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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: New voluntary carbon standard set for forestry trading</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2240</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:53:04 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Under rules set by the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), projects such as reducing the rate of tropical deforestation could get tradable credits for a voluntary market aimed at companies and individuals. "For the first time ever investors can rely on robust rules for crediting agriculture, agriculture and other land use projects," said David Antonioli, chief executive of the London-based VCS Association. The VCS is backed by the Climate Group, the International Emissions Trading Association, the World Economic Forum and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. The VCS is expected to help UN climate talks to find new ways to grant developing nations to combat deforestration. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Comprehensive strategy to secure Europe's energy future</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2235</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:01:09 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The European Commission proposed this week a wide-ranging package to build up energy solidarity among Member States and a new policy on energy networks to stimulate investment in more efficient, low-carbon energy networks. The first priority identified in the second Strategic Review is to adopt and rapidly implement the climate change package, proposed by the Commission in January 2008. The second is to address the Europe's energy supply security. Even when the renewable energy policy goals are reached, Europe is likely to be dependent on more imports than today. A package of energy efficiency proposals aims to make energy savings in key areas. More than half of Europe's energy is imported at a cost of €700 for every EU citizen. "We have to address this urgently, by taking measures to increase our energy efficiency and reduce our dependence on imports. We have to invest and diversify," said José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: IEA calls for global energy revolution - despite economic crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2226</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:39:23 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	We must usher in a global energy revolution by improving energy efficiency and increasing the deployment of low-carbon energy, said Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) today at the launch of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2008. "We cannot let the financial and economic crisis delay the policy action that is urgently needed to ensure secure energy supplies and to curtail rising emissions of greenhouse gases." The WEO-2008 provides invaluable analysis to help policy makers around the world and also analyzes policy options for tackling climate change after 2012. IEA's analysis shows that OECD countries alone cannot stabilize greenhouse gas concentration to limit the temperature increase to about 2°C if they were to reduce their emissions to zero. "We would need concerted action from all major emitters," Tanaka warned.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Climate Ark Climate Change &amp; Global Warming Newsfeed: Early greenhouse move 'favourable for Australia'</title>
		<link>http://business.theage.com.au/business/early-greenhouse-move-favourable-for-australia-20081111-5mkx.html</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Business Day: THE deteriorating state of world financial markets does not materially affect Treasury's economic model for reducing Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, according to the man behind the model.  Treasury's macro-economic group executive director, David Gruen, also played down the cost of cutting emissions, saying the resulting 0.1% decline in gross national product by 2050 was five times less than the effect on the economy of the ageing of the population.  Dr Gruen moved to ... ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Institutional investors urge action on climate change</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2221</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:56:42 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Global institutional investors holding more than USD6 trillion in assets pushed policymakers to quickly hash out a binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent to 80 percent by 2050 and promote clean technology. These numbers are in line with climate policy favored by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. "We are urging world leaders to implement strong and effective policies to support us in allocating capital towards low carbon investments," said Mike Taylor, chief executive of London Pensions Fund Authority. The investors are hoping their voice is heard ahead of a December climate change convention in Poland. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Renewable Energy News (renewableenergyaccess.com): U.S. Electric Utility Industry Needs US $2T Investment by 2030</title>
		<link>http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=54056&amp;src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The U.S. utility industry will have to invest between US $1.5 and US $2 trillion between 2010 and 2030 to maintain current levels of reliable energy service for customers throughout the country, according to a new report issued by The Brattle Group. The findings are detailed in "Transforming America's Power Industry: The Investment Challenge 2010-2030". ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: BlueSky Awards 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11760</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:13:21 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	04.11.2008 - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization-Shenzhen International Technology Promotion Center For Sustainable Development (UNIDO-ITPC) is seeking applications for its BlueSky Awards 2008 for the Global Top Ten Investment Scenarios to Apply New Technologies for Renewable Energy Utilization. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Carbon cost fears will not harm EU climate plan</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2220</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:23:42 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Cutting carbon costs for power plants and factories under European Union plans from 2013 will not harm the bloc's fight against climate change but could hold back energy market liberalization, say analysts, according to Reuters. Several East European countries complain that the EU plan will force their utilities to pass on to electricity consumers the extra cost of buying EU allowances, raising power prices for everyone. Analysts agree power prices will rise, but some argue that may happen anyway under a trend to liberalize energy markets, which will force power generators to pass on such costs whether they get EU allowances free or not as happens in western Europe now.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: World's basic operating systems call for a “fundamental reboot”</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2216</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:27:19 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	(updated)<br />The world needs to examine the basic operating systems that drive its economies, markets and societies and aim for a "fundamental reboot" to establish a fresh platform based on renewed confidence and trust, and on sustainability, responsibility and ethical principles. That was the over-arching message that 700 of the world’s top thought leaders at the end of the Summit on the Global Agenda, Dubai. The Summit brought together leading experts to tackle some of the key issues facing the world, from financial insecurity to global warming and from the future of the Internet to water security.<br />Summit findings provide input to the upcoming G20 discussions on 15 November in Washington D.C. and to the new US administration. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: UN partners with China to transfer clean energy technology</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2213</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:27:35 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has joined forces with China to address climate change by increasing clean energy projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and boosting the use of hydropower in Africa. UNIDO also entered into an agreement with Chinese and Sierra Leonean officials to build a small hydropower plant on the Bankasoka River, with construction slated to begin next month and be completed by the end of 2009. The project is hoped to pave the way for further trilateral cooperation under UNIDO’s Lighting-up of Rural Africa initiative. The agreements were made in the high-level technology transfer conference in Beijing. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: U.S. new presidency - a turning point for low carbon economy</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2210</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:58:54 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Companies that are providing  energy efficiency services, renewable energy solutions and energy technology will directly benefit from Obama's campaign promises for low carbon economy, reports Reuters. In his campaign the president elected promised, for instance, to make the U.S. a leader on climate Change, ensure 10 percent of the nation's electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012 and 25 percent by 2025, implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. "For years now the U.S. has been the laggard on the global transition to a low carbon economy, now they are on board we believe this transition will occur at a greater pace than anyone expects," says Mark Fulton, global head of climate change investment research for Deutsche Asset Management. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Canada sees common ground with Obama on environment</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2209</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:46:46 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Canada's government said on Wednesday that an Obama presidency in the United States could pave the way for a common North American approach to environmental issues. Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon told Reuters in an interview that the Canadian government would begin working President-elect Barack Obama's staff quickly on the key issues of the environment and cross-border trade. "We will be pursuing those files actively, whether they be in the environment sector, whether they be in our border issues, we will be in close contact with the transition team." Both Canada and the United States have walked away from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, saying it took too great a toll on the economy. But both the Canadian government and Obama promise cuts in carbon emissions. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Renewables to provide global energy needs by 2090</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2182</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:32:25 +0100</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Aggressive investment in renewable power generation and energy efficiency could create a huge industry, providing half of the world's electricity, slashing over USD 18 trillion in future fuel costs while protecting the climate, according a report launched by the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and Greenpeace International. This can be achieved while ensuring economies in China, India and other developing nations have access to the energy that they need in order to develop. According to Oliver Schafer, EREC Policy Director, there is no technical impediment but a political barrier to rebuild the global energy sector. The 200-page report was developed in conjunction with scientists and engineers around the world. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the U.N. Climate Panel, called the study "comprehensive and rigorous".<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Barroso: Financial crisis no excuse for ignoring climate change</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2176</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:37:57 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The financial crisis must not become an excuse for not properly dealing with the climate change. If we do not take effective actions to tackle the climate change, there will be larger threats. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso made these remarks at the press conference of the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) which concluded today. He said a comprehensive global climate agreement would be in accordance with the principles of common but differentiated responsibilities. "I think today's discussion was very beneficial, and on the basis of our discussion, it's possible we could reach such an agreement," Barroso concluded.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: REEEP announces Call for Proposals for EUR 4.3 million in grant funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11358</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:37:46 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11358</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	23.10.2008 - The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) today announced a call for project proposals which support the development of markets for renewable energy and energy efficiency. The project call is REEEP&#x27;s largest in its five year history with more than 4.3 
