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US Govt May Back 9 GW of Coal Power Plants in India & South Africa, When It Should Support Renewables
photo: Duncan Harris via flickr
Despite a Congressional mandate directing the Export-Import Bank of the United States to use 10% of its 2009-2010 financing towards renewable energy project, according to a US Government Accountability Office report the Bank will fall "well short of the 10% Congressional target"--
Dry Water Could Someday Store CO2 Emissions + Help Power Vehicles
photo: Ben Carter
File this one in the maybe someday category: At the national meeting of the American Chemical Society scientists have presented work on the potential of so-called 'dry water' to store gases, with an eye to store carbon emissions
REDD to Offer No Net Emission Reductions in Indonesia - Too Many Forested Areas Omitted by Government
Another interesting twist in the ongoing saga of Indonesia's greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and how to slow them: As Mongabay reports, a new report by the World Agroforestry Centre shows that because so many of the nation's emissions fr
CDM Moves Against Chinese Polluters, Carbon Credit Prices Rise
The CDM can fund clean energy projects like concentrated solar farms (photo via flickr)
The UN backed Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has suspended carbon credits for shady chemical manufacturers in China that were producing an excess of pollution and then destroy
From Austin to Santa Cruz NRDC's Rates the US's Smarter Cities for Energy
photo: Stuart Seeger via flickr
There are lots of things that go into making a city more environmentally friendly--from sufficient density, to adequate public transportation, to superior walkability, to good green spaces--but a key part of all that is frugal energy use and clean energy sources.
Russia's Peatland Fires May Continue Burning Underground Through Winter
photo: praegerr via flickr
Burning for some weeks now, the fires in Russia are not only causing Moscow's daily d
Ocean's Tiny Carbon "Vacuum Cleaners" More Important to Carbon Capture Than We Thought
Image via Wikipedia
If you're a beach goer, you might recognize those little crystal- clear blobs that often wash up on the sand in the mornings as salps. While often mistaken for jellyfish, they're actually the ocean's "vacuum cleaners," sucking up all kinds of particles as food and excreting carbon-rich pellets that sink to the sea floor.
Biochar Alone Could Offset 12% of All Human Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Study
Through application to soil in farmer's fields, biochar both can help increase soil fertility and store carbon emissions.
Automotive X Prize Finalists Race to Top 100 MPGe
X-Tracer and ZAP compete for the X Prize.
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