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

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Australia is the world’s largest exporter of coal and one of the world’s highest per-capita emitters of greenhouse gases. Britain will do so, the rest of Europe will do so and I believe America will do so as well. We have got to provide some money to help that. ” —UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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“Any new technology like the Chevy Volt takes time to become profitable,&# said Jay Friedland, the legislative director for Plug-In America , an electric-car advocacy group. Currently there are only about 1,500 500 plug-in hybrids and 500 1,500 pure electric cars, according to Plug-In America. and Chrysler. — Goodbye 2.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Many of the first Prius hybrids that were released are still running strong on their NiMH batteries after 100,000+ miles. Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5. — jerryd 7.

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