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First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 5 Documents

Â£30m for UK charging points

The government has pledged Â£30 million towards setting up more recharging points for electric and plug-in hybrid cars across the UK.The Plugged-In Places initiative forms the latest part of the governmentâs plans for the UK to become a global leader ... [Autocar.co.uk - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Low-carbon, United Kingdom, Pat McFadden

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 21 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

European Commission

European Commission approves state aid for purchasing low carbon buses in England

The European Commission has authorised today an aid scheme supporting the purchase of low-carbon buses in England. The main objective of the scheme is to reduce the CO2 emissions produced by public buses through the introduction of a 'Green Bus Fund' ... [Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership - 21 hours ago]

Entities: European Commission, Carbon, England

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

UK Suffers from Green-Skills Shortage

Previous Video: GAP Back in the FoldNext Video: CME Trader Visits ECAirtime: ETThe UK doesn't have the required skills to make the transition to a low-carbon economy, according to a report from the Aldersgate Group. John Edmonds, former president of ... [CNBC - 11/20/2009]

Entities: United Kingdom, Low-carbon

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Environment)

Carbon tax backer says its time has come

Reporting from Oxford, England - With the global climate change summit in Copenhagen just a few weeks away, gloom has settled in many quarters over the increasing likelihood that a robust international treaty to lower carbon emissions is out of reach, ... [Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Carbon Tax, Carbon, Taxes, Emission, China

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Post-industrial waste key to low-carbon Geo-Green Crete binder

Source: Green World Crete, LLC, Pompano Beach, Fla.Green World Cretescientists bill Geo-Green Crete as a low-carbon emission cementitious product poised to provide global construction interests a high-performance, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly ... [Concrete Products - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Low-carbon, Cementitious, binding agent

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 Documents

World Resources Institute

WRI Releases Guide to Key Elements of Success at Copenhagen

The World Resources Institute (WRI) released a six-page brief here today. It outlines key elements for a successful and possible outcome of the United Nations climate conference next month in Copenhagen, Denmark.“Commitments made and mechanisms agreed ... [WRI - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Copenhagen, World Resources Institute, Climate, Low-carbon

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

China 'at the Epicentre' of the Private Equity World

Chinas private equity sector has long been dominated by foreign firms drawn to the rapidly expanding economy and welcoming investment environment. While private equity investment in China currently represents only 0.2 percent of GDP, compared to 1.8 percent ... [Proactive Investors.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

Entities: China, Wind Power, Private Equity

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Few willing to make personal carbon changes, says ICE

Climate change is now accepted as a serious serious fact of life by 80% of the population, according to a survey by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), but it says that only 9% are ready to get rid of their car, cut out air travel completely or ... [New Civil Engineer - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Carbon, Institution of Civil Engineers, Emission

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

VIASPACE, Inc. (VSPC.OB) Announces Expansion of Giant King(TM) Grass Production Capacity

VIASPACE Inc., a clean energy company growing Giant King(TM) Grass as a low-carbon, renewable energy crop, announced that it has leased an additional 136 acres in Guangdong Province, China. The new acreage has already been planted with Giant King Gra ... [International Business Times - 11/19/2009]

Entities: VIASPACE Inc, Low-carbon, Cultivation, Carl Kukkonen

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Â£30m boost for car charging

Government cash for plug-in points Pilot regions invited Five-year plan The Government is offering Â£30 million to help fund the installation of charging points for electric and plug-in hybrid cars.Transport secretary Andrew Adonis today invited cities ... [What Car? - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Andrew Adonis, Low-carbon, United Kingdom, Electric Car, Electric Vehicle

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Atkins snatches up partner from Foster

Atkins has made its first appointment as part of its plan to recruit talent from design-led practices by poaching a partner from Foster & Partners for its China operations.The firm has begun a recruitment drive for senior staff to join the company and ... [Building Design - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Gareth Kirkwood, Atkins China Ltd, Low-carbon, Shenzhen

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Low carbon energy for rural homes

Households in rural parts of Scotland will be offered cheap to run, 'plug in' energy to help cut household fuel bills.Grants of up to £6500 are being made available through the Scottish Government's £60 million Energy Assistance Package, to install low-carbon ... [Scottish Executive - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Radiation, Livingston (United Kingdom), Alex Neil

Quotes

President Hu Jintao in September told global leaders at the United Nations climate change summit that China will "step up efforts to develop a green economy, a low-carbon economy and a circular economy." He promised that the country, the world's third largest economy, would endeavor to cut carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP)...