million Euro available for projects in least developed countries and emerging market economies. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: EU to improve energy efficiency of external power supplies</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2165</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:24:14 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The European Union's new regulation is expected to cut electricity consumption of household and office products'  external power supplies by 30% by 2020, compared to a "business as usual" scenario. The savings in the EU will be about 9 TWh - equal to Lithuania's yearly electricity consumption. "This is a concrete contribution to reach the EU's energy efficiency and climate protection targets, while saving citizens' money," said Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs. Further savings are expected in other parts of the world as well as an indirect impact of this measure, since external power supplies are sold and used worldwide. The regulation will now be scrutinized by the European Parliament. It is scheduled for formal adoption by the Commission in the beginning of 2009. Eco-design measures on other product groups will follow in the coming months.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Renewable Energy News (renewableenergyaccess.com): IMEC Reports 10X Improvement in Lifetime of Organic Solar Cell</title>
		<link>http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53887&amp;src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Independent research center IMEC announced that its associated lab, IMOMEC has developed a method to stabilize the nanomorphology of organic solar cells resulting in a lifetime improvement of at least a factor of 10. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: UN climate chief: EU should avoid climate backsliding</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2166</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:19:57 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The European Union must avoid backsliding on agreeing a package to fight global warming in 2008 even though economic turmoil may make targets hard to hit, Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, told Reuters. "My main concern is slippage and not having clarity on when the package would be finalized," de Boer told Reuters and said he was less firm about a December deadline for agreeing the details. He hoped that France, which holds the EU presidency, would push the package through, including measures to boost renewable energies in a shift from fossil fuels. "The international community is looking to see how the EU will implement its policy," he said. He did not believe any EU delay would affect climate efforts by other developed nations. "But I think developing countries would be concerned," de Boer said, saying that a delay could make it harder for the EU to agree new funding in early 2009 to help developing nations brake their rising greenhouse gas emissions. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Green buildings call for international standards</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2163</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:01:22 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	International standards, supporting energy efficiency, environmental performance, environmental impact of building products or greenhouse gas emission accounting and verification, would provide a firm foundation for developing and operating sustainable buildings, according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The standards provide the means by which sustainable technologies and best practices can be disseminated and implemented efficiently and effectively on a global scale. "Buildings for a sustainable future" was a theme at the 31st ISO General Assembly which took place this week in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The event fostered new avenues for the development of ISO standards. Presentations were made by experts from France, Spain, the European Commission, the U.S., the United Arab Emirates, Japan and the Republic of Korea. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: EU on track to meet Kyoto emission targets</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2164</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:50:47 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The EU and most member states are on track to deliver on their Kyoto Protocol commitments for reducing or limiting emissions of greenhouse gases. The European Commission's annual progress report shows that the EU-15 (15 countries which were EU member states 1997 when the Protocol was adopted) will achieve its 8% reduction target through a combination of policies and measures already taken including purchasing of emission credits from projects in third countries, and forestry activities. Additional measures in a number of member states would bring a further 3.3% reduction enabling the EU-15 to do better than its target requires. "The latest projections are good news. But Kyoto is only the first step. Now the world needs a new climate agreement that incorporates the ambitious emissions cuts Europe has set itself for 2020 and beyond," said Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: World Bank: Rich countries to keep up climate funds</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2159</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:37:37 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Despite the current global financial storm, rich countries are resolved to keep up funding to help developing nations combat climate change, according a top World Bank environment official, writes Reuters. Countries that have pledged to donate a total of USD6.1 billion to the bank's newly created Climate Investment Funds are "very resolute", said Kathy Sierra, the international lending organization's vice president for sustainable development, on Tuesday. Sierra also estimated that the real economy will start looking for opportunities to decrease costs and become more efficient. "So energy efficiency, for example, is going to be even more important going forward." Sierra's statements were in line with World Bank President Robert Zoellick's remarks on Sunday. "I think one of the lessons of today's crisis is you have to get ahead of these things, and so there is no doubt that climate change is a problem today and will be a problem tomorrow." ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>EERE Network News: New Reports Note the Potential for Millions of Green Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=12036</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:00:05 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Millions of green jobs could be created due to global efforts to 
tackle climate change, a new study shows.    The global 
market for environmental products and services is projected 
to double from $1.37 trillion a year to $2.74 trillion by 2020, 
with half of that market in energy efficiency. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: Access to Energy Needs More Coordination Among Key Stakeholders</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11220</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:55:01 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	19.09.2008 - Delegates from business, government, non-governmental organizations and financial institutions yesterday discussed ways to provide sustainable, affordable and reliable energy services for currently underserved populations in India. The one-day stakeholder dialogue on access to energy in India was co-organized by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Energy and Resources Institute Business Council for Sustainable Development (TERI-BCSD India). ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: European Practices Offer a Good Model for Russia</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11219</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11219</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	25.09.2008 - Eco-cities are mushrooming all over the world. China has a few in the pipeline. Several European towns are aiming for zero carbon emissions. California has huge solar projects and even oil-rich Abu Dhabi is investing in a carbon-neutral city, Masdar. Of the major world economies, Russia is one of the last to embrace renewables or efficient energy. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: US Energy Policies at the State Level</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11199</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11199</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	23.09.2008 - These new briefings are an important resource for anyone interested in U.S. energy policy at the State level. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: U.S. focus on climate could ease financial crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2139</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:24:47 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	If the United States focused on curbing climate change as soon as a new president took office - or sooner - it could help pull the world from the financial brink, environmental policy experts told Reuters. "Skyrocketing energy prices and the financial crisis have been a wake-up call that something's got to change," said Cathy Zoi, chief executive officer of the Alliance for Climate. "My very strong belief is that we need to reorient our investments toward this transition to a clean energy economy, and it will be the engine of growth for getting us out of the doldrums that we've gotten in right now," Zoi said. "There is an urgent need for whichever party wins the U.S. election to give an early signal of an intent to do more to combat global warming or there cannot be a credible reason for 190 nations to come together in Copenhagen," said Achim Steiner, head of the U.N. Development Program.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: UN: Experts to examine impact of climate change on health</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2137</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:52:31 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Experts at a meeting convened by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on a plan of action to create guidelines on the impact of climate change on human health. The new plan identifies five priority research areas: the interaction of climate change with economic development and urbanization; the impact of long-term changes such as increasing drought; comparing the effectiveness of short-term responses; the implications of mitigation and adaptation policies on non-health sectors; and boosting public health systems’ ability. The climate change, together with global food crisis and pandemic influenza, are the main threats to human health, according to the WHO. However, the amount of scientific research into the links between climate change and health lag far behind studies on such issues as air pollution and smoking.