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Alberta publishes report assessing non-combustion uses for bitumen, opens $2M call for projects

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Alberta Innovates, in partnership with industry, government and other organizations, recently released the results of a study that investigates the best opportunities for “Bitumen Beyond Combustion” (BBC). Validating technical, logistical, environmental, and market solutions to accelerate the commercialization of BBC products.

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President Obama announces nearly $4B public-private investment in energy upgrades to buildings; $2B government commitment

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This announcement builds on a commitment made by 14 partners at the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting in June to make energy upgrades across 300 million square feet, and to invest $500 million in private sector financing in energy efficiency projects. But we can’t wait for Congress to act.

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Poll Shows Decline in UK Public Conviction About Climate Change

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Overall around nine out of 10 people questioned still appear to accept some degree of global warming. One year ago this number was one in three, but this year just one in five people believes global warming to be man-made, according to Edward Langley, Ipsos Mori’s head of environment research. 3% said they did not know.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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Global 2ºC maximal warming limit as compared to past and. The 2 ºC maximal warming limit was cited at the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972, and revisited several decades later, in 1995, by the Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Unweltveränderungen (WGBU), Germany’s national advisory council on climate change.

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

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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asked David Marcus, the head of the project at Facebook, whether the company would wait for Congress to consider appropriate regulation. dollars (or other currencies, as Amazon is a global business) on demand. Netflix is AWS’s largest customer. Not far behind, in terms of monthly spending, are Twitch and LinkedIn.

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

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Unfortunately, the Electric Power Industry has resisted the implementation and worked vigorously to block any efforts by the US Congress or local governments of these “green technologies&# for more efficient use and less pollution by products from coal.

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