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2012: International Year of Sustainable Energy For All

December 29, 2011

Alternative energy will be a major talking point in 2012, thanks to the UN’s decision to declare it as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. The decision was made back in December 2010 during a UN General Assembly. The initiative recognizes that access to “modern affordable energy services in developing countries is essential [...]

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Greece Looks To Solar Power To Boost Economy

October 10, 2011

Anyone vaguely interested in international news is probably aware of Greece’s economic crisis. But despite that, or perhaps because of that, the country’s Energy Minister has big plans for solar power. Technorati Tags: big solar farms, EU, Project Helios, solar industry, solar power Greece Related Posts:Big Solar Power Plans for TunisiaEuropean Energy Companies Form Alternative [...]

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Bipartisan Bill Wants an End to Corn Ethanol Subsidies

March 17, 2011

Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md) have joined forces to sponsor a bill that ends the refundable Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC). This tax credit subsidizes the blending of corn-based ethanol into gasoline. The legislation, if enacted immediately, would save taxpayers nearly $4 billion during the remainder of 2011, said ActionAid [...]

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Cellulosic Biofuel Needs More Support, Says Environmental Agency

December 1, 2010

An organization called Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) this week said in a statement that it expects the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to “dramatically lower the amount of cellulosic biofuel companies are required to purchase under the federal renewable fuel standard.” Technorati Tags: 2-G ethacol, Cellulosic ethanol, EPA, Union of Concerned Scientists Related Posts:Switchgrass Shows [...]

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Scientists conclude IPCC needs to change

August 31, 2010

An independent committee commissioned by the UN yesterday released a document with recommendations made by scientists who analysed the procedures and methods employed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), headed by Rajendra Pachaur (photo, middle). Technorati Tags: Climate change, IPCC, Rajendra Pachauri Related Posts:Moving Planet Invites the World to Take Climate ActionGetting Real [...]

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