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: World Bank sees 'trend' strategy to curb carbon</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2128</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:37:14 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The World Bank plans a new way to spur developing countries to cut greenhouse gases, by measuring trends in various sectors instead of counting every ton of decreased emissions, Joelle Chassard, who manages the World Bank's carbon finance business said this week at the Reuters Environment Summit. "The obvious thing is to see whether we can move from working on one project at a time and take a look at more programmatical sectors or perspectives on this," Chassard said. The World Bank is proposing to set up a new facility to develop this approach. Such schemes are bogged down, with project developers forced to wait months for U.N. officials to approve their emissions cuts.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: UN, China high-level event  to seek consensus on climate technology</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2123</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:35:35 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The United Nations and China will co-organize a high-level meeting on climate change on 7-8 November in Beijing, reports Xinhua. The conference will provide a forum for open, practical and pragmatic discussions on technology transfer and climate change. According to Liu Zhenmin, China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, the international efforts to develop and transfer clean technologies are lagged behind the needs. "We hope this conference will help countries form some consensus on these issues." The conference will support the UNFCCC process, particularly the forthcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland in December 2008. The event will be attended by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, for instance. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Google aims to make U.S. economy greener</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2115</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:48:17 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Google Inc launched this week Clean energy 2030 plan which calls for deploying aggressive end-use electrical energy efficiency measures to reduce demand 33%, replacing all coal and oil electricity generation, and about half of that from natural gas, with renewable electricity - and more energy efficient cars. Although the cost of the plan by 2030 is significant about USD 4.4 trillion, savings are even greater USD 5.4 trillion, returning a net savings of USD1.0 trillion over the 22-year life of the plan. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said the annual cost of the energy plan would anyway be less than the USD700 billion being considered to bail out the financial industry. The ultimate  goal of the plan is to wean the United States off burning fossil fuels. <br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: Interview with OSRAM lighting's Global Sustainability Director</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11049</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:25:18 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11049</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	08.09.2008 - REEEP interviewed Rodd Eddy, Senior Director for OSRAM Global Sustainability about their off-grid lighting programme for developing countries. OSRAM&#x27;s &#x22;Energy Hub&#x22; concept was launched in Kenya in April 2008. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: Global 500 Companies Use Energy Efficiency and Renewables to Combat Carbon Emissions</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11109</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:25:17 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11109</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	22.09.2008 - The Carbon Disclosure Project, which acts as a secretariat for a collaboration of over 385 institutional investors with over $57 trillion in assets under management, launched its sixth annual report based on the responses from the 500 largest global companies. The report revealed that Global 500 companies are recognizing the role that energy efficiency and renewables can play in lowering carbon emissions. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: US Senators and International Experts meet to discuss Energy Justice</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11048</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:25:17 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	18.09.2008 - Today on Capitol Hill, key leaders of the Senate, UN, Bush administration, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), and other sustainable energy experts met to discuss energy justice and the alleviation of both poverty and climate change through sustainable energy solutions. Energy justice strives to stem the death and sickness of millions of individuals annually from the inefficient burning of biomass for cooking, heating and lighting and to bring appropriate energy technologies [...] ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: Doug Banks Renewable Energy Vision launch</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11040</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:25:17 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=11040</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	10.09.2008 - The Doug Banks Renewable Energy Vision was officially launched on 10th September at the UCT Club, University of Cape Town, South Africa. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Major donors help developing countries to fight against climate change</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2100</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:35:45 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Meeting at the World Bank in Washington, ten leading industrialized nations pledged more than USD 6.1 billion to the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) to help developing countries in their efforts to fight against climate change. "These funds are a concrete step forward toward reconciling the challenge of global climate change with the challenge of development and overcoming poverty," said World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick. "We hope it is only the beginning, however, and that other nations will also contribute to enable even more financing for climate action." Two trust funds are being created under the Climate Investment Funds. The Clean Technology Fund, will invest in projects and programs that contribute to the low-carbon technologies. The Strategic Climate Fund, will serve as an overarching fund for various programs to test innovative approaches to climate change. The first proposals to benefit from funding under the CIF are expected to be announced early in 2009. In creating the funds,  the participants took care to support global climate negotiations. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>EERE Network News: DOE Awards $15 Million to 21 Companies for Energy-Efficient Buildings</title>
		<link>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11997</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	DOE has selected 21 companies to receive $15 million as part 
of the first phase of awards for the Net-Zero Energy 
Commercial Building Initiative.  The companies will work with 
DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the National 
Renewable Energy Laboratory to design a new 
energy-efficient prototype building. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: UN chief: Financial turmoil not to hamper climate deal</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2098</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:13:05 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Global financial turmoil should not hamper a new world climate deal because high energy prices remain an incentive to improve energy efficiency, said Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat. "I have personally not seen an economic analysis that shows the current credit crisis is having a bigger impact on the global economy than current oil prices," de Boer told Reuters. But he said the uncertainty generated by the credit crunch and the lack of trust in financial markets were obstacles to developing green energy projects despite the spur of oil prices around USD 100 a barrel. "In spite of what's happening at the moment, I don't have the impression that lack of capital is the issue. It's investment uncertainty that has created the nervousness out there. And I think, if governments are clear in terms of climate change, that could help reduce some level of this uncertainty."<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Energy management to get a global standard</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2070</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:28:27 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) launches development of a global standard to systematically address energy performance in organizations – especially energy efficiency and related climate change impacts. The future ISO 50001 will establish a framework for industrial plants, commercial facilities or entire organizations to manage energy. Targeting broad applicability across national economic sectors, the standard could influence up to 60 % of the world’s energy use. The standard will be compatible with key standards such as ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 14001 for environmental management as well as in line with the IEA-ISO position paper on the contribution of International Standards. The ISO 50001 would be ready for publication by the end of 2010.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Renewable Energy News (renewableenergyaccess.com): Bank of Scotland Finances 8-MW Solar Project</title>
		<link>http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53589&amp;src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The energy and environmental finance team at the Bank of Scotland Corporate announced that it has completed a deal worth EUR 63 million [US $89.79 million] with Santander Investment for the construction and operation of an 8-megawatt (MW) solar farm in Toledo, Spain. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Renewable Energy News (renewableenergyaccess.com): USDA Invests US $4M in Woody Biomass</title>
		<link>http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53584&amp;src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a request for proposals for programs to improve the utilization of woody biomass residue from forest restoration activities. The DOA plans to make at least US $4 million in grants available to winning proposals, with individual grants ranging from US $50,000 to US $250,000. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Public supports EU climate targets, calls advices to fight the threats</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2062</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:50:35 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	According to a special Eurobarometer survey, a majority of Europeans believes that the EU's climate targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and increasing the share of renewable energy by 2020 are about right or even too modest. "It is essential that the European Parliament and Council approve the Commission's climate and renewable energy proposals from January so Europe will be able to deliver fully on these targets and meet citizens' expectations," said Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for Environment. The people are highly concerned about climate change and clearly willing to take action against it, but a significant proportion of people feel poorly informed about climate change and ways to help fight it. Guido Sacconi, Chairman of the European Parliament Temporary Committee on Climate Change, said that lack of information clearly indicates the need of thinking about initiatives and measures to spread this knowledge more widely, especially among the most vulnerable groups of our population. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Africa-EU energy partnership to promote Africa electrification</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2054</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:21:25 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A joint statement stresses the urgent need to promote Africa electrification and agreed to launch as soon as possible the process for the elaboration of an Electricity Master-Plan for Africa. The partners agreed, for instance, to elaborate a Road Map for the launching and implementation of a Renewable Energy Cooperation program and to boost measures in the area of energy efficiency and energy savings. In addition, they decided to further define the Capacity Building Program in support to the African Power Pools and the African Forum for Utility Regulation, in increasing transparency, promote energy interconnections in Africa and between Africa and the EU. The joint statement also calls upon the European countries and the private sector to further mobilize resources for investment in energy sector both in the supply and demand side. The Statement will be officially endorsed during the AU-EU College to College meeting which will take place on the 1st October in Brussels. