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Local communities ‘can’t fight unwanted wind farms’
Local communities have no chance of fighting “unwanted” on-shore wind farms” under the Government’s planning reforms, a group of academics, politicians and celebrities warns today. Critics of wind farms claim they are inefficient because the weather dictates when they can … Continue reading
Green energy investment soars to $260bn
New data shows worldwide funding of green energy projects rose by 5% last year A Solyndra solar panel factory in California. The fallout from the company’s failure does not seem to have affected investment in green energy in the US. … Continue reading
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Tagged Biomass, Brazil, China, Geothermal, Green Energy, India, Investments, Solar Energy, USA, Wind Energy
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Pacific micro-state switches entirely to renewable energy
Tokelau challenged world leaders at the UN climate talks in Durban to follow its lead The head of government of Tokelau island, Foua Toloa, during a press conference at COP17 in Durban. Photograph: Jenny Bates for The Guardian Tokelau, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Coconut Oil, Green Energy, Solar Power
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‘Our Lifestyle Has Revolved Around a Dangerous Egotism’
DPA In a SPIEGEL interview, German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen, 46, discusses the United Nations climate summit in Durban, South Africa, the West’s ecological deficit and the halting efforts for Germany to abandon nuclear plants and shift almost entirely to … Continue reading
Shale gas push ‘would wreck UK’s climate change targets’
Report says that exploiting just one-fifth of Lancashire’s shale gas reserves would put carbon emissions targets out of reach Cuadrilla Resources’s shale gas drilling site near Blackpool, Lancashire. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The UK will fail to meet its climate … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon Emissions, Fracking, Green Energy, Shale Gas, Solar Power, UK, Wind Power
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U.S. Solar Company Bankruptcies a Boon for China
Chinafotopress/Getty Images Workers installing solar panels at a power station in Hami, China, last month. HONG KONG — The bankruptcy of three U.S. solar power companies in the past month, including Solyndra of California on Wednesday, has left China’s industry … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, China, Green Energy, Investment, Solar Panels, Solar Power, Trade, USA, Wind Energy
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