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Japan aims its home fuel cells at Europe.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
Following the success of a half-price subsidy for CO2-busting fuel-cell heat and energy generators for homes, Japan is now poised to shift its attention to supplying the UK and Germany with this hi-tech, next-generation energy source.
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Runaway transport threatens targets on emissions.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
Greenhouse gas emissions from road traffic, air travel, ships and railways have risen to account for more than a quarter of Scotland's total.
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U.S. firms working to lower cost of solar energy.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
One piece of the American effort to find a way to make solar energy cheap enough that everyone will want it is unfolding in a modest redbrick building in Toledo, once known as one of the nation's top makers of glass.
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It’s China’s world, we’re just living in it.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
The middle kingdom is rewriting the rules on trade, technology, currency, climate - you name it.
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Anger as coal power plant bid goes ahead.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
Plans for a new £3 billion coal-fired power station in Scotland will be lodged tomorrow, prompting warnings of mass protests by green groups.
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UN climate change claims on rainforests were wrong, study suggests.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
The United Nations' climate change panel is facing fresh criticism after new research contradicted the organisation's claims about the devastating effect climate change could have on the Amazon rainforest.
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Efforts to store carbon dioxide underground face Randolph County opposition.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
Rumors that East Central Indiana could become an underground storage site for carbon dioxide have prompted opposition to CO2 sequestration in Randolph County.
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China rejects climate criticism.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
China's Premier Wen Jiabao fired back Sunday against allegations he had snubbed President Obama during climate-change negotiations last year, defending his decision to send a relatively official to a meeting on the sidelines of the Copenhagen talks.
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Basic climate bill still has much to cover.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
Even though a basic climate bill was approved by the Cabinet last week, it still does not clearly spell out key policies.
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Ed Miliband's adverts banned for overstating climate change.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
Two government advertisements that use nursery rhymes to warn people of the dangers of climate change have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for exaggerating the potential harm.
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Fewer, but more intense cyclones.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
As the level of carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere, we will probably see fewer but more intense storms, a group of the world's top experts on tropical cyclones and climate change have concluded.
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Climate change is taking a toll on US bird populations.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
North American bird species are facing a new threat—climate change—that could dramatically alter their habitat and food supply and push many species towards extinction.
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Delaware gains $2 million in carbon credit sale.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
Delaware sold more than $2 million worth of smoke last week through a regional program created to reduce climate-changing greenhouse-gas emissions.
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New era for 'Saudi Arabia of renewables.'

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
Scotland's wave and tidal power revolution will get under way this week when ten projects involving hundreds of devices are granted permission to start work off the north coast.
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Biomass plans moving too fast.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
An environmental group is worried that Traverse City Light & Power is on an unstoppable fast track to building a wood-burning biomass power plant in Traverse City, but the public utility insists a decision hasn't been made.
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Local innovators explore algae as a fuel source.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
In the short term, members of the Energy Innovation Group have started biodiesel production from vegetable oil and have experimented with a unique solar-powered greenhouse — intended to be a growing environment for algae as a source of fuel.
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512-acre solar farm proposed in Upper Pittsgrove Township.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
Cropland here may see a new use in the near future after plans were submitted to the Upper Pittsgrove Township Planning Board to construct a 72 megawatt solar farm on 512 acres here.
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Musicians look to clean up their acts.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
Industry gathers to discuss how to make lavish rock'n'roll tours more environmentally friendly.
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China alleges diplomatic snub at Copenhagen summit.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he was snubbed at last year's Copenhagen climate change conference and fired back Sunday at critics who accuse China of arrogance.
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China's Wen says not to blame for Copenhagen problems.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:00
China's Premier Wen Jiabao hit back on Sunday at critics who blamed China for the feeble outcome of the Copenhagen climate conference, saying he was not even invited to a key meeting he was accused of skipping.
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