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Government adviser urges China to bind to greenhouse gas cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2053</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:30:02 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	China should bind itself to international goals to slash greenhouse gas pollution, Hu Angang, one of the nation's most prominent policy advisers and a public policy professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, told Reuters. Hu warned failure to act could doom global climate change talks. He argued China could emerge an economic and diplomatic winner if it vows to cut gases from industry, farms and transport. "It's in China's own interest to accept greenhouse gas emissions goals, not just in the international interest," Hu said. He acknowledged that backing caps was a minority view in China. But the professor, who has helped shape environmental and social policy, said his stance would gain support as the damage from global warming and benefits of binding cuts become clearer. "I've always started out in the minority but ended up as the mainstream," he said. Many experts and Western politicians say Beijing must accept measurable limits so other big polluters will also commit. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: New UN service takes you on a trip to the world's hotspots</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2050</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:29:55 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	People can ‘fly’ to some of the world’s most dramatic environmental hotspots courtesy of the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) innovative use of the popular mapping tool Google Earth. The service allows armchair environmentalists as well as politicians, researchers and business executives to zoom in, whizz past and monitor close to 200 sites. They can witness at first hand in 3D the impacts of climate change and other destructive human activities on the earth’s environment and natural resources. These images should change the hearts and minds of the people. "They also show humanity is equally capable of positive, intelligent and empowering change-from the re-forestation of parts of Niger to a new management plan for the Itezhi-tezhi Dam in Zambia which is helping to restore natural and seasonal flooding," said Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: IEA praises the EU’s climate policy, encourages further measures</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2048</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:33:25 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The International Energy Agency (IEA) review praises the EU climate and energy package and recommends the Union to implement it while increasing energy efficiency throughout all sectors of the economy. The IEA also calls the Commission to make further progress unbundling networks that would make it easier to boost the use of renewable energies. The review also highly recommends to increase funding for demand-side research, for example, developing energy-efficient technologies and optimizing the application of proven concepts such as minimum climate-impact buildings. Energy commissioner  Andris Piebalgs welcomed the positive feedback from the IEA. "The review of EU energy policy is a highly visible and politically important exercise that is very useful for the Commission." The Commission has said that it will take into account the review's findings in its future work to further improve its energy policy. The review should also become an important reference for those interested in European energy issues. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: UN climate panel to focus on renewables and seeking investors</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2045</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:10:47 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	With its next major "synthesis" report not due until 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will focus now on renewable energies and also engage with companies about the dangers of a warming planet and ways to confront it. A report on the risks and potential of renewable energy technologies is in the works for 2010, writes Reuters. Co-chairman of a IPCC working group Ottmar Edenhofer said pension funds were keen to hear which sectors and countries are most threatened by climate change, a phenomenon the panel has linked to the burning of fossil fuels. "Their investment decisions depend heavily on that," he said. "The business community, the investors' community, is really interested." IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri dismissed worries a slowing world economy would eclipse concerns about global warming. "I don't think there is any danger of this being driven off the radar screen of decision makers and the public at large," Pachauri said. The IPCC has re-elected chairman Pachauri for a second term. He and Edenhofer spoke<br />in Geneva, where the IPCC met this week. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: U.N. chief urges climate deal process</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2040</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:27:59 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The world should not wait until next year to cobble together a new climate change pact, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday. The countries should aim for a meaningful breakthrough in Poznan, Poland, in December.<br />Delaying major advances until the end of 2009, when a Copenhagen summit will aim to finalize an accord to tackle rising global temperatures, may be ill-advised, Ban told diplomats and officials at a ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the U.N. climate panel. Ban said that the Poland meeting should serve as "a very successful bridge" for Copenhagen. He said it was imperative for the new U.S. government to play a leadership role in climate change for the international community to agree on strong emission cut targets. "Whoever may be elected as president of the United States, they may be in a better position to address and to lead this process." <br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Australia, Iceland and the U.S. to collaborate on geothermal technologies</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2036</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:51:08 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The three countries have committed to aggressively foster and promote cutting edge geothermal technologies - such as deep drilling an energy conversion - and related policies. "This collaborative will accelerate the development of geothermal energy, bringing this clean, domestic and natural energy to the market in the near-term to confront the serious challenges of climate change and energy security," says the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Acting Assistant Secretary Katharine Fredriksen. "Enhanced geothermal systems have the potential to be the world’s only ever-present form of baseload renewable energy." The partnership is open to expansion and in the future may include members from other countries with commitments to emerging geothermal energy technologies. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Germany to support for buying energy saving appliances</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2035</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:44:15 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The German Economy Ministry has drafted plans to offer subsidies to help consumers buy energy-saving appliances as a response to rising energy costs. A report to appear in the Wirtschaftswoche business magazine proposes subsidies of 150 euros to those who purchase energy-saving refrigerators and washing machines. The plans also include measures to continue support beyond 2011 to 2015 for building renovations that save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Car manufacturers and dealers will also be made to inform drivers about how best to drive in order to save fuel, which can save up to a quarter without impinging on travel comfort, the ministry says. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Climate talks on track, speed up in Acra</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2030</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:31:58 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The latest round of UN Climate Change Talks in Accra, Ghana concluded Wednesday with clear signals that the pace of negotiations to get to a deal on long-term strengthened international action on climate change is picking up. "We are still on track, the process has speeded up," Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, said. "The highlight of this session is that governments have agreed to compile different proposals for solutions in a structured way for discussion at the next landmark meeting in Poznan," he added. "So Accra has laid the foundation of what could serve as a first negotiating text for a Copenhagen deal." The meeting made progress, for instance, <br />slowing deforestation, clarifying sectoral approaches,  <br />financing and technology to step up action against climate change, and to improve the efficiency of clean development mechanism (CDM). Yvo de Boer empasized that Africa's specific needs should be taken into account. The needs are not only on adaptation, but also on fueling clean economic growth.<br />Many delegates cautioned that a global deal was still way off. Brice Lalonde, representing France which holds the European Union presidency, likened the talks to a railway journey. "We have laid the rails. Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed." ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: U.N. climate talks make progress on forests and industry</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2028</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:53:20 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	U.N. climate talks in Ghana are making progress on ways to help developing nations slow deforestation and have eased disputes over use of greenhouse gas targets for industrial sectors, reports Reuters. "It's moving pretty well now," Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, told reporters on Monday. "The Accra meeting has been very successful so far," said also Luiz Figueiredo Machado, a Brazilian expert chairing talks on new ways for countries ranging from the United States to China to curb emissions. "The chances that a new U.N. scheme to slow deforestation will go ahead, in my mind, are much higher," Machado said. There was an 'overwhelming consensus' on the importance of the project. The talks are also seeking to bridge differences over whether to impose sectoral targets for industries, an idea championed this year by Japan. "What I saw and heard in our debates on sectoral actions and approaches was a very fruitful debate," Machado said. "It clarified the issue." ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Progress on climate talks?</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2025</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:01:46 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Rich and poor nations, meeting at a UN conference in Accra, Ghana, are nearing consensus on a way to control emissions of greenhouse gases from rapidly developing countries such as China and India, writes The Independent. Until now the rapidly industrializing countries have refused to accept the overall reduction targets that would be imposed on the rich nations which have been responsible for most of the pollution to date. But now agreement is beginning to coalesce around a plan that would instead oblige developing nations to set targets for specific, highly polluting industries such as cement, steel, and aluminium. According to David Doniger,  Policy Director, NRDC Climate Center,  Washington, D.C., something quiet but dramatic is happening. "People are now talking about the same idea in the same language."