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Ontario introduces renewable energy act

September 29, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Ontario is already the Canadian leader in wind energy, producing enough electricity to power more than 300,000 homes. But the region wants to become a North American leader in renewable energy and has introduced a Green Energy Act to create 50,000 direct and indirect jobs in the new green economy. Technorati Tags: [...]

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Fossil fuels still getting largest U.S. subsidies

September 21, 2009

Image via Wikipedia A new research to be released on Friday by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) reveals that “the largest U.S subsidies to fossil fuels are attributed to tax breaks that aid foreign oil production”. The report was produced in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The study reviewed fossil fuel [...]

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U.S. increases use of renewable energy, decreases overall use of energy

August 13, 2009

Renewable Energy World has published a report saying that in 2008 the United States decreased its use of coal and petroleum. On the other hand, consumption of natural gas solar, biomass wind and nuclear increased. The information was based on energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Geothermal energy use remained [...]

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Clean coal propaganda sounds like dirty business

May 14, 2009

(Via Solveclimate.com and EarthFirst.com): Be careful with what you read these days. Solve Climate has written denouncing The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), which Solve Climate says “has been running an online advertisement at the Washington Post, The Hill and other web sites which makes the following claim: 72% of opinion leaders support [...]

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Coal, not just a dirty word

October 7, 2008

These days when the expression ‘clean coal’ is being tossed around by some politicians, policy makers and industry lobbyists, a good word of caution can’t go amiss. There is no such a thing as clean coal, it’s an oxymoron, Steve Musfson writes on Energy Wire. “We can come up with ways to clean up after [...]

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