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Poland To Sign CO2 Deal With Spain And Ireland

Poland will soon sign a deal to sell a total 40 million euros ($60 million) of surplus greenhouse gas emission rights to Spain and Ireland, the country's first such government-to-government deal under the Kyoto Protocol, its environment minister said. Read more:

Big Oil Goes Green for Real

Remember back in 2001 when BP went "Beyond Petroleum"? It was a brilliant marketing campaign, but it had less to do with changing the company's business model than positioning Lord John Browne as the Teflon oil executive.
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Super hub for renewable energy planned:

A proposed "Tres Amigas Super Station" in Clovis, N.M., would do just that, routing energy from isolated wind and solar installations to urban centers and other places that consume the most power.
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Israelis bring green power to West Bank:

SUSYA, West Bank - Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors — a group of Israelis who installed solar panels and wind turbines to illuminate the Palestinians' makeshift homes.

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Is small business getting left out of the energy efficiency boom sweeping the United States?

Still, we hear small business often say it gets the shaft when it comes to public policy; it just doesn’t have the political clout of big business.

What’s this got to do with energy efficiency? I’ve been wondering – suspecting actually – that small business is getting left out of the energy efficiency boom sweeping the United States.
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The coming energy revolution:

The secret behind this money-saving plan lies in what's known as the smart grid—a wholesale revamp of the system that distributes energy to homes and businesses around the country.
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Africa wants polluters to pay for climate change:

With just two months to go before the UN summit in Copenhagen, officials met at a special forum in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou where they underscored the need for compensation for the natural disasters caused by climate change.
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IATA - New fuel efficiency goals:

The world's airlines have agreed to new fuel efficiency and carbon emission targets which go much further than the levels required through regulation, an industry group said on Saturday.

Mangroves are a natural buffer

Students plant mangroves at a conservation area in Jakarta, Indonesia. Native to many coastlines, mangroves are a natural buffer against storm surges and even rising seas.

For a cause - around the world in thirty days:

Children at MICS School in Zambia, Africa, help Greg Krause train for the New York City Marathon, September 2008.

Weed killer to be reviewed for health रिस्क

Weed killer has been found in drinking water supplies in the US: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33211240/ns/us_news-environment/

“The cost of addressing climate change is manageable. The cost of not doing so is unaffordable. Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC”