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President-elect Barack Obama wants the nation to derive 10 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2012, up from 2 percent today. That comes on top of the global push for green power, making wind and solar power companies a good bet. In...(more)
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Recession or not, shoppers still want to buy products that don't harm the environment. At least, that's what John Melecio has found since opening his Eco Boutique on 18th Street in San Francisco in September.
"I might be optimistic, but we did three times what we expected...(more)
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EU countries and the European Parliament are "tantalisingly close" to�a compromise agreeement on legislation to promote renewable energy, but the French EU Presidency is stalling�the negotiations, according to the European Parliament's rapporteur on the dossier, Green MEP Claude Turmes.
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Schemes that hand out badges to businesses which make lily-livered climate 'pledges' are greenwash. If these initiatives are to have any value at all, they need to be badges of actual endeavour, writes Fred Pearce
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Congressional Democrats are drafting legislation to give the Detroit automakers quick access to $25 billion by adding them to the Treasury Department's $700 billion economic rescue program, as fears about General Motors' financial condition yesterday pushed its stock price to the lowest in about 60...(more)
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