<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: China pushes for renewables and energy efficiency</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2019</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:26:30 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Chinese government's new regulations are expected to drive adoption of solar, green construction materials and energy efficient technologies, writes Cleantech.com. The regulations cover commercial buildings, residences, education, government buildings and those used for sanitation purposes. Government oversight of these regulations will involve monitoring energy-saving practices across the country. The government has also laid out penalties for companies not complying with the practices. China has pledged to cut energy consumption per unit of GDP by 20 percent, or 4 percent each year. To date, however, Chinese reports indicate that only 53 percent of projects under construction are actually keeping up with energy-savings objectives.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: U.N. climate talks split over how to slow deforestation</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2020</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:22:06 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A 160-nation U.N. climate conference in Ghana split on Friday over ways to pay poor countries to slow deforestation, blamed for producing up to 20 percent of the greenhouse gases caused by human activities, reports Reuters. Options suggested for raising billions of dollars in incentives include markets that would allow trading in the carbon dioxide locked up in trees, higher aid from rich nations and levies on airline tickets or on international shipping. Brice Lalonde of France, speaking on behalf of the European Union, said the EU was willing to consider extra aid or to work out new forms of carbon trading. "We shall perhaps see a new dawn for tropical forests," Lalonde said. Earlier this year, the EU decided to auction 15 percent of emissions from aviation and use proceeds for measures such as slowing deforestation. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: India to more than double its renewable energy capacity by 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=2014</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:35:43 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Indian government has set a target of generating 14,000 MW additional power through renewable resources in the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-2012), taking the total generation to more than 26,000 MW, according to Minister for New and Renewable Energy Vilas Muttemwar. He says India is doing well in generating power from renewable resources, as the country is at the fourth spot after Germany, Spain and the US in harnessing the wind energy. But still there is much more wind potential that goes unused. In addition, the country has plenty of sunshine throughout the year. "We will establish many special economic zones (SEZs) exclusively for renewable projects at various locations of the country."  India is, for instance, in a process to establish a solar thermal energy project at Nagpur in Maharashtra which will be the Asia's biggest solar power generation project.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: Towards the New International Management Standard for Energy ISO 50001</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=10573</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:02:57 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=10573</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	13.08.2008 - UNIDO is working with the Brazilian Association for Standardization with the support of REEEP to organize a meeting on energy management standards for the Latin American region. The meeting will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and is scheduled for 27-29 August 2008. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: U.S. wind power capacity may increase heavily this year</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1999</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:14:50 +0200</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Last year, U.S. wind power capacity reached 17,000 megawatts. This year, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) projects at least 7,500 megawatts of new capacity to be added, about 45 percent over 2007. But the expiration of the federal production tax credit (PTC) less than five months from now threatens this spectacular progress.  "The pipeline of investment for 2009 has been on hold for months, with escalating risks and costs for the industry, because of the uncertainty about the production tax credit," said AWEA Executive Director Randall Swisher. AWEA also reports a strong increase in domestic investment in wind turbine and wind turbine component manufacturing facilities over the past year and a half. At least 41 facilities have been announced, opened, or expanded over that period of time. These facilities will create over 9,000 jobs when they are at full capacity. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>EERE Network News: U.S. Leads the World in Wind Power Production, says AWEA</title>
		<link>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11924</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:00:04 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11924</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The United States now leads the world in the amount of 
electricity it generates from wind energy, according to the 
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Germany still has 
more wind power capacity, but the wind blows stronger in the 
United States, producing more electricity. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: U.S. cities measure their emissions to reduce carbon footprint</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1996</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:10:42 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1996</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	More than 20 U.S. cities, including New York, Las Vegas and Denver, have agreed to gather emissions data for their municipal functions, reports Reuters. The functions include such as their fire and police departments, government buildings and waste services, which will help cities compare how they are doing. Once the cities discover their biggest sources of emissions, emerging energy-efficiency companies should swoop in and find ways for them to save emissions and money by slowing the waste of fuel. "If you don't measure these emissions, you cannot manage them," says Paul Dickinson, the chief executive of the UK- based Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which joined forces with the cities.<br />"The process should really lead to the beginnings of a fundamental restructuring of how cities consume energy." <br />Urban traffic, buildings and manufacturers emit 70 percent of the world's greenhouse gases. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: EU to link carbon markets with UN trading scheme in October</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1991</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:22:42 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1991</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The European Commission plans to link the EU carbon market with the related U.N. trading scheme in the first half of October. The connection will allow European companies to use carbon offsets, earned from funding emissions cuts in developing countries, to meet EU caps on greenhouse gases. Uncertainty regarding the timing of the electronic connection had sparked market jitters of a default on a key futures contract which falls due in December. The announcement increases confidence, although Commission statement hinted that the October patch between the EU and U.N. carbon registries, may not be set in stone. "Preparations are on schedule and, following satisfactory completion of the remaining preparatory work," the statement said. "The EC is prepared to meet this timetable."<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: European Energy Service Award 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=10457</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:36:09 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=10457</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	05.08.2008 - The European Energy Service Award honours outstanding efforts and achievements for the development and success of energy services for energy efficiency in Europe. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: EU may link carbon markets with UN trading scheme shortly</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1987</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:17:49 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1987</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The European Commission will link "before December 2008 at the latest" an EU market in carbon emissions permits with a related U.N.-run trading scheme, it said in a statement, writes Reuters. The connection should happen shortly, said European Commission environment spokeswoman Barbara Helfferich, who declined to give a more precise indication of the date.<br />An EU source told Reuters a firm date may be announced this week. "Possibly at some point this week...we'll issue details of a precise date." Until now there was no software link between the EU and U.N. schemes allowing CER delivery. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Steps to halve U.S. gasoline consumption by 2035</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1986</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:44:22 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1986</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	According to a new MIT report, the nation would save in the year 2035 about half the fuel currently used each year by today's vehicles if lightweight hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles dominated the marketplace. This is feasible, but technology alone won't solve problem. It will also require convincing people that they don't need to buy bigger, faster cars. The final key is policy action. A coordinated set of regulatory and fiscal measures will be needed to push and pull improved technologies and greener alternative fuels into the market place in high volume. "Transitioning from our current situation onto a path with declining fuel consumption and emissions, even in the developed world, will take several decades - much longer than we had hoped or realized," <br />said John B. Heywood, the Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering, who led the research. "We've got to start now."<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Asia fast emerging as a center for the global emissions market</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1982</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:36:24 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1982</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Analysts expect increased participation of Asian countries in the carbon credit trade, with most of them cornering big investments in clean development mechanism (CDM) projects, writes Philippine Daily Inquirer. Asia Carbon Global group director Yuvaraj Dinesh Babu revealed that securing 1 or 2 percent of CDM projects would make a big difference in carbon trading in Asia. China has so far cornered 46 percent of CDM projects, followed by India with 36 percent. Malaysia is a distant third with 5 percent while Indonesia and the Philippines have 3 percent each. To date, the single largest bilateral and unilateral carbon market exists in Asia. International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) president Henry Derwent revealed that there was confidence in the overall picture of the market. But for the countries in the southeast Asian region, including the Philippines, "they have a long way to go before their full potential to immerse into carbon trading is realized."<br /><br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: World Bank taps solar market - invests in a Russian company</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1979</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:59:37 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1979</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The bank's International Finance Corp (IFC) this week announced a USD 50 million equity stake in Russian Polysilicon producer Nitol and provided USD 25 million loan to the company to help establish new production facilities in Usoliye Sibirskoye, in southeastern Siberia. Nitol's projected output of 3,700 tonnes of polysilicon a year is about 9 percent of last year's global supply. "Nitol is highly suited for this particular project because they have access to cheap raw materials, to low cost hydropower, and have the know-how based on their years of being in a chemical business," said Lance Crist, a senior manager in IFC. Growth in solar energy has caused shortages of polysilicon and pushed prices to over USD 400 per kilogram on the spot market right now from just USD 30 a few years ago. The Nitol investment may help to bring down costs of solar energy.