Nature paper calls for carbon labeling
Labeling products with information on the size of the carbon footprint they leave behind could help both consumers and manufacturers make better, environmentally friendly choices.
Environment
Mar 29, 2011
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Europe to turn up heat on climate targets
Fresh from the launch of a trillion-euro bid to slash dependency on Middle East oil and Russian gas, Europe sets out this week its most ambitious targets yet to offset climate change.
Environment
Mar 6, 2011
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Supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton Cycle turbines promise giant leap in thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency
Sandia National Laboratories researchers are moving into the demonstration phase of a novel gas turbine system for power generation, with the promise that thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency will be increased to as ...
Engineering
Mar 4, 2011
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China says it wants green growth within five years
China, the world's biggest polluter, plans to "go green" in the next five years, emphasising energy efficiency and the battle on its choking pollution in its plans to revamp the economy, experts say.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 3, 2011
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'Radical' clean energy shift could save 4 tn euros: WWF
The environmental group WWF argued on Thursday that a radical, near total global shift to clean fuels within 40 years could yield savings of four trillion euros ($5.4 trillion) a year as well as tackle climate change.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 3, 2011
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New China pollution targets inadequate: Greenpeace
Environmental group Greenpeace on Monday praised China for setting new pollution targets but said the measures fell well short of what was needed to curb the country's world-beating carbon emissions.
Environment
Jan 17, 2011
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China says 2010 pollution goal met
China has met its 2010 target to cut emissions of key pollutants and is on track to meet its energy efficiency goal, state media on Wednesday quoted the country's top climate change official as saying.
Environment
Dec 1, 2010
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EPA takes first step to cut industrial plant emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday unveiled what new large industrial plants will have to do to minimize their greenhouse gas emissions starting in January.
Environment
Nov 11, 2010
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China's wind power capacity to grow five-fold by 2020
China's wind power capacity will increase more than five-fold over the next decade from 2009, a report forecast on Wednesday, as the country steps up its drive to develop clean energy.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 13, 2010
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What's your eco-attitude?
Academics at the University of Derby are using the virtual reality platform Second Life to gauge people's unconscious attitudes towards 'green' issues such as recycling.
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2010
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