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Governors pledge to
collectively fight global warming
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 12 other US governors and counterparts from 6
other countries pledged to fight climate change together during a two-day
climate change summit held at hosted in Beverly Hills, California on
November 19 and 20th. The summit was attended by over 800 environmental
professionals and politicians from all over the world.
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Environment News from Reuters
US President Elect,
Barack Obama will "vigorously engage" in climate change talks - Lauded by
Senior US official - Yvo de Boer
The US President Elect, Barack Obama, said
on Tuesday, through a video taped message to the Berverly Hills' Summit of
Governors on Climate Change that he will "vigorouly engage" in climate
change talks after he has been sworn in as the President of his country. The
head of the Climate Change Secretariat, Mr. Yvo de Boer
has lauded this stance by saying that he thinks that will have a very
positive influence on the negotiations.
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Environment News from Reuters
EU energy chief backs $13
billion for carbon capture
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's energy chief gave his backing on Monday to
a source of billions of euros of public funding for power stations to trap
and bury carbon dioxide in the battle against climate change.
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Reuters Environment News
Might rock help soak up warming gas?
A rock found mostly in Oman can be harnessed to soak up the
main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at a rate that could help slow global
warming, scientists say.
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MSNBC
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IEA forecasts boom in renewables through 2030
The influential International Energy Agency has
released its
annual report on world energy demand, predicting
that renewables will make big gains worldwide, increasing their overall
market share 5 percent to meet 23 percent of the world's total energy needs
by 2030. However, coal consumption is also predicted to increase, eventually
providing some 44 percent of the world's energy by 2030. Unsurprisingly, the
IEA
also forecast that the world will
have a difficult time combating climate change.
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Reuters,
Associated Press
Ethanol makers push U.S. to
boost fuel blend rate The U.S.
government should set the ethanol-to-gasoline blend rate above the current
10 percent to ensure federal targets for using the renewable fuel are met,
industry leaders said on Tuesday. Read
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Reuters Environment News
Wanted: More space to dump nuclear waste
The
Energy Department will tell Congress in the coming weeks it should begin
looking for a second permanent site to bury nuclear waste, or approve a
large expansion of the proposed waste repository at Yucca Mountain in
Nevada. Read More:
MSNBC
News
Global investors urge
action on climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global institutional investors holding more than $6
trillion in assets pushed policymakers Tuesday to quickly hash out a binding
agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean technology.
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Reuters Environment News;
MarketWatch
Newfound fungus makes better biofuel
A
newfound fungus living in rainforest trees makes biofuel more
efficiently than any other known method, researchers say.
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MSNBC
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Antarctic ozone hole was 5th biggest
This year's ozone hole over Antarctica was the fifth biggest on record,
reaching a maximum area of 10.5 million square miles in September, NASA
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Clean coal a campaign topic,
but feasible? As election season draws to a close, one of the
biggest environmental issues has been "clean coal." Some environmentalists
say it is an oxymoron, while others feel it is worth pursuing.
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MSNBC
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Investors attracted
to algae as fuel Supporters think algae could someday be turned into cheap fuel for
automobiles and airplanes, and are betting heavily with infusions of
venture capital money and intensive research.
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MSNBC
News
Study: Mankind impacting Antarctic climate
The verdict is in. Warming near the poles is caused by human activity,
according to new research that looked at temperatures in both the Arctic
and Antarctica.
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MSNBC
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