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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008).

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., In 2012, Estonia mined 15.86

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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This article features IEEE Board of Directors members Jill Gostin, Stephanie White, and Yu Yuan. White, a lifelong IEEE volunteer, has held many positions, including president of the IEEE Systems Council and vice president of technical activities for the IEEE Computer Society (also serving on its board of governors from 2006 to 2008).

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PEUGEOT charges ahead with revised pricing and finance offers for PEUGEOT e-2008 and e-208

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With revised pricing for all e-2008 models and enhanced deposit contributions for the e-208 range, Peugoet is latest manufacturer to respond to the recent overhaul of the UK Government’s Plug-in Car Grant. The Peugeot e-2008 offers up 206 miles of range (WLTP). This move follows Citroen, Vauxhall and Kia who have adjusted their prices.

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New UC Davis market-based sustainability forecasting approach concludes supplanting gasoline and diesel with renewable fuels could take 131 years

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Other analysts have previously used similar equations to predict events in finance, politics and sports. In 2008 the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported that investment in renewable generation fell proportionately more than that in other types of generating capacity. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es100730q.

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Reducing Black Carbon Emissions and Ground-Level Ozone Would Provide Immediate Benefit Against Climate Change

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Ramanathan and Jessica Seddon Wallack, director of the Center for Development Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and Research in Chennai, India. The piece was co-authored by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego climate and atmospheric scientist V. Wallack and Ramanathan. Earlier post.)

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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Cortada is also a contributor to IEEE Spectrum , most recently of an article this month entitled " How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market ," and in that sense I'm delighted to call him a colleague. You're getting a lot of interesting comments on the article in Spectrum , I understand. He joins us by Skype.

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