The Daily Climate (EHN)

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Japan aims its home fuel cells at Europe.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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