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US State Department Issues Permit for Alberta Clipper Pipeline for Oil Sands Crude Delivery to US

Green Car Congress

The first piece, for example, quoted the CARB proposed regulation for the LCFS saying no other significant indirect effects other than biofuel land use change had been identified, next to a picture of oil wells burning in Iraq in 1991. This week, the RFA happened to issue two pieces, each touching on the impact of oil sands production.

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AFED report: state of water resources in the Arab world is precarious and worsening

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Even if all available fresh water resources in the region were utilized, Arab countries on the whole would still find themselves below the water scarcity level. Without fundamental changes in policies and practices, the situation will get worse, with drastic social, political and economic ramifications.A

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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The largest increase in oil production comes from Iraq, followed by Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada. While providing a boost to renewables, such a slowdown would increase import bills, heighten energy security concerns and make it harder and more expensive to combat climate change. —WEO 2011.

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ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

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Canada, Germany, Iraq, Ireland, Romania, Turkey, and parts of the United States would experience frequent sonic booms; the most heavily impacted regions could be exposed to between 150 and 200 incidents per day, or up to one boom every five minutes over a 16 hour flight day.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Aren’t we just exchanging one nonrenewable resource for another? There are only 3 or 4 countries with lithium. C Dumke — Conrad Dumke 6.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Lillian Light Is No Lightweight - The Environmental Lioness of the South Bay is Fired Up, Ready To Go!

Creative Greenius

Our relationship started about a month ago when we spent an evening together carpooling to a UCLA workshop on communication climate change that we both participated in. Then in 2003 we presented a forum on Iraq, “Voices From the Streets.&# Climate Change: The State of Current Knowledge - 2005.

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