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Breakthrough: An efficient process for storing solar energy</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1978</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:34:23 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1978</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to store solar power for use when the sun doesn't shine. The new process will allow the sun's energy to be used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. Later, the oxygen and hydrogen may be recombined inside a fuel cell, creating carbon-free electricity day or night. The developers,  Daniel Nocera, the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT and Matthew Kanan, a postdoctoral fellow in Nocera's laboratory are describing the work in the July 31 issue of Science. More engineering work needs to be done to integrate the new scientific discovery into existing photovoltaic systems, but Nocera hopes that within 10 years, for instance, homeowners will be able to power their homes in daylight through solar cells, while using excess solar energy to produce hydrogen and oxygen to power their own household fuel cell. James Barber, the Ernst Chain Professor of Biochemistry at Imperial College London, who was not involved in this research, called the discovery by Nocera and Kanan a "giant leap" toward generating carbon-free energy on a massive scale. <br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Beijing unveiled emergency measures for cleaner air</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1975</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:35:31 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1975</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	China has already done a lot of work to get "blue sky" for Beijing Olympics but air quality has remain unfourable<br />due to lack of rain and wind. If meteorological departments foresee a poor air quality induced by "extreme unfavorable weather conditions" in the coming two days, Beijing and the nearby areas will expand their current curbs on cars and factories. For instance, in Tianjin 56 more coal-fueled power companies, coal-fired heating projects, building materials, electric and chemical factories would be suspended from production. Cars are banned on alternate days according to their odd or even plate numbers. Similar measures would be carried out in Hebei.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Japan to start trial carbon trading in October</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1970</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:49:33 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1970</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Japan will set down rules in September on how to take part in a trial carbon trading scheme and in October it would like to get started, according to Reuters. "Japan should take the lead in building a low carbon society. This is the first concrete step toward that," said Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. Steelmakers and other big emitters in the country argue that a move closer to a European Union-style cap-and-trade system with mandatory emissions limits, would curb their growth. "But the introduction of such a scheme could lure overseas banks and other institutions wishing to trade emissions permits," said analysts. Japan has, until now, encouraged voluntary reduction pledges from individual industries. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Wind could produce one-fourth of EU's electricity by 2030</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1969</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:14:49 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1969</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Currently, less than 4 percent of the EU’s electricity consumption is met by wind power, but the wind has potential to meet 28 percent of the demand by 2030, according to the European Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind). In its Strategic Research Agenda TPWind presents a vision in which wind energy covers 12-14 percent of the EU’s electricity consumption by 2020, with a total installed capacity of 180 gigawatts. By 2030, this could be increased to 300 gigawatts. Final focus will be strengthening European wind power exports. Fulfilling this vision will be a major industrial and technological challenge, and it requires both policy-makers and sector players implement strategic action in technology and policy research. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Feed-in tariffs boost solar power across Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1965</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:06:10 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1965</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The solar photovoltaic sector is building momentum across Europe, particularly in Spain. This development is catalyzed by newly adopted feed-in tariffs. Project size is scaling and causing shifts in competitive positioning along the project development value chain, says a recent study from Emerging Energy Research (EER). Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, and Portugal are expected to hold the lion's share of PV development. But the establishment of high feed-in tariffs in emerging markets, including the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and Switzerland has set off a wave of PV development activity.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Climate change carries a high price tag for U.S. states</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1963</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:35:38 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1963</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Climate change will carry a price tag of billions of dollars for a number of U.S. states, says a new series of reports from the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER). The researchers conclude that the costs have already begun to accrue and are likely to endure. The trend is very clear for eight states and the nation as a whole. "If there's a single bottom line in all of this research, it's that delaying action on climate change carries a significant cost," says Dr. Matthias Ruth, who coordinated the research. "State, local and national leaders will save money in the long run by adopting a proactive approach."<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: World needs a new plan to tackle credit, energy and climate crises</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1959</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:50:03 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1959</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The world needs a New Green Deal-type policies to confront the disastrous combination of climate change, high inflation and economic slowdown, recommends a report by the New Economics Foundation. The report calls, for instance, massive investment in renewable energy and financial incentives and policies to promote energy efficiency. It also urges that every home must generate its own power, that an oil legacy fund must be set up using taxes on oil and natural gas companies to help pay for green transformation, and that carbon should be priced according to its climate impact. <br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: OECD: Biofuel support to be refocused on more effective alternatives</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1948</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:14:01 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1948</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Government support of  biofuel production in OECD countries is costly and has a limited impact on reducing greenhouse gases, says the OECD's report, and calls on governments to refocus policies to encourage lower energy consumption, particularly in the transport sector. In addition, the report recommends to accelerate development of second generation biofuels that do not require commodity feedstocks. The report also calls for more open markets in biofuels and feedstocks in order to improve efficiency and lower costs. <br /><br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>EERE Network News: G8 Leaders Commit to 50% Cut in Greenhouse Gases by 2050</title>
		<link>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11872</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:00:04 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11872</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The leaders of the world's top eight industrialized nations 
have agreed to pursue an international climate agreement 
that includes a 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 
2050. But the Group of Eight, or G8, still needs to convince 
other economic powerhouses to agree to the goal. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: EP: Energy efficiency initiative should be included in the energy technology plan</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1935</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:20:54 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1935</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The European Parliament (EP) considers the European Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan as "fundamental to achieving the EU's energy climate objectives for 2020", which include reductions in CO2 emissions, increasing the use of renewable energy and improvements in energy efficiency, if it has adequate financial support. To respond to these tasks, the EP outlines in a new report recommendations how the EU can strengthen the SET Plan and says, for instance, that energy efficiency needs to be included in the SET Plan in an own initiative because "it is the area with the most potential for cost effective emission reductions in the medium term". ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: EU will drastically cut standby electricity consumption</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1933</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1933</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The endorsed regulation requires to cut the standby electricity consumption of all household and office products sold in the EU by 73% by 2020. Depending on the product, it sets a maximum allowed power consumption for standby of either 1 or 2 watts for the year 2010. As of 2013 the admissible power consumption level will be lowered to 0.5 watt or 1 watt. The regulation will reduce the EU's standby electricity consumption 50 TWh per year or as much as Denmark's yearly electricity consumption. Further savings are expected in other parts of the world as well, since many of the targeted products are sold worldwide. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: U.N. chief: G-8 good beginning, but speeder action needed</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1931</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:16:50 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1931</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the Group of Eights statement on climate change and the environment, including the G-8's long-term goal of reducing emissions by 50 per cent by 2050, as "a clear step forward." At the same time, he stressed the need to go further. "By next year in Copenhagen we need to collectively agree to ambitious mid-term emission reduction targets for developed countries, coupled with meaningful efforts by developing countries to reduce the growth of their emissions, consistent with the principles of common but differentiated responsibilities," he said. Ban was also pleased with the "strong commitment" of the G-8 to address the global food crisis in a Global Partnership for Food, facilitated and coordinated by the U.N.