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Get Your Monkeywrenches Ready! Politicians Beg For Climate Change Wake Up Call

Creative Greenius

on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 to unfurl a banner that challenges President Obama to show leadership on global warming. Brave environmental activists from Greenpeace actually took a bold climate initiative today, doing so in my grandfather’s homeland of Italy, where they occupied four coal-fired power plants.

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Americans turn to renewable energy

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According to energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the US used significantly less coal and petrol in 2009 than in 2008. Tags: Green credentials Latest news coal power green credentials Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory petrol power renewable energy US renewable energy use.

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The Budget 2009 - working towards sustainable transport

Green Cars News

Reforms to VED have been confirmed as anticipated and the new 13-band system will come into effect from 1st May 2009. The new fuel economy label which confirms the new VED rates will be available for download from the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) website [link]. First registered in the UK on or after mid May 2009.

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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

And in any case, an inflexible approach to regulation has caused the cost of new nuclear to balloon – despite it being perhaps the most obvious solution to our long-term energy needs. But until 2009, the conventional wisdom was that gas was going to run out soon. Gas is the only answer.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

Kim Carstensen of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) protested that “ it’s just too early to lower the ambition ”, [ 5 ] while European news agency Euractiv ran the headline “Asian leaders kill hopes for Copenhagen deal” [ 6 ]. I don’t actually see how they can keep their cities going.

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Opinion: The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?

Green Car Congress

Recent news coming out of Russia, however, suggests that the era of US dollar dominance could be coming to an end, due to increasing competition from the world''s second largest economy and primary consumer of commodities, China. Other OPEC members agreed to similar deals, ensuring perpetual global demand for greenbacks.

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US and China join forces: Good news for electric cars? The Green Piece

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The Green Piece Article, Tuesday 24 2009. Writing in The Energy Collective , Simon Donner highlighted that the clean energy initiative also puts a clear emphasis on coal. This is then followed by a brief paragraph on renewable energy – seemingly suggesting that coal will remain the king for the foreseeable future.

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