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North Carolina and Virginia Ask for $5 Billion for High-Speed RailNews and ideas for a sustainable world Transportation | | North Carolina and Virginia Ask for $5 Billion for High-Speed Rail By Zachary Shahan People in North Carolina and Virginia must have seen what’s going on in China with high-speed rail and decided they wanted some of that. They ...
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$100 Billion Opportunity for Waste-To-Energy Companies in Developing WorldNews and ideas for a sustainable world Energy | | $100 Billion Opportunity for Waste-To-Energy Companies in Developing World By Susan Kraemer Here’s an opportunity to wisely spend some of the $100 billion that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised at Copenhagen to cut the ...
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Britain blames China over 'farcical' climate talks - Yahoo! NewsBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday accused a handful of countries of holding the UN climate summit to ransom as bitter recriminations swirled over the outcome of the negotiations. While China's Premier Wen Jiabao insisted his government had played an "important and constructive" ...
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Dezeen » Blog Archive » Urban Forest by MADBeijing architects MAD have designed a skyscraper for Chongqing, China, with gardens at each level. MAD proposes a new architectural concept for the course of Chinese urban development – to actualize a sustainable multidimensional high-rise within China’s youngest municipality, where nature ...
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Living on Earth: Carbon Saturated Ocean[THEME] YOUNG: From the Jennifer and Ted Stanley Studios in Somerville, Massachusetts - this is Living on Earth. I'm Jeff Young. Developments in both science and politics on climate change: The US and China agreed to cooperate on cleaner and more efficient forms of energy. But world leaders ...
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National security omissions - Washington TimesNational security omissions Obscured by green smog on emissions By James A. Lyons Advocates for cap-and-trade legislation are trying to make their case on a trumped-up national security issue based on the premise that global climate change will increase the potential for global conflict. ...
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U.S., China vow action on climate change - CNN.comChina and the United States, the largest producers of greenhouse gases, will team up to fight climate change and create clean energy, their leaders said Tuesday. Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Obama said their nations will cooperate to advance technologies and work toward a global ...
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High oil prices are good for U.S. culture | Marketplace From American Public MediaHigh oil prices are good for U.S. culture Fluctuating gas prices haven't caused too much change in the way we view energy. But if gas prices rise to $6, $10, or $12 per gallon, author Chris Steiner says the effects would change everything from the way we drive to how we shop. TEXT OF INTERVIEW ...
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Lost There, Felt Here - Op-Ed - NYTimes.comLost There, Felt Here Belem, Brazil “One million dollars?” The question was asked with eyes wide and a voice of incredulity. The person asking was Antonio Waldez Góes da Silva, the governor of the Amazonian state of Amapá, which has the biggest national park in the world. I had just ...
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Living on Earth: Green Long MarchGreen Long March YOUNG: President Obama is on a tour of Asia, which will include high-level talks on climate change in China. China's already feeling the effects of a warming world. And while the government positions itself for the upcoming Copenhagen climate summit, some younger Chinese are ...
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