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This section looks at business solutions to one of the grand challenges of this century: supplying energy to meet the changing needs of a growing world population while protecting the environment.
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BERLIN, -- A project being touted as one of the world's first carbon capture and sequestration pilots will be commissioned next week in Germany.
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REYKJAVIK, -- The U.S. Dept. of Energy formed a partnership with Australia and Iceland to advance an untapped renewable energy source that can help address climate change: enhanced geothermal systems (EGS).
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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- One of the largest U.S. utilities agreed to give its investors a thorough analysis of the financial and physical risks it faces from climate change.
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LAUSANNE, -- The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) created the set of principles that it hopes will guide worldwide production and processing for the controversial fuel that has recently come under fire because of environmental and food price concerns.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The U.S. could feasibly halve its gasoline consumption if the country switched to hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles by 2035, according to a new MIT report. For too long, automakers have focused on improving performance at the expense of efficiency.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California will announce plans today to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions from ships, aircraft and industrial equipment.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- A federal judge dealt a blow to California's quest to regulate tail pipe emissions last week by dismissing one of two lawsuits against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- The Maplecroft Climate Change Risk Report examines 168 countries and their ability to adapt to climate change to help companies and governments manage and mitigate future impacts.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- A U.K. group is calling for a climate change strategy similar in scale to Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, including a massive investment in renewables and major shake-up of taxation and financial systems.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday began etching the regulatory framework for the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Capturing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants and injecting it deep in the earth is touted by many as a potential weapon against climate change.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Fifty-five ports from around the world agreed to cut carbon dioxide emissions and boost air quality with the endorsement of the World Ports Climate Declaration.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- A Verdantix report looks at how 16 consulting firms with climate change offerings stack up against 74 criteria.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- The consultancy signed a managed services deal with Nortel for videoconferencing aimed at slashing the company's travel bill and carbon footprint.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The European Parliament voted Tuesday to bring into the fold of its cap-and-trade system all airlines that fly to or from Europe beginning in 2012, causing an uproar from non-EU carriers struggling against high jet fuel prices. Aviation trade associations questioned the legality and promised a battle in the courts.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Unite the Union released the report "How Green Is My Workplace?" on Monday with a list of recommendations aimed at improving workplace environmental performance, including statutory rights to access environmental data.
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