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World needs clean energy revolution: UN chiefUnited Nations (AFP) April 28, 2010 Rich and poor nations need a "clean energy revolution" in order to cut greenhouse gas emissions responsible for global warming, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said here Wednesday. "We cannot achieve the (poverty-reduction) Millennium Development Goals without providing access to affordable modern energy," he said as he opened a day-long energy conference. Noting that 1.6 billion people around the world lack access to electricity while two to three billion still rely on traditional energy sources such as f ... read more |
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Port-Au-Prince (AFP) April 27, 2010The Sea Voyager, one of two luxury cruise ships where hundreds of UN staff have been lodging while working in Haiti, will be leaving on May 11, a UN official said Tuesday. The UN workers staying aboard will be moving into tents at Camp Charlie, said Anne Poulsen, spokeswoman for the UN's World Food Program (WFP). The camp, located next to the Port-au-Prince airport, has room for some 300 ... more  
Sydney (AFP) April 27, 2010Australia on Tuesday shelved plans for a carbon trading scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions until at least 2013, blaming the slow pace of global action and an obstructive opposition. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who has described climate change as "the great moral challenge of our generation", said plans for a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) were on hold after they failed to pass t ... more  
New York (AFP) April 23, 2010Urban farming is a growth industry in New York city's concrete jungle, and with little open land free agriculturalists and beekeepers have taken to the rooftops to pursue their passion. Andrew Cote uses the emergency fire ladder to climb up to the roof of his East Village building, where he tends to 250 bee hives. Cote, a professor of Japanese literature doubles up as president of the Ne ... more |
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Renewable Funding To Support PACE Programs New Mexico, California And LouisianaOakland CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2010 Renewable Funding has announced that its national expansion continues with new Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs in three states. The company has been selected to support PACE programs in Santa Fe County, New Mexico; Santa Barbara County, California; and throughout the State of Louisiana. Renewable Funding provides design, finance, and administration for PACE programs across the country. These new programs are in addition to the over 200 local governments already working with Renewabl ... read more |
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