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March 17, 2010
Because hydrocarbons are now being exploited at a rate 7 times higher than in 2003, the impacts of oil and gas activities need to be scientifically studied.
These studies should rigorously identify and measure the effects on biodiversity, indigenous groups and wilderness areas in this region.
This view was expressed to SciDev.Net by Martà Orta-Martinez from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) and co-author of a study on the predation of the Peruvian Amazon in this century by the granting of land for gas exploration and oil.
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NEW YORK (March 12, 2010) — New analysis released today at a symposium on "Climate, Mind and Behavior" reveals that Americans can reduce U.S. carbon pollution by 15 percent — or one billion tons of global warming pollution — through collective personal actions that require little to no cost. The analysis released by NRDC and the Garrison Institute's Climate Mind Behavior (CMB) Project is part of a larger collaboration that seeks to integrate emerging research findings about what drives human behavior into new thinking on climate solutions.
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The rollout of the highly touted Smart Grid ran into another buzz saw this week, this time in Texas, when a hundreds of consumers showed up at a town hall meeting, and the Grand Prairie City Hall, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, complaining that their recently installed wireless Smart Meters were responsible for higher electric bills. That led state senator Troy Fraser to get involved, asking the Texas Public Utility Commission to halt installation of the meters and to initiate an investigation.
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China pips US in renewable energyChina pips US in renewable energy
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The community's cluster of renewable energy opportunities continues ripening under the Sault Ste. Marie sun.[...]
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BUSINESS leaders are facing a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to establish Dundee as the country's renewable energy capital.
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This special event will feature keynote speaker Rhone Resch of SEIA, live video address from former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, Paul Gipe of the Alliance for Renewable Energy and a host of experts on solar and biomass technologies. The conference mission is to set the tone for the future of renewable energy in Florida, including legislation, finance and technology.
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Wind-power turbines have played an important step in renewable energy but now the future of wind power may be underground. By using compressed-air energy storage plants, air is pumped into large underground formations where it can be used later to deliver a large amount of energy that it received.
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WASHINGTON, DC - For the first time, a group of state governors is jointly requesting that Congress and the President adopt a national renewable energy standard - a minimum requirement for the use of renewable electricity. Organized as the Governors' Wind Energy Coalition, the bipartisan group of 29 governors from across the country today presented this request as the lead recommendation in a ...
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A state senator wants Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to ask utility regulators to expand rules that could boost the state's renewable energy industry.
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March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Renewable energy investment may rise by 23 percent this year as government stimulus funds mainly in the U.S. and Europe are spent on wind turbines and solar panels.
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March 17 (Bloomberg) -- China replaced the U.S. as the biggest investor in renewable energy for the first time in five years as the Asian nation raced to meet rising demand for power and reduce carbon emissions.
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