Climate Deal Likely to Bear Big Price Tag
International Herald Tribune - 4 minutes agoIf negotiators reach an accord at climate talks in Copenhagen, the global changes required will cost trillions of dollars over the next few decades.
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If negotiators reach an accord at climate talks in Copenhagen, the global changes required will cost trillions of dollars over the next few decades.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s plan to use more renewable energy to fight climate change hinges on another technology -- batteries as big as London buses to be hooked up to the power network at a cost of as much as 6 trillion yen ($67.4 billion).
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Three profitable Chinese companies are expected to have powerful market debuts this week, as they impress investors with balance sheets and earnings that are stronger than many debt-heavy U.S. companies, The Associated Press said.
Surprise. State policies can help spur renewable energy development, like the 10 percent by 2015 renewable portfolio standard signed into law last year in Michigan. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory puts the spur into perspective in a new report, which...
It’s either Manhattan Beach becoming the city’s first green community, or a pie in the sky idea.Either way, Manhattan Beach Community Group President Ira Zalcman wants to put some 900 solar panels on the old bathhouse building that he says will meet ...
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The regulatory board overseeing the United Nations’ carbon market is making “subjective” decisions that deter investment in emission-reduction projects, a World Bank official said today.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Vestas Wind Systems A/S , the world’s biggest maker of wind turbines, said it will halt production at its Windsor, Colorado, blade manufacturing plant until at least the second quarter of 2010.
The annals of entrepreneurship are full of world-changing ideas, pipe dreams and visionary projects plagued by missteps and skepticism. Then there's the space elevator, which is all of the above on steroids.
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. said Tuesday it would build a solar power plant in Maryland that will be the state's largest when completed in 2012. The company, which is headquartered in Baltimore, said it would construct a 15.9-megawatt thin-film solar... Maryland - Baltimore - Solar energy - Energy - Renewable
JOHNSTON, IA --- Iowa school districts have until Dec. 11 to apply for a $2,500 Biodiesel Backer Award grant from the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association.
Firm offers 'clean power' alternative to Allegheny Power customers in western Maryland
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VIENNA, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The global community can use peaceful nuclear technology to advance sustainable agricultural production and combat climate change, a nuclear agency said.
VIENNA, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- With the cost of going green decreasing, industries can adopt low-carbon ways of doing business in developing countries, U.N. officials said in Vienna.
Shanghai Automotive hopes new alliances with GM and Pioneer will help