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Google launches giant balloon powered internet in New Zealand

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - Jun. 15 (News Report) - Google launches giant balloons over New Zealand's south Island, carrying computer equipment that can create a high-speed internet infrastructure

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Google to use balloons to provide free Internet access to remote or poor areas

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Cecilia Kang - Jun. 15 (News Report) - Google has a truly sky-high idea for connecting billions of people to the Internet — 12 miles in the air to be exact — through giant helium balloons circling the globe that are equipped to beam WiFi signals below. ...

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Government boost for offshore wind

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 12 (News Report) - As the government offers £2m in grants to offshore wind innovation schemes, it also sets up a body to attract inward investment to the industry.

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Waiting on new climate deal 'will set world on a path to 5C warming'

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Fiona Harvey - Jun. 10 (News Analysis) - International Energy Agency chief economist says rising emissions make limiting increase to 2C 'extremely challenging' The world cannot afford to wait for a new global climate change agreement to come into force in 2020, because doing so will mean an end to hopes of limiting global warming to moderate levels, one of the world's foremost authorities on energy has warned. Carbon dioxide emissions from energy rose by 1.4% in 2012 to a record high of more than 31bn tonnes, according to a report from the International Energy Agency on Monday, driven in part by a striking 6% rise in emissions from Japan following its phase-out of nuclear power and continuing growth in emissions from China. Fatih Birol, chief economist at the IEA, and one of the world's most respected energy experts, told the Guardian that greenhouse gas emissions were continuing to rise so fast that pinning hopes on a replacement for the Kyoto protocol would set the world on a path to 5C of warming, which would be ...

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Carbon dioxide emissions rose 1.4 percent in 2012, IEA report says

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Steven Mufson - Jun. 10 (News) - Global emissions of carbon dioxide from energy use rose 1.4 percent to 31.6 gigatons in 2012, setting a record and putting the planet on course for temperature increases well above international climate goals, the International Energy Agency said in a report scheduled to be issued ...

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Wind farm incentive boost for locals

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 06 (News) - Local communities in England are to be given more powers to resist onshore wind farms, but also offered greater incentives to accept them, ministers say.

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MPs urge UK to consume less meat

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 04 (News) - The UK population must be encouraged to eat less meat "over time" in an effort to make the global food supply more sustainable, MPs say.

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Trans-US solar plane sets off again

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 03 (News Report) - A solar powered plane aiming to cross the US from the West Coast to the East Coast begins its third leg, flying from Dallas, Texas, to St Louis, Missouri.

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Minister attacks climate sceptics

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 03 (News Analysis) - Lib Dem energy and climate secretary Ed Davey is to make an unprecedented attack on "blinkered" and "publicity-seeking" climate change sceptics.

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A Floating Wind Tower Is Launched in Maine

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By MATTHEW L. WALD - Jun. 01 (News Report) - A Floating Wind Tower Is Launched in Maine

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Renewable energy is clean, cheap and here – what's stopping us? | Ashley Seager

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Ashley Seager - Jun. 01 (News Report) - Energies such as solar and wind have seen dramatic price falls. The revolution in non-grid energy should be embraced by the UK The report from the Committee on Climate Change arguing that investing in renewable energy would eventually save consumers a lot of money is spot on. We are regularly told by conventional utility companies, many politicians and commentators that energies such as solar and wind are hopelessly expensive and reliant on enormous subsidy. But this is simply wrong. Renewables have seen such dramatic price falls in the past few years that they are threatening to upset the world as we know it and usher in an almost unprecedented boom in the spread of cheap, clean, home-produced energy. Solar will be the cheapest form of power in many countries within just a few years. In places such as California and Italy it has already reached so-called "grid parity". Onshore wind, on a piece of land not constrained by years of planning delays, is already the cheapest form of energy ...

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Merkel cools EU-China trade war talk

Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 27 (News Report) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she wants to reach an agreement with China over import tariffs and avoid triggering a damaging trade war.

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In a Plus for Electrics, Tesla Repays a Big Federal Loan Early - NY Times: Business

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By PETER EAVIS - May. 23 (News) - DealBook: In a Plus for Electrics, Tesla Repays a Big Federal Loan Early

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Vertical 'Pinkhouses:' The Future Of Urban Farming?

