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Korea Will Launch Cap-And-Trade in 2015

May 07, 2012 No Comments by

Last week the South Korean National Assembly passed legislation to start a cap-and-trade system by 2015 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase renewable energy.

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Biofuels On The Brink in Europe

May 07, 2012 No Comments by

Indirect land use change, or ILUC, dictates that the conversion of land into farms for biofuel crops must account for its carbon emissions-and the policy is dividing the EU.

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Japan Now Nuclear Free For the First Time Since 1970, But . . .

May 06, 2012 No Comments by

For the first time since 1970, Japan became completely nuclear free yesterday with the shutdown of the Tomari nuclear reactor on the island of Hokkaido.

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Daniel Martin’s Freeform Solar Panels Could Hexagonally Transform Architecture

May 03, 2012 1 Comment by

Daniel Martin Ferraro is an architect in Madrid who wants to transform our notion of solar panels. His hexagon-shaped FreeForm solar skins are both functional and elegant.

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Pig Poo Power Answers China’s Porky Environmental Disaster

May 02, 2012 No Comments by

The demand in China for pork, an important protein in the Chinese diet, results in 1.5 million tons of pig waste annually.

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Doha’s Lights at Night Leaves Sustainability in The Dark

May 01, 2012 No Comments by

Drive around Doha at night and you would think the city was working 24 hours a day. But buildings often insist all lights are kept on all night.

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Research Suggests Wind Farms Are Warming the Earth

May 01, 2012 No Comments by

Fox News is at it again. Could wind farms possibly contribute to global warming? Perhaps at the earth’s surface. One study in west Texas has found some interesting conclusions.

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Could the SolarCity IPO Hail a New Competitive Era for Solar?

May 01, 2012 1 Comment by

SolarCity, the California-based installation giant, revealed yesterday it started filing documents with the SEC for its IPO. Could solar be turning a corner after all?

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