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Google Unveils Faster, Cheaper Mechanism To Track Worldwide Deforestation Online; Support for Land Use Change Measurement, Verification and Reporting

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Landsat images via Google Earth. Through its philanthropic arm, Google.org, Google introduced an online suite of beta software that leverages cloud computing to track worldwide land-use changes such as deforestation. Google Earth, as analyzed by Carnegie Landsat Analysis System. Sources: USGS. Click to enlarge.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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This scenario assumes a full global consensus for action on climate change. G20 countries build a generous Green Climate Fund, well above the $100-billion-a-year goal in the Paris climate agreement. This wrecks the Paris climate agreement and the mechanism of voluntary emission cuts underpinning it.

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X PRIZE Foundation Aims to Launch $100M in Prizes Over Next 10 Years, Targeting 4 Key Areas

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X PRIZE’s Energy & Environment Prize Group intends to catalyze a new era of clean, renewable, cost-effective energy with minimal impact on the climate and environment. Areas of consideration include breakthroughs in climate change, water resource management, energy distribution & storage, clean energy, energy efficiency/use.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $15M to advance biofuels, plug-in and V2G research

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The program, created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), provides approximately $100 million annually to encourage the development and use of new vehicle technologies and alternative and renewable fuels to help attain the state's climate change policies. Earlier post.) Electricore Inc. Electricore Inc.,

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Steven Cherry You know, if you look in Google Maps, for example, you can get nearby restaurants, you can get nearby regular gas stations, you can't get charging stations when you put. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? You will look not just at an initial cost, but at how much they cost to maintain.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Steven Cherry You know, if you look in Google Maps, for example, you can get nearby restaurants, you can get nearby regular gas stations, you can't get charging stations when you put. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? You will look not just at an initial cost, but at how much they cost to maintain.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Climate change projects had always had a stronger appeal to international investors than US investors. Kevin Parker, Global Head of Asset Management, Deutsche Bank commented that several years ago “ We raised $12 billion for climate change funds.Only $50 million came from investors domiciled in the US. ”.

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