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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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Scrappage scheme set to be extended

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The popular car scrappage scheme is set to be extended the BBC reports. “Failure to extend the scheme before a stronger recovery is in place runs the risk of pulling the rug from under the automotive sector, damaging key supply chains and prospects for a better balanced economy in the upturn.&#.

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

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Although conference leaders soon found a workaround and suspended only the agenda point in question, the proposed amendment split the normally unified G77 + China bloc of developing countries, with least developed countries supporting the amendment and emerging economies firmly against it. BBC: 15 December 2009. [ 4 ] Richardson et al.

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

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July, 2008 : The Australian government published the Garnaut Report, a comprehensive study of the effects of climate change on the country’s economy ( earlier post ). Given that China’s economy is still growing, such a strategy is unlikely to result in year-to-year emissions reductions for several decades. Earlier post.).

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

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Electric cars in the garages would double as battery packs for when energy supplies are scarce. Demand for energy, to heat our buildings in the winter and cool them in the summer, is highest at the very time when supply is also the greatest. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas.

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