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Government has ‘pushed green energy from the plane’
The green spending portion of the UK’s economic stimulus package will have a minuscule impact on the nation’s carbon emissions, according to a new
California launches ‘Green Corp’ for jobs training
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this week launched a new California Green Corps to help at-risk young adults find green-collar jobs. The programme will begin
Van Jones is new US ‘Green Jobs Czar’
Van Jones, a leading proponent of green jobs development, has been tapped to become President Barack Obama’s first-ever “Green Jobs Czar,” according to the
Saudi scholar: biofuel = alcohol = a ’sin’
As if corn-based ethanol hasn’t already taken enough of a beating for taking food out of people’s mouths and being a loser in the
EU proposes €5 billion for energy, Internet
The European Commission today proposed spending €5 billion of unspent funds from the EU’s budget to stimulate the economy while building for longer-term energy
£2 billion for ‘greener’ car industry
The government’s new package of more £2 billion in loans for the UK auto industry makes low-carbon initiatives a front-and-center priority. Included in the
An end to Bush-era ‘No’ on state emissions rules
Turns out California’s hunch last week that things are different in Washington, DC, might have been right on the mark: the New York Times
Whatever happened to … Jimmy Carter’s solar panels?
Here’s a brilliant question I never thought to ask, but someone at Google did: whatever happened to those solar hot water panels President Jimmy
California seeks — again — OK to restrict carbon emissions
California officials are hoping the new atmosphere in Washington, DC, will mean a renewed opportunity for them to regulate greenhouse gases in the state’s
Group to Obama: regulate carbon, aim for 200-mpg cars
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