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California energy panel promises millions to ethanol firm founded by Schwarzenegger ally

...the state back. The money also comes with a requirement that the firms produce a plan, within a year, to start lowering their carbon footprint. They have five years to put those plans into action. "It...

28 Aug 2010

California energy panel promises millions to ethanol firm founded by Schwarzenegger ally

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The Greens say the carbon tax will need to be far above $40 a tonne, but will settle for less with renewables thrown in

...tant sectors including the electricity generating sector." Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said the impact of the carbon tax would rise every year. "The point of this tax is that whatever level it start...

17 May 2011

The Greens say the carbon tax will need to be far above $40 a tonne, but will settle for less with renewables thrown in

News / Policy & Finance

South Korea and Qatar lobby to host 2012 climate summit

...try leaders helped create outsized expectations of what could be achieved -- the host government can take a major beating from the press. There, as attempts to forge a new treaty fell through and cont...

31 May 2011

South Korea and Qatar lobby to host 2012 climate summit

News / Energy

Gov't agencies okay permits transfer for P2.8-B Maibarara steam project

...tment of P2.8 billion and is targeted to be on stream by 2013. Moving forward with the project’s implementation, MGI indicated that it already commenced the well work-over at the project site with the...

14 Jan 2011

Gov't agencies okay permits transfer for P2.8-B Maibarara steam project

News / Policy & Finance

NSW govt bungled solar scheme: Opposition

...ts, but our concern is that 20 cents may be too low. Going from 60 cents to 20 cents may create a boom-bust situation, and we don't want boom-bust." Ms Cusack said the opposition would not support the...

27 Oct 2010

NSW govt bungled solar scheme: Opposition

News / Energy

Power company failed to maintain safety checks

...tainted past of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) and the government's perceived soft regulation of the industry. The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 plant submitted a report to the country's...

21 Mar 2011

Power company failed to maintain safety checks

News / Transport

Federal spending favours fossil fuels, study finds

...ting more than $8 billion a year that may have to be cut for Australia to meet a G20 agreement that member countries eliminate inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that lead to wasteful consumption. Trea...

1 Mar 2011

Federal spending favours fossil fuels, study finds

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First Chinese language software and services supply chain solution for Asian business market

...th more than ten Chinese factories, supporting them to review the scope for efficiency gains, identify saving solutions and develop action plans. Energy reductions of up to 20 per cent at participatin...

28 Jun 2011

First Chinese language software and services supply chain solution for Asian business market

News / Transport

FPG, Yulon collaborate on carbon fiber electric cars

...ted NT$4 billion in expanding its carbon fiber output. “Total production is expected to reach 7,450 metric tons by the end of this year, with a second line lifting this to 8,750 metric tons in 12 mont...

10 Dec 2010

FPG, Yulon collaborate on carbon fiber electric cars

News / Policy & Finance

Climate talks to be held in Kiribati

...ti's President Anote Tong said in a statement on Tuesday. Other nations are expected to accept an invitation to the meeting, he said. Conference organisers couldn't confirm the names of any internatio...

27 Oct 2010

Climate talks to be held in Kiribati

News / Food & Agriculture

Rice sector seen as more important than garments

...t the varieties of rice the market demands. “There are so many varieties of rice. The ministry of agriculture is trying to promote about ten varieties, but you have to first plant what the market req...

17 Oct 2011

Rice sector seen as more important than garments

News / Energy

Carbon tax slammed by clean gas producer

...terday that it was "extremely important" that LNG be recognised as a clean fuel that could help reduce global emissions. His comments came as Climate Institute chief executive John Conner hit out at t...

21 Apr 2011

Carbon tax slammed by clean gas producer

News / Energy

Opposition to huge India nuclear plant hardens

...The Areva reactors would be the first of as many as six at the site, with construction set to start this year and operation to begin by 2018. Final contracts have yet to be signed. Russia's state-owne...

18 Apr 2011

Opposition to huge India nuclear plant hardens

News / Food & Agriculture

Biofuels from algae, wood chips are approved for use by passenger airlines

...ted this week by the West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-based ASTM International, and it may allow Airbus SAS and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA) to undertake a six- month trial they plan to start in the com...

9 Jun 2011

Biofuels from algae, wood chips are approved for use by passenger airlines

News / Food & Agriculture

Australia wary of tuna stocks improvement

...t rebounding tuna stocks may not yet be out of trouble. "There is a general feeling that things have improved but the fact is that you just don't change overnight something that's 50 years of culture ...

25 Oct 2010

Australia wary of tuna stocks improvement

News / Carbon & Climate

Two Indian firms among international finalists for 2011 global green energy awards

...to meet the energy needs of the poor and to drive local industry is vital to any efforts to reduce poverty and to tackle the urgent issues of climate change and deforestation. The 2011 Ashden Award fi...

9 Jun 2011

Two Indian firms among international finalists for 2011 global green energy awards

News / Energy

Philippines opens Bataan nuclear plant to tourists

...tt of electricity. Nearly three decades after the Bataan plant was built, it is being opened up again - as a tourist attraction. Staff have started showing groups around the site to teach them about n...

24 Jul 2011

Philippines opens Bataan nuclear plant to tourists

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Tharman on "immense challenge" of smart urban planning

...tation and trying to make the best use of the ideas that we find in the world around us." The conference also touched on the joint Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City currently in development in northeast...

9 Oct 2010

Tharman on "immense challenge" of smart urban planning

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia green power steams ahead as economy booms

...tralia, with a tenth of the population, it is 51,000 MW. Two fast-track power programs, each totaling 10,000 MW, have helped propel investment because of a government guarantee that PLN, the top power...

22 Jul 2011

Indonesia green power steams ahead as economy booms

News / Food & Agriculture

Dissoluble fishing line an eco-friendly success

...t deemed it too expensive to sell, but employees noticed the relatively small but high-density tungsten product could be cast further than the lead sinker. The tungsten sinker was released under the a...

4 Feb 2011

Dissoluble fishing line an eco-friendly success

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