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MIT report finds China’s actions on climate change crucial; argues for global economy-wide greenhouse gas tax

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Eighty percent of those emissions came from coal, making China the consumer of about half the world’s coal. While the United States created the idea of cap and trade, he says, “ just as many of our best innovations are produced in China, they may beat us in implementing such a system. we’re really being left behind.”.

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Spikemoss genome offers new paths for biofuels research; insight into lignin

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“When you burn coal, you’re burning Selaginella’s ancestors.” Purdue University botanist Jody Banks, the lead author of the paper, originally proposed that the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) sequence spikemoss as part of the DOE JGI’s 2005 Community Sequencing Program. ” —Jody Banks.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from landfills, livestock operations, or coal mines (GWP = 25). Supplementarity refers to the idea that the role of offsets in an emission reduction program should be secondary to reduction efforts at regulated emission sources.

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A closer look at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. The Green Piece

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Fast emerging economies need an incentive to stop building coal powered plants, and, again, the emphasis is on the richer countries to step in. The idea of carbon credits has been put forward – however, if this is to cut real emissions, the cap set on the market would need to be tight. Who are the key players?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I See our frequent comments at our news archive. Kwong asked.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

Indeed I am talking about Big Dick Cheney, who in addition to his many other immoral and criminal acts also shamelessly promoted the excessive use of oil, coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels by encouraging Americans to use all the energy they could afford to put on their credit cards. The Big Dick Cheney Effect.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. February 17, 2009 7:03 am Link Smart Grid An Invaluable Idea Worldwide / Buildings could become the new power plants BRUSSELS ? Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s

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