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Confirming Untold Levels Of Oil Sands Pollution On The AthabascaEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 08, 2009 After an exhaustive study of air and water pollution along the Athabasca River and its tributaries from Fort McMurray to Lake Athabasca, researchers say pollution levels have increased as a direct result of nearby oil sands operations. University of Alberta biological sciences professor David Schindler was part of the team that conducted a long term air and water study and found high level ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2009China's top leaders pledged on Monday to maintain pro-growth economic policies put in place during the global slowdown and continue a push to make domestic demand a new pillar of the economy. The promise came at the end of a key annual economic meeting chaired by President Hu Jintao that sets the policy tone for the coming year, Xinhua news agency said. Typically, few ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2009Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced the selection of three new advanced coal projects that will get $979 million from DOE as part of its Clean Coal Power Initiative. The funds are going to: + AEP's Mountaineer carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project in New Haven, WV; + Southern Company's CCS demo in Alabama, and + The Summit Texas Clean Energy project near ... more  
San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2009Sapphire Energy has received another big boost for its groundbreaking energy work. Sapphire was awarded nearly $104.5 million as part of President Obama's American Recovery and Investment Act and the Biorefinery Assistance Program, authorized through the 2008 Farm Bill. The grant is from the U.S. Dept. of Energy for $50 million and the loan guarantee from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture for ... more |
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Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Dec 7, 2009 As world leaders gathered for the Monday opening of the U.N. climate-change conference in Copenhagen, a Chinese minister said his country's carbon emissions would peak between 2030 and 2040. Wan Gang, minister of science and technology, told the Guardian he hoped the maximum output of Chinese greenhouse gases would come as soon as possible within that range. While Wan's comments ... more 
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 7, 2009Here are the main options for tackling greenhouse-gas emissions, listed by order of feasibility: - ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Improve energy efficiency in transport, buildings, appliances, lighting. ADVANTAGE: Can make big, early gains in braking growth in carbon pollution. DISADVANTAGE: Tougher standards may run into opposition from transport lobby, costs may meet consumer resistance. ... more 
San Francisco (AFP) Dec 7, 2009Fresh from signing on to help green Silicon Valley, startup Hara will be at climate talks in Copenhagen this week to urge that corporations not wait for regulations to fight global warming. Hara co-founder and chief executive Amit Chatterjee told AFP that his mission in Denmark is to outline a "post-carbon economy" and "articulate the view from Silicon Valley" regarding businesses curbing ... more |
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