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10.05.2008 British government ministers have scrapped radical plans to test a carbon rationing scheme that would have forced citizens to carry a carbon card to swipe every time they bought petrol or paid an electricity bill. They claim the idea was too expensive and would be unpopular.
From: The Guardian

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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Pollution] [Climate change] [Consumption] [Transport]
Solar panels at a women's health centre in Camden, London. Jun-02
09.05.2008 Global production of solar photovoltaic cells increased 51 percent in 2007, to 3,733 megawatts.
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From: Worldwatch Institute
Related topics/regions: [Renewable energy] [Climate change]
Image: Solar panels at a women's health centre in Camden, London. Jun-02 © Peter Armstrong
Coal-fired power stations are the largest single source of CO2 emissions
06.05.2008 Policymakers should not succumb to pumping vast amounts of taxpayers money into the elusive promise of carbon capture and storage, concludes Greenpeace in a new report.
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From: Greenpeace International
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Image: Coal-fired power stations are the largest single source of CO2 emissions
Sunset industry? Not according to the API
05.05.2008 The American Petroleum Institute has just begun running a feel-good commercial that argues "America's future" lies in drilling out domestic reserves of oil and natural gas.
From: Gristmill
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Image: Sunset industry? Not according to the API © Friends of the Earth International
ExxonMobil: 'pouring scorn on renewables investment'. Credit: MontroseDP
04.05.2008 Just as the need for renewables becomes critical, the oil giants signal an alarming retreat, writes Jeremy Leggett.
From: The Guardian
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Image: ExxonMobil: 'pouring scorn on renewables investment'. Credit: MontroseDP
This German home has it all: solar panels for hot water and heating, photovoltaic and 3 windmills Credit: rangorang
02.05.2008 The Energy Bill being debated by parliament needs to be amended to guarantee a premium payment - known as 'feed-in tariffs' - for all the green energy generated by householders, businesses and local communities, says Friends of the Earth.
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From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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Image: This German home has it all: solar panels for hot water and heating, photovoltaic and 3 windmills Credit: rangorang
The Guarani in Brazil have lost their land to sugar cane ©João Ripper/Survival
02.05.2008 Demand for biofuels is destroying tribal peoples’ land and lives, according to a new report. Palm oil is one of the most destructive crops followed by sugar cane, soy, corn, manioc and jatropha.
From: Survival
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Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Food] [Land] [Climate change] [Forests] [Renewable energy]
Image: The Guarani in Brazil have lost their land to sugar cane ©João Ripper/Survival
How big is your footprint?
01.05.2008 In the United States, even the people with the lowest usage of energy are still producing, on average, more than double the global per-capita average, an MIT class has estimated.
From: Science Daily
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Image: How big is your footprint? © Jeffrey Allen

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