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'Green' Buildings Could Slash CO2 Emissions: Report
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March 13, 2008 - Google News
| | Vancouver, Canada -- The report, "Green Building in North America: Opportunities and Challenges," finds that basic changes in building design and construction could slash greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent in North America. Currently, less than four percent of new buildings meet stringent new environmental, health and energy-saving goals under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard.
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24 World Cities in 'Earth Hour' Black-Out
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February 19, 2008 - Google News
| | Sydney -- Twenty-four cities around the world will participate in the "Earth Hour" on March 29. The initiative asks city residents to turn off their lights and appliances for one hour to raise awareness about global warming. The first "Earth Hour" took place in Sydney, Australia last year and an estimated 2.2 million people participated.
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Study Finds Profit in Cutting Emissions
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February 14, 2008 - Financial Times
| | Half the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions needed to make the world safe can be achieved at a net profit to the global economy, a study has found. Investing about $170 billion a year worldwide into energy efficiency would yield a profit of about 17 percent, or $29 billion. The energy savings would be equivalent to 64 million barrels of oil a day, while the cost would amount to about 0.4 per cent of GDP. The study also found that the most inefficient sector in the world is heavy industry in China, with the second being residential housing in the US, where homes are large, poorly insulated and equipped with a range of appliances that are often themselves inefficient or poorly used, such as air-conditioning systems left on unnecessarily.
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Hundreds of Profs Hold Green 'Teach-in'
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January 31, 2008 - Boston.com
| | Portland, Ore. -- Over 1,500 universities, as well as some community colleges and high schools, helped draw attention to the importance of climate change by participating in “Focus the Nation” on January 31. Activities included incorporating climate change issues into lectures, having demonstrations, and at one community college, serving “low carbon” meals all week. Focus the Nation will be holding other events during the month of February.
| | | By Julia Silverman © 2008 Associated Press © 2008 NY Times Co.
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No Major Climate Initiatives From State of the Union
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January 29, 2008 - ABC News
| | During the State of the Union, President Bush announced that $2 billion would be spent to create a global clean technology fund which would help developing nations increase the use of clean energy sources. However, as in 2007, the president mentioned the words "climate change" just once in the speech. He also did not call for any major initiatives to address the growing problems of global warming.
| | | By Clayton Sandell © 2008 ABCNews Internet Ventures
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Dems Press White House on CDC Testimony
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October 26, 2007 - Google News
| | Washington -- Significant deletions were made from congressional testimony given by Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The original 14 page report on global warming and the potential impact on human health was edited by the White House and shortened to just six pages. Included in the deletions were a section titled "Climate Change is a Public Concern" and a paragraph that said with global warming, "forest fires are expected to increase in frequency, severity, distribution and duration."
| | | By H. Josef Herbert © 2007 The Associated Press © 2007 Google
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British Columbia to Set Industry Carbon Caps
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September 28, 2007 - Yahoo! News
| | Vancouver, British Columbia -- British Columbia will become the first Canadian province to put hard caps on greenhouse gas emissions. The province will be a part of a regional carbon credit trading system being set up by California and several western U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
| | | By Allan Dowd © 2007 Reuters Limited © 2007 Yahoo! Inc.
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Britain to Switch Off Energy-Guzzling Light Bulbs
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September 27, 2007 - PhysOrg.com
| | London -- Britain plans to phase out traditional light bulbs by 2012 by replacing them with low-energy compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. In June, the European Commission announced that manufacturers had decided to eliminate traditional light bulbs from the European market by 2015.
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Giant Ocean-based Pipes Could Curb Global Warming: Scientists
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September 27, 2007 - Google News
| | Paris -- Two British scientists believe that sowing the world's oceans with giant vertical pipes 100-to-200 meters deep could help curb global warming. The pipes would increase the mixing of nutrient-rich waters below the surface with the warmer waters at the ocean's surface. This mixing could promote algal growth and subsequently drawn down carbon dioxide and emit dimethyl sulphide, the precursor of clouds.
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DiCaprio Talks About Going Green and "11th Hour"
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August 16, 2007 - ENN
| | Los Angeles -- Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie, The 11th Hour, debuts in major cities on August 17th. The movie shows the challenges that our world will face as a result of environmental damage and climate change and emphasizes what needs to be done to avert these catastrophes.
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Fla. Gov. Holds Climate Change Summit
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July 12, 2007 - ABC News
| | Florida Gov. Charlie Crist opened a two-day summit on climate change Thursday, promising the state will lower carbon dioxide emissions and make use of alternative energy sources.
| | | By Brendan Farrington © 2007 Associated Press © 2007 ABC News Internet Ventures
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China Overtakes U.S. As Top CO2 Emitter
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June 20, 2007 - ABC News
| | Beijing -- A new report finds that China is now the leading carbon dioxide gas emitter. China produced 6.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2006, whereas the U.S. produced 5.8 billion metric tons. Much of the increase in China’s emissions comes from coal-burning and cement production.
| | | By Audra Ang © 2007 Associated Press © 2007 ABC News Internet Ventures
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