EAD Launches Abu Dhabi Environment Strategy 2008-2012
The Environment Agency Abu- Dhabi (EAD) has launched the Abu Dhabi Environment Strategy 2008-2012, considered a ‘Roadmap to the Future’.
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Passing gas to the grid
On a dairy farm in California’s agricultural heartland, utility PG&E has begun producing natural gas derived from manure, in what it hopes will be a new way to power homes with renewable, if not entirely clean, energy.
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Shell abandons largest offshore wind farm project
On a dairy farm in California’s agricultural heartland, utility PG&E has begun producing natural gas derived from manure, in what it hopes will be a new way to power homes with renewable, if not entirely clean, energy.
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Al Gore's Climate Solutions Fund closes at $638 million
Generation Investment Management has closed $638 million in initial funding for its Climate Solutions Fund. The company is chaired by former vice president Al Gore and serves to be a leader in investing in sustainable enterprises with a slant toward solving various environmental problems.
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Big business muddies the EU debate
Soaring food prices and starving children provide a stirring backdrop to Europe 's debate on its biofuels targets, but the big businesses of farming, forestry and automotive could have a heavier influence on policy.
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US lawmakers urge scaling back of biofuels mandates
As food prices surge on grocery store shelves, Republican lawmakers this week said Congress should reverse course and slow a fivefold boost in biofuel use by 2022, or even drop entirely mandates to use ethanol blended from corn.
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Rockefellers want change at Exxon Mobil
Members of the Rockefeller family are calling on Exxon Mobil Corp to make corporate governance changes and adopt a renewable fuels strategy to help address the soaring cost of energy.
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Norway gives Tanzania $100 Million for forests
Norway will give Tanzania $100 million over five years to cut deforestation in the east African country and try to reduce carbon emissions.
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Oil companies attacked for resisting climate targets
Claims made by oil companies that an EU target to slash greenhouse gases emitted during the production, transport and use of fuels by 10% by 2020 is unachievable are false, according to a new report published by Friends of Europe, a green NGO.
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Nuclear issue heats up US presidential race
John McCain embraces it. Barack Obama wants to address its flaws. Hillary Clinton is cautious but not opposed.
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Shell looks into crystal ball
Given the latest energy trends, what will the future hold? Shell's latest visit to its crystal ball concludes that the world is facing an unprecedented energy challenge, which the company sums up succinctly as "more energy, less carbon dioxide."
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