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Green Car Congress: First Availability of ChargePoint Network for Plug-insConsumers subscribe to the ChargePoint Network and receive a ChargePoint Smart Card that allows them to charge their car at any Smartlet Charging Station nationwide. The first ChargePoint charging stations are now installed and available for charging in downtown San Jose, with more to roll out ...
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Waxman Defeats Dingell to take Influential House PostHouse Democrats voted Thursday to put Rep. Henry Waxman in charge of the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee, in a stinging rebuke to the House's longest-serving member that could have wide implications for the Obama administration's environmental agenda. Waxman, D-Calif., defeated ...
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1Congress has fast-track power to kill Bush rules - White House transition- msnbc.comAh what sweet irony. An act passed by a Republican controlled Congress can be used to wipe away the (terrible) rules being enacted by a (very unpopular) Republican president. Talk about unforeseen benefits!JDP added to Shades of Green 13 months ago
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Congress has fast-track power to kill Bush rules - White House transition- msnbc.comPresident-elect Barack Obama will have limited authority to overturn federal regulations approved in the waning months of the Bush administration. But a little-used power offers the new Democratic Congress an early test of how aggressively lawmakers might unravel such rules pushed through by ...
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Yale report cites emerging carbon finance marketAccording to a 2007 United Nations report, 85 percent of the multibillion dollar investment to address climate change now comes from the private sector, not government. The global carbon market logged $64 billion in trades in 2007 and is on track to top $100 billion this year. One recent ...
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Northeast states' regional carbon trading system goes live this week | By Doug Struck | Grist | Grist Feature | 24 Sep 2008The nation's first carbon cap-and-trade program starts Thursday, when power plant owners in 10 northeastern states submit sealed bids to buy allowances to emit greenhouse gases. Two other regional programs are to follow, assuring that nearly half of the United States will be covered by carbon ...
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A Race to the TruthIt appears that public opinion has shifted in favor of drilling for more oil, even though the experts say it will have no short-term impact on prices or long-term impact energy security. (I say “appears to have shifted” because at least one expert – David Moore, the former head of Gallup -- ...
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Bush could weaken Endangered Species ActIf approved, the changes would represent the biggest overhaul of the Endangered Species Act since 1986. They would accomplish through regulations what conservative Republicans have been unable to achieve in Congress: ending some environmental reviews that developers and other federal agencies ...
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Carbon Disclosure Project-Workshop Report Spring 2008On March 4, 2008, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) invited corporations who participate in its annual voluntary reporting process to a workshop in New York City, supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR© and Climate Leaders Programs. Representatives from approximatel...
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Report: Nuclear waste disposal will cost US $96B - Yahoo! NewsEven if no new reactors are built, getting rid of the country's nuclear waste will cost $96.2 billion and require a major expansion of the planned Nevada waste dump beyond limits imposed by Congress, the Energy Department said
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