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China and the U.S. Could Fix Climate -- If Leaders Let Them: Duke Energy CEO at Climate Week NY°C
Chinese and American companies are eager to find ways to cooperate and work with each others' country, provided their governments support them, Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy, said at a Climate Week NY°C panel discussion on China-US energy issues
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"Beds'r Burnin:" the New Green "We Are the World"
Hands across the globe everybody, sing along: "The time has come/a fact's a fact/It belongs to us all/Let's give it back." The 1987
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Parts of China Now Have Per Capita Emissions To Rival the West: Nicholas Stern
China is the world's leading CO2 polluter but it often relies on per capita emissions data to show that its footprint -- and thus its responsibility to manage climate change -- is much lighter than that of developed countries.
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Aspiring Peasants Stake Claim to Climate Debate
Calling themselves "peasants, landless peasants, and prospective peasants," a group of young Europeans is headed to the hills at the end of the month to organize their action plan to take back the continent's
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China Tightens Grasp on Rare Earth Metals Vital for Green Technologies
China is famous for mining one of the yuckiest, costliest and deadliest natural resources. But it's also home to 93 percent of global production
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They Are Building Bicycle Superhighways in Copenhagen
I learned the hard way recently about a terrific website that promotes "Copenhagenizing," noting that "Each and every day 500,000 people ride their bicycle to work or school in Copenhagen."
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Did China's Economic Stimulus Cut Its Energy Consumption?
China's massive stimulus spending on the environment, to the tune of about US$30 billion -- appears to be having an effect. Reports AFP:CHINA cut its average energy consumption by 3.53 per cent in the first half of 2009 from a year ago, helped by
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India Says Yes to Climate Deal, No to Binding Emissions Cuts
It's crunch time for the climate. There's a little over four months until world leaders will converge in Copenhagen to hammer out a new global climate pact. Much attention has been paid to what the U.S. and China will agree to before
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Inside the Indian Building Hillary Clinton Calls a Green Taj Mahal
Once the Largest LEED Platinum Rated Office Building After landing in the Indian capital of New Delhi yesterday, Hillary Clinton skipped the Taj Mahal, the India Gate, and even the hotel to drive straight to what she called "a monument to the future":
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Enter MTV's Copenhagen Climate Video Challenge
They used to play videos but now they air reality shows 24/7 that feature a bunch of rich knuckleheads. But MTV isn't all bad. In fact, they are sponsoring a really cool contest for youth around the climate negotiations in Copenhagen later this year.
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Question: Should Cycling be Allowed in All Parks?
Photo: Flickr, CC What a Concept! Bikes in Parks! I was reading this post about how Copenhagen now allows cycling in parks, and it seemed like such a good and obvious idea, I wondered "why not everywhere?" Of course, some parks already allow it and even
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Gordon Brown Pitches $100 Billion Climate Finance Plan
The world is down to about 160 days until the international climate talks in Copenhagen begin. On the table are short-term and long-term targets for emissions reductions in both the developed world and in developing countries, forest
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Awesome Idea: Copenhagen's Cyclist Counter (#500,000 Gets a Free Bike)
Photo: Copenhagenize It Also Doubles as an Air Pump The city of Copenhagen, Denmark, our Best of Green 2009 winner for "Best City To Be a Cyclist In", has installed what I think is a totally awesome cyclist counter ("cykelbarometer") in front of city
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New York Times: China-US Climate Talks are New Cold War
Cold War II: Warm War Near the top of a recent New York Times piece on negotiations between Chinese and American climate negotiators in Beijing, the authors compare a climate treaty between the two countries to such a treaty between the U.S. and
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Barcelona Forever Goes Copenhagen, a Recycling Project
After Barcelona Forever in
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China-US Talks: Tea, a Photo Op and Two Big Question Marks
Both sides have, not surprisingly, agreed to "push forward the
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Fair Trade Super Woman: She's Danish, Dedicated, and Under 35
Fair Trade has gone far beyond coffee and bananas - now there is everything from body scrub to hand towels, soccer balls to vanilla beans. You wouldn't know this in any normal U.S. store, but in Denmark, Fair Trade goods are fairly easy to find.
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Blanchett to Corporations: Time to Change Climate Change
Was actress Cate Blanchett able to push some buttons? Photo via: CateBlanchett Copenhagen is the place to rendezvous this year when it comes to global warming and the latest gathering geared to this effort was the World Business Summit on Climate Change
