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How To Start A Green Business Driven By Federal Stimulus Money
Posted on 12. May, 2010 by Ross.
Remember the stimulus package which was supposed to bring millions of green-collar jobs to the USA? The hundreds of billions of dollars which were going to revitalise energy efficiency and renewable energy across America?
Guess what: it’s not getting spent.
Only 10% of the $20 billion of US stimulus dollars earmarked for energy efficiency projects has been [...]
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Climate Change Technology Transfers Will Explode With New Green Patent Database
Posted on 07. May, 2010 by Ross.
Climate change is a global problem which needs global solutions, but the myriad of green patents which could help developing countries in their attempts to control emissions and utilise renewable energy are littered across multiple databease and are increasing in number exponentially, making tracking down rights holders an impossible task.
Until now.
The European Patent Office (EPO) [...]
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Italy And Spain Aim For Energy Efficient Cities
Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Ross.
Whilst the rest of the world continues to be locked in inaction in the aftermath of the failed Copenhagen Conference, Europe is still forging ahead with its plans to forward with greater energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Now, 500 European cities, particularly from Italy and Spain, have pledged to take this even further and do even [...]
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Shorter Weddings Won’t Save Pakistan From Energy Crisis
Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
After years of neglected energy infrastructure, shortages and blackouts, Pakistan is desperately clutching at straws in an effort to save energy and face in the wake of growing national protests.
Pakistan’s continuing energy crisis, which has already seen the collapse of the nation’s once-booming textile industry, is caused by a generating shortfall of around 5,000MW: approximately [...]
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Australia Dumps Carbon Trading Scheme
Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
In the face of intensified political opposition and a hostile Senate, the Australian government has been forced to backtrack on one of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s key election promises: the creation of an Australian emissions trading scheme to help the country stop being one of the world’s most polluting nations.
With the highest emissions per capita [...]
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Immigrants Hold Climate Change Hostage In US Senate
Posted on 26. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
Just when the road seemed clear for America to finally hop on board the global clean energy agenda, domestic xenophobic politics has created a new crisis for climate change’s lethargic legislationary laggards.
10 months after the US Congress passed the Clean Energy and Security Act, the tri-partisan Senate coalition of Democrat John Kerry, Republican Lindsey Graham [...]
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Climategate Shocker: Nothing Wrong With The Science!
Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
Five months ago the field of climate research was set alight by a media frenzy, focused upon hacked/leaked email communications between senior climate researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and their academic peers.
The emails led climatic change sceptics and deniers to claim that the science behind climate change was wrong, and that the [...]
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Avoid the CRC Scheme for 7 More Years! The Super Secret Reason To Act Now
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
Update: check out our new CRC Strategy Guide!
Been waiting to see why your company needs to act now in order to save hundreds of thousands of pounds? Here’s the answer which no-one else is talking about because they’re too preoccupied with the here and now. Look into the future and see the trouble coming…
Companies in [...]
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Act Now To Minimise Your Risk Under The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme: Business Reason 4
Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
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Cuts Your Energy Costs: CRC Reason 3 For Immediate Energy Efficiency Action
Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
‘CRC’ stands for ‘Carbon Reduction Commitment‘, and with all the focus of the scheme on carbon accounting it would be easy to be side-tracked into thinking that greenhouse gas emissions were the only thing at stake.
Energy efficiency is not just about carbon reduction.
Energy efficiency is a proven and effective way of reducing costs and defending [...]
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Business Reason No. 2 for Immediate CRC Action: The CRC League Table
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
Yesterday we discussed reducing your carbon credit burden as a reason for your company to take immediate action under the CRC Energy Efficiency scheme. Today we focus on the reason for action which will give PR departments sleepless nights over future years: the CRC league table.
Reason 2: Get To The Top Of The Table
No company [...]
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