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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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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

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Overall the benefits that come from electric drives are huge, there is simply no pollution in the direct way, it's quiet and efficient. The BLACK CABS in London and ther eis 150,000 of them pollute London in the massive way. All of them runs on diesel engines making even more pollution than the ordinary petrol engines.

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

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ºF) above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, and that global GHG emissions would have to peak around 2020 and then sharply decline by 50% to 85% by the year 2050. AR4 also affirmed that warming would have to be held to no more than 2 ºC to 2.4 ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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

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Most Americans commute less than 40 miles daily, so that most days they would consume practically NO combustible fuel, na d not pollute the environment while driving or idling. April 18, 2009 1:03 pm Link Writing from Panama where we could use a few more electric cars to reduce pollution. Point 2: I disagree with Sean @ 12.

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

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Each of the aforementioned “primary energy sources&# generates carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases plus other pollutants coming from the contaminants or byproducts of using these “primary energy sources&#. The coal ash is known to have many toxic metals and other pollutants.

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

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One thing is for sure; - electric cars bring down the air pollution, but they sure create another waste pollution problem. April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car. So why don’t journalist ever write the full story? — Kaare Nilsen 2. — Jared 9.

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