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Carbon Markets Link In $500 Million Clean Energy Investment

Silvio Marcacci — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:18:53 +0000

North America's carbon markets just completed the first international cap-and-trade system linkage and raised $500 million for clean energy investment

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#SolarChat on US Solar Policy — The Results

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 15:00:27 +0000

Originally published on Solar Love. A couple weeks ago, I was the “featured journalist” on a massive #SolarChat on Twitter, the biggest yet. Senator Harry Reid joined in, as did the CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Rhone Resch; OFA Climate Change Campaign Manager JackShapiro; Founder of Climate Hawks Vote RL Miller; and Greentech Media

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67% Of Americans Support Federal CO2 Regulations

Cynthia Shahan — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 06:12:52 +0000

Congress can while away the hours debating over EPA regulations. It seems to be the plan of some congresspeople who would rather see a broken government than a useful one. However, they should note that a strong majority of Americans support strict limits on carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, even existing plants. The Yale Project on

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China To Phase Out Financial Support For Solar Power Sector By 2020

Mridul Chadha — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:00:37 +0000

With the most aggressive and ambitious capacity addition targets in the solar power sector, China may soon see the technology mature enough to pull the high financial support currently on offer. Recent media reports quoting Chinese officials abreast with information about the solar power policy in the 13th Five Year Plan (2016-2020) state that financial

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Poland’s Veto Threat To Higher EU Emission Reduction Targets Could Derail Global Climate Treaty

Mridul Chadha — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 06:39:53 +0000

Poland is at it again — threatening to derail any potential progress that the European Union can make before the world sits to agree on an international climate change agreement next year. Poland’s new prime minister has stated that she could veto a proposal by the EU to increase the emissions reduction target. Several EU

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Australia Has Slipped Below Algeria, Myanmar In Renewable Energy Investment

Mridul Chadha — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 06:00:01 +0000

Once a leader in renewable energy investment, Australia now lags behind developing countries such as Algeria, Myanmar, and Thailand

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Aviation Industry Pledges To Reduce 2050 Emissions To 2005 Levels

Mridul Chadha — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:00:33 +0000

The air travel sector has committed to reducing aviation emissions to 2005 levels by 2050 during the UN Climate Summit last month

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China Sets Coal Consumption Standards For Power Plants

Mridul Chadha — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 05:00:17 +0000

China has set coal consumption standards for power plants designed to limit air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions

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China’s Per Capita Emissions Have Exceeded Those Of Europe

Mridul Chadha — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:00:23 +0000

China has argued for years that its low per capita emissions excused it from greenhouse gas regulation. But now, its emissions exceed those of the

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Kazakhstan Outlines 2020 Renewable Energy Targets

Mridul Chadha — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 05:00:34 +0000

The Central Asian country Kazakhstan is looking hard at its heavy dependence on coal & setting an ambitious long term renewable energy target for

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U.S. Carbon Markets Just Dropped $400 Million On Clean Energy

Silvio Marcacci — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 19:19:42 +0000

The California and Northeast U.S. carbon markets just invested $400 million in cap-and-trade revenue in clean energy, efficiency, and emissions reductions

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No-Brainer Proven: Cap-And-Trade Saves 10x Its Cost In Health Benefits

Sandy Dechert — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:43:38 +0000

Have you ever thought that the health benefits of reducing emitted carbon might pay for the costs associated with implementing clean air policies? A new study, published online Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change, has found that savings from health benefits dwarf the estimated $14 billion cost of a cap-and-trade program. It says the health

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Hareon Solar To Invest $1 Billion On Distributed Solar Power Projects In China

Mridul Chadha — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:00:25 +0000

Chinese solar company Hareon Solar plans to take advantage of government investment incentives with its plan for a $1 billion distributed solar project

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Hey Haters, RGGI Cap And Trade Powered 800 MW New Renewables in 2013

Silvio Marcacci — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:50:12 +0000

The Northeast U.S. cap-and-trade system helped install 800MW new renewables capacity in 2013, showing states how EPA's proposed emissions rule can succeed

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America’s Market Based Economy Must Have a Price on Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Guest Contributor — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 10:44:13 +0000

If you believe in capitalism and free markets then you believe in a price on carbon dioxide emissions. The only question is what that price should be

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China Just Made A Bigger Carbon Market Move Than Obama’s EPA Rules

Silvio Marcacci — Fri, 30 May 2014 19:31:23 +0000

President Obama's pending power plant emissions rules are getting all the attention, but China may have just made an even bigger carbon market policy move

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Al Gore’s Excellent Communication Skills

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 03 May 2014 09:14:41 +0000

I just read a wonderful article about and interview with Al Gore on POLITICO. Worth your time, I believe. Al Gore is such an excellent communicator. One of the best out there on the topic of global climate change. If you aren’t drawn to read the full POLITICO article, here are some key excerpts that

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EU Carbon Targets & Renewable Energy Targets Highlighted In New Video

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:00:01 +0000

Originally published on Planetsave. The EU Commission recently proposed new renewable energy and carbon targets. This is great news for Europe. (Well, it would be better if they were a bit more aggressive, but….) The new video above from DG Clima gives a good overview of the new targets and some reasons why such targets

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$36 Trillion Push For Clean Energy Investment

Tina Casey — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:00:06 +0000

Oh, the irony. With the devastating coal-related West Virginia chemical spill barely a week behind us, hundreds of leading investment and financial executives gathered at the United Nations for the Investor Summit on Climate Risk on January 15, to focus on the opposite of that: a $36 trillion effort called the Clean Trillion Campaign, to

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Cities Take Energy Transition Into Their Own Hands

Giles Parkinson — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:10:37 +0000

Originally published on RenewEconomy. In Australia just now, there is an extraordinary contrast unfolding in the heart of Canberra, the nation’s capital. And it is about how government should move forward on climate change and clean energy policies. The newly elected Australian federal government, a conservative coalition, has thrown climate initiatives into reverse, busily unwinding

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