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>REEEP News: G8 Leaders Statement on Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=10263</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:21:15 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=10263</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	09.07.2008 - We, the leaders of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States met as the world&#x27;s major economies in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan, on 9 July, 2008, and declare as follows: ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: EU included aviation in emission trading system</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1927</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:58:17 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1927</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The European Parliament voted in favour of including aviation in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) from 2012. Under the new directive greenhouse gas emissions from flights to, from and within the EU will be included in the system. All airlines will be covered whatever their nationality. In 2012, the airlines will receive 85% emission allowances free, but the rest 15% they will have to buy through auctions. On current trends, aviation emissions are likely to more than double from present levels by 2020. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: G8 agreed on halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1923</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:50:12 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1923</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Group of Eight countries want to work with the nearly 200 states involved in U.N. climate change talks to adopt a goal of at least halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to a draft communique obtained by Reuters ahead of its formal approval. Mid-term goals also would be needed to achieve the shared goal for 2050. The statement puts the focus of fighting global warming on U.N.-led talks. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the deal represented a "new, shared vision" and kept negotiations on track for a global deal in 2009. The G8 would also unveil a series of measures to help Africa and would give USD 50 billion extra in aid by 2010. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: EU source: G8 to progress on climate issues, including emissions targets</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1922</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:54:02 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1922</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	So far we have seen progress, difficult progress but progress, said the source, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity. This year's G8 meeting would be considered a failure by Brussels if there was no agreement to cut emissions by 50 percent by 2050, the EU source said, adding that there was already common ground on other issues. These included the use of market mechanisms, including emissions trading as "the way to go and I think that is quite useful and it has been signed up by all the G8 members", the source told Reuters. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Germany aims to obtain 25 000 MW wind power by 2030</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1919</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:01:40 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1919</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The German government wants to build up to 30 offshore windfarms in a bid to meet its renewable energy targets, Environment Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. The windfarms would be built in the Baltic and North seas and some 2000 windmills with total capacity of 11 000 megawatts of electricity will be operating soon. The first windfarm will go up off Borkum island later this year. "The government is aiming to obtain 25 000 megawatts of energy from windfarms by 2030," Tiefensee told the Welt am Sonntag. <br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: U.S. seeks progress on climate goal at G8</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1912</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:41:47 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1912</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	President George W. Bush on Wednesday said he hoped industrialized and developing nations could make progress on a long-term goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, reports Reuters. Bush said any agreement must include those other countries and not just the leading industrial countries. Effectiveness comes when major economies come to the table. "The first step is to agree to a long-term goal. I've talked to our sherpa about that, and he feels pretty good that people are now coming to the clear understanding that we're going to have to come to a long-term goal," President Bush said. <br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: World Bank approves climate funds to support developing countries</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1910</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:13 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1910</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The World Bank has agreed to establish two investment funds to help developing economies switch to clean-energy technologies to curb carbon emissions and help poor countries adapt to climate change. Total investments are targeted to reach USD 5 billion over the next three years. The funds are estimated to be fully operational by the fourth quarter of this year. Developing countries will have an equal voice in the governance structures. "The funds will have a significant impact in generating even more financing for climate action and also in demonstrating new approaches to address the current and future effects of climate change," says World Bank President Robert Zoellick.<br /><br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Russian President sets the environment on the forefront of the agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1877</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:47:02 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1877</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	President Dmitry Medvedev has driven the environment to the forefront of the political agenda since assuming the presidency in May. He said on Saturday, for instance: Parts of Russia will be uninhabitable within the next three decades if the country does not take better care of the environment.  Russia must act now! He called an ad hoc meeting of top government officials this month to discuss clean and efficient energy. Russia also this month pledged budget funds for clean energy and called for limits on greenhouse gas emissions in a reversal of its earlier reluctance to embrace the Kyoto Protocol. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: China and U.S. agreed on ten-year energy and environment cooperation</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1870</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:46:43 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1870</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	China and the United States have signed a ten-year energy and environment cooperation framework. The framework's five goals include clean, efficient and secure electricity production and transmission, clean water, clean air, clean and efficient transportation, conservation of forest and wetland ecosystems. China and the U.S. also agreed to explore the concept of Ecopartnership as a potential vehicle for implementing goals of the framework. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>EERE Network News: DOE Offers $90 Million for Enhanced Geothermal Systems</title>
		<link>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11827</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11827</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	DOE announced on June 18 that it would provide up to $90 
million over the next 4 years for the research, development, 
and demonstration of enhanced geothermal systems, an 
advanced geothermal technology that drills deep wells into 
hot rocks, fractures them, and circulates a fluid through the 
fractures to extract heat. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: EU's overall missions fell, emissions from transport up</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1874</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:24:25 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1874</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	EU-27 carbon dioxide emissions fell 0.3 percent in 2006. The drop can be attributed to the reduction in nitric acid production, decreases in emissions from chemicals production in France and Hungary and lower overall use of gas and liquid fuels by households. Emissions from road transport rose 0.7 percent in 2006. Furthermore, emissions from international aviation and shipping activities continued to rise sharply. The 0.8 percent drop in EU-15 emissions between 2005 and 2006 contrasted with an increase in GDP of 2.8 percent over the period, meaning that the EU has succeeded in further decoupling emissions from economic growth. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: U.N. urges property to cut its massive carbon footprint</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1873</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:21:17 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1873</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The global property industry could pay a high price for moving too slowly to shrink its colossal carbon footprint, a report to a United Nations conference on the environment said. The new report was launched by the UNEP FI Property Working Group, whose members manage USD 300 billion in property assets. Buildings directly and indirectly are responsible for around half of global carbon dioxide emissions. The report highlights the wide range of opportunities that exist for institutional investors who want to take positive action. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Renewable Energy News (renewableenergyaccess.com): Study Finds Solar Could Provide 10% of U.S. Generation by 2025</title>
		<link>http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=52813&amp;src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=52813&amp;src=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A new study from Clean Edge says that solar energy could reach cost parity with retail-electricity rates in most regions of the U.S. in less than a decade. The "Utility Solar Assessment (USA)" study, produced by Clean Edge  and Co-op America, provides a roadmap for utilities, solar companies and regulators to reach 10% solar in the U.S. by 2025. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Renewable Energy News (renewableenergyaccess.com): Wind Lifted by Higher Tariffs in Germany</title>
		<link>http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=52794&amp;src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=52794&amp;src=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The wind energy sector in Germany has been given a big boost by an amendment to the country's renewable energy law. Under the new law set to come into force on January 1, 2009, the feed-in tariff for onshore wind farms will be increased from EUR 7.9 to 9.2 cents/kilowatt-hour (kWh) while the tariff for offshore wind will go up to EUR 13 cents/kWh. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: G8 ministers to boost low carbon research and cooperation</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1868</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:12:23 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1868</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Group of Eight's science and technology ministers aim to boost funding for research which will lead to the realization of a low carbon economy. They recognize that science and technology is an important key to sustainable development worldwide. They also emphasized the importance of promoting science and technology cooperation between developed and developing countries. The ministers gathered on Sunday in Okinawa, Japan. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Winning the fight against climate change - an EU Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1847</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:47:42 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1847</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Commissioner for Environment Stavros Dimas gave a speech in the Cambridge University on Friday and said, for instance: With climate change a global response is the only possible solution and there are clear reasons why this will need a strong and effective European Union. If we are to have a chance of successfully tackling climate change the real challenges are political. The EU has risen to this challenge. The competitiveness of the European economy will be determined by the progress that we make towards a low carbon economy built on resource and energy efficiency. The immediate task over the next months will be convincing our partners to follow our example. But with the engagement of major developing countries and the progressive position on climate from both US Presidential candidates I believe there is a real window of opportunity to reach an international agreement in Copenhagen.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>EERE Network News: World's Top Energy Ministers Launch Energy Efficiency Effort</title>
