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Climate-friendly technology spending in Alberta to hit $6B

By : sustainabilityo..., May 7, 2010

More than $6 billion is expected to be spent on climate-friendly technology in Alberta over the next five years — more than all other provinces combined, a new report suggests.

The public and private investment, made under government programs, is expected to increase...

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Subject Tags: Business

US eager for progress on climate deal

By : sustainabilityo..., May 3, 2010

THE US is focused on making “solid, pragmatic progress” towards reaching a binding international treaty to tackle climate change, according to Todd Stern, President Barack Obama’s chief climate envoy.

Speaking in Washington before travelling to Bonn for informal talks...

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Massey faces criminal probe for mine blast

By : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2010

The FBI is probing the company and the circumstances surrounding the explosion which killed 29 miners, including for potential negligence, the officials said, declining further identification.

The miners died at the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, on...

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Subject Tags: Business , Massey Energy

Sandor Exits CO2 Trade, Sells Climate Exchange to ICE

By : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2010

Richard Sandor agreed to sell Climate Exchange Plc to Intercontinental Exchange Inc., exiting the biggest carbon market before he could establish a global mechanism for curbing greenhouse gas.

Sandor, 68, helped invent interest-rate futures in Chicago before founding...

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Captive Power Plants in India - Harnessing the Potential

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 30, 2010

 

Captive power Plants are developed to cater the industrial demand in the scenario where the electricity supplied by the utilities is short in supply or is of bad quality. Captive plants over the years have been evolved from plants owned by single promoter to group...

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Subject Tags: Business , India , Technology

Scientists refute carbon capture doubts

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 27, 2010

British geologists and engineers rejected the doubts on Monday, pointing to pilot projects in an email to Reuters, following a report about January's article in the Guardian newspaper on Monday.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) involves trapping and storing underground...

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SBI goes green, installs windmill for captive use

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 25, 2010

It was with a sense of pride and a touch of symbolic triumph that the State Bank of India Chairman, Mr O.P. Bhatt, spoke at the inauguration of a windmill at Panapatti village, Pollachi Taluk, Tamil Nadu.

Speaking at what he called the “signal event”, Mr Bhatt said the...

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Subject Tags: bank , Business , Disaster , Labor , Law

Buying carbon offsets may ease eco-guilt but not global warming

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 23, 2010

Tens of thousands of buyers purchase carbon offsets yearly to help neutralize their global-warming pollution. They pay $5, $10, $20 or more from green-swathed sites on the Internet, or pay extra for offsets when they purchase airline tickets, rent a car, or ship a package....

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Subject Tags: Business , Technology

Making a difference to the environment

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 22, 2010

As we commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Earth Day, the efforts of institutions like Maharashtra Pollution Control Board assume even greater relevance.

In recent years, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has launched several initiatives taken to increase...

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Major economies meet on climate change

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 18, 2010

Representatives from the world's leading economies were meeting on Sunday to see if they can find common ground on climate change, as wide gaps divide the United States, China and other key nations.

The US-led Major Economies Forum includes 17 countries responsible for...

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