Scotland’s giant wind farm plan blown away
Scottish ministers have refused planning permission for a ₤500 million ($1 billion) wind farm on the Isle of Lewis, which would have been the biggest onshore in the UK , because of concerns over its impact on local wildlife, the government has said.
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ETA Star goes for Gold
Dubai ’s ETA Star Properties is aiming for environmental excellence in its newest project to be built in Dubai Maritime City . The two-tower Verde Residences and Offices has been designed to achieve a ‘Gold’ rating from the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) programme.
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Tesco puts climate change labels on groceries
Supermarket chain Tesco has introduced a trial scheme that tells customers about the greenhouse gases emitted from "seed to store" of some products, as it targets the cash of customers worried about climate change.
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Plan to reverse global warming could backfire
A proposed solution to reverse the effects of global warming by spraying sulphate particles into Earth's stratosphere could make matters much worse, climate researchers have said.
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Canada leads G8 in greenhouse gas emissions growth
Canada 's greenhouse gas emissions increased by 25% from 1990 to 2005, the highest amount of any G8 nation, according to government figures released last week.
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China aims for first clean coal power by 2015
China plans to build a major emissions-free coal-burning power station by 2015, the project chief said last week, putting it at the front of a tight global race to build the first commercial-scale plant.
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France and Saudi Arabia to cooperate on CCS technology
France plans to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in solar energy and in technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS). The two countries will set up a joint top-level technical group in Paris by July, French Energy Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said on the sidelines of last week’s International Energy Forum in Rome.
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Australia trials underground carbon storage
Australia has begun pumping 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide underground in a test of carbon storage that environmentalists claim will do little to tackle climate change.
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UN says biofuel production is a 'criminal path' to global food crisis
The United States and the European Union have taken a ‘criminal path’ by contributing to an explosive rise in global food prices through using food crops to produce biofuels, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food said this week.
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Myanmar goes nuts to solve energy crisis
Myanmar ’s ruling generals are betting that the jatropha nut is the answer to the country’s chronic energy shortage. Others are less sure, saying the junta's plan to turn the country into a giant plantation of biofuel-producing jatropha is yet another example of the ill-conceived central planning that has crippled a once-promising economy.
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Greece suspended from carbon trading, Canada under scrutiny
Greece has been suspended from the United Nations carbon trading scheme in an unprecedented punishment for violating greenhouse gas reporting rules that underpin a fight against global warming.
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China lights the way for a huge efficient bulb subsidy
China, the world's biggest light bulb maker, has unveiled a massive subsidy programme to promote energy-efficient bulbs and cut pollution.
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Top US corporate air polluters named
The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts recently released the Toxic 100, an updated list of the top corporate air polluters in the United States.
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Rich nations earn more from oil than OPEC, body says
OPEC says the governments of the UK , France and Italy pocket more than 50% from a litre of gasoline, confirming the oil-exporting group’s opinion that rising crude oil prices contribute little to motorists’ pain at the petrol pumps in Europe and excessive taxes are the main culprit.
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