China keen on low-carbon economy [Xinhua News Agency - 3 hours ago]

...'This initiative needs to succeed,' says Atossa Soltani, executive director of Amazon Watch. "I think we can set a model for other countries." Activists point to a huge range of other green initiatives that would become possible if wealthy countries paid their climate debts...

Climate Rage by Naomi Klein (17 Nov 09) [Third World Network - 8 hours ago]

...fund to develop and deploy low-carbon technologies in India -- which still has significant policy differences with Washington on climate change. "It is not a substitute for a full climate change agreement, but it does deliver on technologytechnology transfer" one source with knowledge of the matter said

Moving beyond cliches [Reuters India - 8 hours ago]

More Content

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Helijet offsets 900 tonnes CO2e with Pacific Ca... [Helicopter Association Int. - 2 hours ago]
Announcements of U.S.-China Cooperation Create ... [American Progress - 2 hours ago]
Chinese Consul General praises high-quality LUM... [Lancaster University MANAGEMENT SCHOOL - 3 hours ago]
China keen on low-carbon economy [Xinhua News Agency - 3 hours ago]
Multi-million pound investment for ‘green’ company [UK Trade & Investment - 6 hours ago]
Carbon tax backer says its time has come [Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago]
Carbon tax backer sees it as sensible, maybe in... [Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago]
Climate Rage by Naomi Klein (17 Nov 09) [Third World Network - 8 hours ago]
Moving beyond cliches [Reuters India - 8 hours ago]
Industrialization will help Africa fully join w... [Prlog - 9 hours ago]
Industrialization will help Africa fully join w... [People's Daily Online - 10 hours ago]
China to Boost Low-Carbon Economy [Individual.com - 12 hours ago]
'Carbon tax' is sensible, and perhaps inevitabl... [Los Angeles Times - 15 hours ago]
Ban calls for Africa''s industrialization to en... [Kuwait News Agency - 15 hours ago]
Growth Energy Urges Action in California and Co... [Domestic Fuel - 17 hours ago]
WRI Releases Guide to Key Elements of Success a... [WRI - 17 hours ago]
Foundation for a Low Carbon Future: Essential E... [WRI - 17 hours ago]
International collaboration key to mitigating c... [US Embassy Uruguay: Montevideo - 18 hours ago]
Foster's partner snaffled up by burgeoning Atkins [Architects' Journal - 19 hours ago]
United approach [Building Design - 20 hours ago]
Industrialization will help Africa fully join w... [Xinhua News Agency - 20 hours ago]
A "Green" Feather in Canada's Cap Hea... [Canadian Environmental Protection - 20 hours ago]
Climate goal needs "more than technology&q... [Reuters - 20 hours ago]
Top U.N. Scientist Laments U.S. Pace on Climate... [New York Times - 20 hours ago]
Energy bill gives power to consumers [Engineer Online - 20 hours ago]
Government launches plug-in fund [Engineer Online - 20 hours ago]
European Commission approves state aid for purc... [Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership - 21 hours ago]
Q+A-India, U.S. seek to move 'beyond cliches' o... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 21 hours ago]
Official: U.K. low-carbon agenda means changes ... [SmartBrief - 21 hours ago]
The low-carbon economy [Public - 22 hours ago]

Blogs

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UK to spend £30 million on EV Charging points [Autoblog Green - 11/20/2009] Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, UK British Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis has announced that the UK will spend £30 million to install plug-in ...
Can Turkey Break the Copenhagen Deadlock? [Treehugger - 11/20/2009] Turkey is being suggested as a "bridge between East and West" on climate change too. Photo of the Bosphorus Bridge spanning Europe and Asia by Jennifer Hattam.As ...
Coal Warriors: Why U.S. Coal Producers Could St... [WSJ.com: Environmental Capital - 11/19/2009] King Coal is dead, long live King Coal. For all the talk of a clean-energy, low-carbon future, U.S coal producers might not have such a black future. Thats the ...
Thursday's comment from the papers in... [Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG - 11/19/2009] Today in Times comment George Walden: A bogus, pompous, ludicrous, overpriced job Ben Macintyre: In with the bulldozers! Away with nostalgia! Matthew ...
Coal Towns Remain the Heartbeat of China's Economy [Asian Energy - 11/19/2009] By LISA FRIEDMAN of ClimateWireThe fourth part of an occasional series about China.DATONG, China -- The black metal gates clang shut, and about a dozen miners lean ...

Audio/Video

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Cap 2.0: Legislation for Low-carbon Growth [UC Television - YouTube - 10/30/2009]

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