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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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During a House Financial Services Committee hearing in October 2019, Representative Maxine Waters D-Calif.) asked David Marcus, the head of the project at Facebook, whether the company would wait for Congress to consider appropriate regulation. Waters said, “That’s not a commitment.” Netflix is AWS’s largest customer.

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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. Powered by Blogrunner Latest From Green Inc.

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