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Deutsche Bank: Trusting climate skeptics “does not seem a gamble worth taking“
Global financial giant Deutsche Bank has crushed the climate skeptics in a new paper released today, finding that 'human-made climate change is already happening and...
Smart Grid, Smart TV Part of a Continuum, says Google Japan
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Halliburton: BP spill report has 'substantial' omissions, errors
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Car charging station-maker Coulomb raises $15 million to expand network
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GOP Claims $50 Billion For Infrastructure Is Too Pricey, While Pushing $800 Billion Tax Cut For The Rich
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Top Dem: BP too eager to spread blame in accident report
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), one of several top Democrats probing the BP oil spill, said Wednesday that BP is too eager to point fingers.
BP report on cause of Gulf oil spill spreads the blame
Human and mechanical failures led to the Deepwater Horizon blast and the subsequent Gulf oil spill, finds a BP report released Wednesday. Transocean and Halliburton are...
Corn Ethanol Boom Driving 'Dead Zone' Expansion, Federal Scientists Say
Oxygen-starved 'dead zones' are spreading in U.S. coastal waters because of human activities, including the leap in corn ethanol production, said federal...
Philadelphia Subway Will Return Power To Grid
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Reid: Next climate bill should be ‘piecemeal’
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday that attempts to tackle climate legislation in the next Congress should start with a “piecemeal” approach focused...
China picks stable power prices over emissions targets
BEIJING, June 6 (Reuters) - China will continue to keep electricity prices steady even if its stance complicates efforts to rein in runaway energy consumption and...
EU says 8 Chinese and 2 Indian airlines violated aviation emissions law
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A total of 10 Chinese and Indian commercial airlines have broken EU law requiring them to offset their carbon emissions, while all other international...
U.S. weighs retaliation over Europe aviation law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is laying the groundwork for possible retaliation in response to a European law requiring airlines to pay for carbon emissions.
China calls on Europe for talks over carbon charge
BEIJING (AP) — China urged the European Union on Thursday to heed objections to its plans to charge airlines for carbon emissions and to hold talks with opponents.
EnerNOC buys up Energy Response to tackle Australian demand response market
Demand response company EnerNOC has one of the most aggressive acquisition strategies in the smart grid sector, and that doesn't look like it's slowing down. On...
Demand response provider EnerNOC surges after federal regulators reject PJM double-counting claims
EnerNOC Inc. (ENOC), an electricity demand- reduction service, jumped after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said it won’t pursue penalties against such service...
China won't repeat errors in 2015 emissions goals, says head of state planning agency
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will not repeat the mistakes made last year as it strives to meet its "tough" new 2011-2015 emissions and energy saving targets, the...
India’s $555 million coal tax may fund electricity lines
India may use part of the 25 billion rupees ($555 million) it raises this year with a coal tax to fund new electricity-transmission lines for helping distribute power from...
China says it's willing to make carbon curbs 'binding'
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - China is willing to make its voluntary carbon emissions target part of a binding U.N. resolution, a concession which may pressure developed...
US, China move closer to agreement on how to monitor GHG emissions
Prospects for a limited deal at the latest climate talks appeared to brighten with the U.S. and China narrowing differences on a key element: how to monitor greenhouse gas...
China digs in on rich-poor climate pact divide
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it will not bow to pressure to rethink a key climate change treaty and was preparing to cope with a "gap" in...
Energy Dept. says nationwide ‘smart meter’ army hits 2 million
The Energy Department said Tuesday more than 2 million "smart" electric meters have been installed nationwide, sped along by funding in the big 2009 stimulus...


