positive Climate and Energy news
Green Cars Start Taking RootEnvironmentally friendly hybrid cars are finally being mass-produced -- thanks to an increase in demand due to rising fuel costs, cheaper technology and growing public acceptance. |
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Ontario to require 5% ethanol in gas by 2007Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says gas sold in the province will have to contain an average of five per cent ethanol within three years. |
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13 Countries Join U.S. to Launch Methane-to-Markets PartnershipU.S. EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt has joined representatives from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom in signing a Terms of Reference formally creating the Methane-to-Markets Partnership. |
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Statoil plans hydrogen stationNorway's oil and gas group Statoil will open the nation's first hydrogen filling point for cars at a petrol station in 2006, the company said on Thursday. |
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Start date set for Kyoto treatyThe Kyoto Protocol on fighting climate change is to become a legally binding treaty on 16 February, the UN has said. |
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China and US launch program to reduce vehicle emissionsChina and the United States launched a program Wednesday to study ways to use advanced US technology to reduce polluting emissions from Chinese vehicles, the first such joint project of its kind. |
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Office workers and costs look healthier in green buildingsOffice workers who are worn down by shivering or sweltering at their desks will get relief in one of the newest skyscrapers under construction in New York City. |
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Nuclear fusion reactor deal close - statementMajor industrial nations are close to an agreement on where to build the world's first nuclear fusion reactor in a project to try to replicate the way the sun generates energy, a joint statement said. |
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Minister upbeat on climate changeThere is a chance America could change its stance on global warming despite George Bush's re-election, the UK environment secretary has said. |
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US wind energy projects in 2005 to hit record levelA record number of new U.S. wind energy projects is expected next year, spurred by Congress' decision to extend a federal tax credit for wind energy production, an industry trade group said. |
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Sunflower oil boost to car futureUK scientists have developed a process for making hydrogen from sunflower oil which could prove an important future source of eco-friendly energy. |
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FedEx plans California’s largest corporate solar power systemThe largest corporately-owned solar electric system is planned for the roof of the FedEx hub at Oakland International Airport, the Memphis, Tenn., company says. |
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Europe’s wind energy future outlinedThe Dutch EU Presidency's workshop on the development of offshore wind farms has called for increased development and better financial support from the European Commission, in order to get the full benefits from the technology. |
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Quebec announces $1.9 billion wind energy programThe Quebec government on Monday announced a $1.9-billion, eight-year investment in eight private wind farms in the eastern part of the province. |
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Environmental news headlines
- EU to ban pesticides in bee scare
- New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
- China, world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, will tax carbon
- New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in Australia
- Gorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National Park
- From the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comeback
- Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Obama triples area of protected California coastline
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- This week, a shark sanctuary the size of Australia has been established
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- Canada introduces new rules to curb future vehicle emissions
- Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
- Australia outlaws illegally-logged wood from abroad
- Tokelau islands shift to 100% solar energy
- Another city in BC bans shark fins
- EU on track to exceed Kyoto emissions goal
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
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