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - May. 22 (News Report) - Architects have come up with spectacular concepts for vertical farms that would grow crops in city skyscrapers. But many horticulturists think the future of vertical farming isn't in skyscrapers, but rather in large, indoor warehouses lit up magenta by superefficient LEDs.

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Solar plane sets off again across US

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 22 (News Report) - The Solar Impulse plane, which holds records including the longest manned zero-fuel flight, sets of for the second leg of a bid to cross the US.

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Tax and energy to dominate EU summit

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 22 (News) - EU leaders will seek to curb tax evasion, which costs EU states 1tn euros a year, and bring down energy prices to boost competition.

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Horses as Farm Equipment

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By ANNE RAVER - May. 16 (Special Report) - Horses as Farm Equipment

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Oil firm raids raise fuel price fear

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 15 (News Report) - MPs and motoring groups call on UK regulators to investigate claims that oil giants may have been linked to price-fixing for more than a decade.

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Four colossal Sun flares in 48 hours

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Paul Rincon - May. 15 (News Report) - The Sun has unleashed the most powerful eruption - a solar flare - of 2013 so far.

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PM's concern over oil price 'fixing'

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 15 (News Report) - David Cameron is "deeply" concerned by claims of price fixing by major oil firms, as energy minister Ed Davey prepares to make an emergency statement.

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European energy chief puts forward case for funding coal

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Terry Macalister - May. 13 (News) - EBRD chief Riccardo Puliti warns Europe not to be hasty in adopting 'ideological' policy on carbon intensity funding One of Europe's most influential government-owned investors in the energy industry has hinted it may expand funding of high-carbon coal projects despite mounting pressure from climate change campaigners to rule out such investments. Riccardo Puliti, energy chief at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), warned against an "ideological" policy on carbon intensity in funding decisions without giving weight to other considerations. The EBRD, which is based in London and owned by more than 60 countries, including the UK, is reviewing its energy policy. It has a €37.5bn (£32bn) loan book, with 41% of its investments last year channelled into the energy and infrastructure sectors. Puliti's comments came as scientists declared the highest day-long concentration of C0 2 in human history and a line of global institutions such as the International Energy ...

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'Climate change sceptics are turning Earth into dying patient'

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Fiona Harvey - May. 10 (News Report) - Heir to throne intervenes on issue dividing coalition, making outspoken criticism of attempts to tackle global warming Prince Charles has attacked corporate lobbyists and climate change sceptics for turning the Earth into a "dying patient", making his most outspoken criticism yet of the world's failure to tackle global warming just when the heir to the throne is assuming a growing number of the duties of what is supposed to be an apolitical monarchy. Hosting a two-day conference for forest scientists at St James's Palace in London, the Prince of Wales satirised those who stand in the way of climate action, characterising them as "the confirmed sceptics" and "the international association of corporate lobbyists". Faced with these forces of opposition, "science finds itself up the proverbial double blind gum tree", he added. At the debate on environmental issues, hours after the prince attended the Queen's speech, Charles attacked businesses which failed to care for the environment and ...

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New hydro scheme on 70th anniversary

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 08 (News Report) - A hydro power scheme in Ross-shire is being given planning approval on the 70th anniversary of Scotland's hydro industry beginning.

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Brittany villages blazing a trail in energy self-sufficiency

Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Hervé Kempf - May. 05 (News) - Residents of Côtes D'Armor in northern France hope a series of green schemes can also reinvigorate the local economy Jacky Aignel, the leader of Saint Gouéno council in Brittany, looks at the cranes hoisting blades to the top of a wind-mast: "We've been waiting so long for this," he sighs.

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Future highways may glow in the dark

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Leo Kelion, Colin Grant - May. 01 (News Report) - While carmakers have raced to add the latest technologies to their vehicles, the roads they drive on have arguably failed to evolve at the same pace. Now, an odd couple based in the Netherlands hope to change that with visions of self-illuminating weather warning signs painted on to the tarmac, and a dedicated lane capable of recharging electric cars on the go.

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