		<link>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11807</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:00:06 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11807</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The energy ministers from the Group of Eight, as well as 
China, India, and South Korea, have agreed to establish the 
International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation, 
which will serve as a forum for facilitating a broad range of 
actions that yield significant gains in energy efficiency. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: G8 energy ministers: Nations must improve energy efficiency</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1825</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:31:06 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1825</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	G8 energy ministers appeared to reflect a growing acceptance that consumer nations must find ways to temper their own demand by focusing on technology, conservation and diversification rather than hounding OPEC to pump ever more oil, reports Reuters from Japan. "We all recognize that tremendous progress is being made on energy efficiency and energy diversification, but more has to be done," said Gary Lunn, Natural Resources Minister, Canada, for instance.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Now or never - IEA urges energy technology revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1831</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:45:54 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1831</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	According to Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the IEA, we are very far from sustainable development. In fact, CO2 emissions growth has accelerated considerably in recent years. To respond to this challenge, the IEA report shows pathways to sustained economic growth based on clean and affordable energy technology. World governments must start a USD 45 trillion "energy technology revolution" or risk a 130 percent surge in carbon emissions by 2050, the report says. Analysts said the IEA's cost estimate of about 1.1 percent of global GDP each year from now to 2050, sounded fair. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: U.N. urges all to end their carbon addiction</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1826</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:08:06 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1826</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The U.N. has marked World Environment Day,5 June, by urging individuals, companies and governments alike to kick their addiction to carbon dioxide. "Our world is in a grip of a dangerous carbon habit. Addiction is a terrible thing. It consumes and controls us, makes us deny important truths and blinds us to the consequences of our actions,"  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message for the World Environment Day. Global warming was becoming the defining issue of the era and will hurt the rich and poor alike, he added. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Climate Ark Climate Change &amp; Global Warming Newsfeed: EU defends sustainable biofuels policy as criticism mounts</title>
		<link>http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/06/04/afx5079055.html</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:00:01 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/06/04/afx5079055.html</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Forbes ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Climate Ark Climate Change &amp; Global Warming Newsfeed: United Kingdom:  Huge increase in wind power planned</title>
		<link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/huge-increase-in-wind-power-planned-840115.html</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:00:01 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/huge-increase-in-wind-power-planned-840115.html</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Independent ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Climate Ark Climate Change &amp; Global Warming Newsfeed: Russia swings to openness on Kyoto, clean energy</title>
		<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7561904</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:00:01 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7561904</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Guardian ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Climate Ark Climate Change &amp; Global Warming Newsfeed: EU low-cost airlines reject planned emissions trading rules</title>
		<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/03/business/EU-FIN-ECO-EU-Emission-Trading.php</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:00:01 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/03/business/EU-FIN-ECO-EU-Emission-Trading.php</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Associated Press: Low-cost airlines on Tuesday called on the European Union to reject a plan that would force air carriers to trade pollution allowances because they say it risks turning potential environmental benefits into punitive fees for air carriers and passengers.  Under the EU proposal, debated by the member states' governments and the European Parliament, airlines would trade pollution permits, forcing them to buy more credits over a certain limit of CO2 emission or reduce the greenhouse gases ... ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Environmental Finance Online News: G8 environment ministers push for 50% emission cuts by 2050 (from Carbon Finance)</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/300679647/index.cfm</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:09:36 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/300679647/index.cfm</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	29 May: Politicians attending the G8 environment ministers' meeting in Kobe, Japan, have reaffirmed their will to adopt stringent greenhouse gas reductions of 50% or more by 2050, but set no actual targets.
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		<title>REEEP News: Liberian Micro-Finance Solar Lantern Project Wins World Bank Award</title>
		<link>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=9938</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 08:05:57 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&amp;content=9938</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	14.05.2008 - The Center for Sustainable Energy Technology (CSET) was one of the winners of the World Bank/IFC award for &#x22;Innovations in Off-Grid Lighting Products and Services for Africa. The NGO was awarded a USD $200,000 grant to implement a project to provide improved lighting and battery charging for low-income households and street vendors through the use of micro-financed solar/LED lanterns in rural Liberia. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>AllAfrica News: Energy: Kenya: Rural Areas Investing in Renewable Energy</title>
		<link>http://allafrica.com/stories/200805271088.html</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 23:52:58 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://allafrica.com/stories/200805271088.html</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The United Nations International Development Organisation (Unido) is calling on communities without access to electricity to submit renewable energy production proposals for funding. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>EERE Network News: DOE Offers $130 Million to Advance Fuel Cell Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11787</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11787</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	With up to $130 million in funding available over the next 3 
years, DOE is seeking proposals for research, development, 
and demonstrations of fuel cells. And thanks to General 
Motors Corporation, DOE staff will also have an opportunity to 
drive a fuel cell vehicle over the next six months. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Norway could build a huge wind power capacity</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1799</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 08:42:09 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1799</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Norway could become "Europe's battery" by developing offshore wind parks totaling up to 8 000 megawatts with costs up to USD 44 billion by 2025, Norway's Oil and Energy Minister told Reuters. Wind parks, which would stop on calm days, could be supplemented by hydro-power reservoirs which can be turned on and off to turn them into a battery storing power. To proceed, Norway needs new laws, competitive subsidies and more infrastructure. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: MIT researchers point to potential economy-boosting technologies</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1792</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 20:11:33 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1792</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	As the economy appears to falter and as more Americans fear that their country is on the wrong track, here's something to keep in mind: There is hope on the horizon. To help build the case for optimism, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's News Office asked a collection of MIT faculty and researchers for their thoughts on the potentially life-altering technologies that lie just around the corner. History is filled with examples of how technology helped usher in new eras of prosperity e.g. the Internet.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: EU to accelerate hydrogen and fuel cell based energy systems</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1790</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 10:50:04 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1790</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The European Parliament has given its support to the Initiative, which aims to facilitate and accelerate the development and deployment of cost-competitive hydrogen and fuel cell based energy systems and component technologies.<br />The plan foresees a series of actions relating to the development commercial hand-held devices and portable generators, combined heat and power, and mass market roll-out of transport applications. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: Google Earth peeks at climate future</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1786</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 13:44:25 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1786</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Google has added a climate change overlay to its Google Earth function, which shows how climate change could affect the planet and its people over the next 100 years. In addition, it views the the loss of Antarctic ice shelves over the last 50 years. Users can also access information on action that can be taken by individuals, communities, businesses and governments to tackle climate change, and highlights good work already underway.<br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Energy  &amp; Enviro Finland News: European Parliament calls stronger efforts on mitigation climate change</title>
		<link>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1785</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 11:42:39 +0200</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=1785</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	European Parliament's interim report calls for additional research, and warns that current policies are not enough to stem global warming in the long-term. Kyoto targets within reach – but more ambitious cuts needed, the reports says. To curb emissions, the EP's report especially calls for research into the impact of the policy of promoting biofuels and their effects on the increase of deforestation, the expansion of cultivated land and world food supplies. The report also says EU consumers must be given better information about the carbon footprint of goods they buy, including products imported into the EU. ]]></content:encoded>
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