
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DealBook: In a Plus for Electrics, Tesla Repays a Big Federal Loan Early
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23.5.2013 |
NY Times: Business |
| DealBook: In a Plus for Electrics, Tesla Repays a Big Federal Loan Early |
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Tesla pays off government loan of $465M early
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23.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Nation & World |
| Using money from a $968 million stock and note sale that closed Wednesday, electric carmaker Tesla paid off a $465 million loan it got from the Department of Energy in 2010 to foster development of advanced-technology vehicles. |
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Drew Hendricks: The 5 Best Eco-Friendly Designs of 2013
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23.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| As a result of global warming and high increase in population density, people are urged to ensure that their homes as well as their commercial buildings are eco-friendly. Eco friendly designs are highly emphasized upon due to their numerous benefits both to the environment and humankind. |
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Tesla a success for federal loan program
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23.5.2013 |
SFGate: Business & Technology |
| Tesla a success for federal loan program
Created under the Bush administration, the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program became part of President Obama's economic stimulus plan, which emphasized green jobs and renewable power. First to pay backOf the five car companies that received loans from the program, including Ford Motor Co. and Nissan North America, Tesla is the first to pay the money back. [...] the loan also dragged Tesla into the fierce partisan debate that erupted after another clean-tech company funded by the federal government - Solyndra, located just over 1 mile from Tesla's plant in Fremont - filed for bankruptcy. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized Tesla's loan on the campaign trail. 'Living proof'"The department first offered loans to Tesla and other auto manufacturers in June 2009, when car companies couldn't get other financing and many people questioned whether the industry would survive," Moniz said. Fisker AutomotiveAnd while Tesla ... |
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Tesla Motors pays off Department of Energy advanced technology loan
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23.5.2013 |
LA Times: Business |
| Tesla Motors pays off Department of Energy advanced technology loan |
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Tesla Motors fully repays $465 million federal loan nine years early
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23.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: Breaking News |
| In a huge boost for the Obama Administration and clean-energy firms, electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors announced Wednesday that it is paying back its $465 million government loan in full and nine years early. |
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Quinn's smart grid rate hik veto overtunred
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22.5.2013 |
Chicago Tribune: Business |
| Quinn's smart grid rate hik veto overtunred |
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Buildings move faster toward net zero
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22.5.2013 |
Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com |
| At last week's Living Future conference, engineers and architects discussed designing and operating buildings that achieve net zero energy use.   |
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Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike
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22.5.2013 |
Chicago Tribune: Popular |
| Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike |
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Grand Inga - the World Bank’s Latest Silver Bullet for Africa
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22.5.2013 |
International Rivers Sitewide RSS Feed |
| By:
Peter Bosshard
Mega-dams have a long history of bypassing the poor in the DRC
IRIN
When World Bank President Jim Kim visits the Democratic Republic of Congo this week , he will find a country rich in natural resources but blighted by a lack of basic services. The world’s poorest country has not only been ravaged by civil wars, but by decades of grandiose development schemes that inevitably failed. The World Bank and other donors are now concocting the continent’s biggest pie in the sky: the $80 billion Grand Inga Dam on the Congo River.
Close to 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa live in a state of permanent power outage. It is tempting to provide electricity to so many people with one ambitious silver bullet. The Grand Inga Dam would divert the Congo River near its mouth and, according to its promoters, meet the electricity needs of more than 500 million people. With a capacity of 40,000 megawatts, the scheme would be the world’s largest hydropower project.
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Calls for Action at U.S. - India Energy Partnership Summit in DC; Extreme Heat in hits Ahmedabad
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22.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Grace Gill, Program Assistant, CMI/India/Climate Center, New York:
India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India May 14 – 20th, 2013 Climate & Energy India needs clean, affordable sources of energy: PM Access to clean, reliable and affordable sources of... |
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Texas Legislature Passes Commercial and Industrial PACE Bill
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21.5.2013 |
Environmental News Network |
The Texas House and Senate passed Senate Bill 385 in May. If Governor Rick Perry approves the bill, the state will break new ground by developing plans for commercial and industrial property assessed clean energy (PACE) programs. This bill will redesign Texas's approach to PACE, focusing on the commercial and industrial sectors rather than on residential programs. The legislation covers both energy efficiency and water efficiency. To facilitate local decision making, cities and local areas will partner with businesses and nonprofits to set up their own PACE programs. These programs will allow businesses to borrow money from private lenders and repay it yearly via an assessment on their property taxes. |
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Romania Changes Course on Renewable Energy
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21.5.2013 |
International Herald Tribune: Business |
| Romania Changes Course on Renewable Energy |
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Kelly Rigg: Top 5 actions to make a difference in the fight against climate change
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21.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Marjan Minnesma may be the most inspiring person you've never heard of, unless you live in the Netherlands as I do. A few years ago,... |
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Kroger to power distribution center with spoiled food
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21.5.2013 |
Resource Efficiency | GreenBiz.com |
| The chain's grocery stores no longer will send food waste to landfills; instead, biogas generated by the waste will help power a distribution center.   |
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DIY solar foundry reaches temperatures of 3800 degrees farenheit
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21.5.2013 |
TreeHugger |
Melting metals with the sun, this DIY project shows just how hot it can get when you concentrate the sun's rays for a task. |
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Protecting Eagles While Working to Guide Wind Development
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21.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Katie Umekubo, Western Renewable Energy Project Attorney, Washington, D.C.:
Recent reports of eagles being killed by wind turbines have stirred up a lot of emotion and controversy and understandably so. On the one hand, more wind energy will get the U.S. on the right side of the climate... |
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Mary Ellen Harte: Climate Change This Week: SheerWind, Damation, and More!
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21.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| We're At 400 PPM - Last Time THAT Happened, the Arctic was 14oF Warmer, says a new study, reports Joe Romm at Climate Progress, indicating... |
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