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Solar panel company will create 65 jobs
Bizjournals.com, NC - A Charlotte company will invest $36.8 million to build a solar-panel factory in Mecklenburg County, Gov. Mike Easley's office said Monday. … |
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Solar panel company to build plant in NC county
Forbes, NY - AP 07.07.08, 1:48 PM ET A North Carolina solar panel company will create 65 jobs and invest more than $36 million in the next three years to build a factory … |
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Debate flares over wind power
Dallas Morning News, TX - The answer depends on the extent to which a person is invested in wind power. Ned Ross, director of regulatory affairs for FPL Energy, a Florida company … |
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Don’t bother investing in climate change - yet
Times Online, UK - The solar component of the HSBC Climate Change index has fallen a punishing 50% since its highs in November 2007. Virgin’s Climate Change fund, … |
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Pure-Play Global Wind Power ETF Launches on Nasdaq
Resource Investor, VA - The PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio is the second wind power ETF to launch within a month. The First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund … |
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World Bank commits billions for climate change
Bangkok Post, Thailand - A separate and smaller Climate Investment Fund will conduct pilot projects to help developing countries deal with the likely impacts of climate change … World Bank approves Climate Investment Funds World Bank approves climate funds before G8 summit World Bank Will Invest $5 Billion to Limit Carbon Emissions |
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Global Clean-Energy Investment Rose 60% in 2007 (Update1)
Bloomberg - Wind power attracted the most financing at $50 billion, according to a report today from the Nairobi-based UNEP. Overall, investment in clean-energy and … Clean tech: Green energy is the modern gold rush 'Green' energy spending on rise Renewable energy is "green gold rush" |
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G-8 to Pledge $10 Billion to Combat Climate Change, Nikkei Says
Bloomberg - … Group of Eight nations will pledge to spend more than $10 billion a year on research and development to tackle climate change, Nikkei English News said. … G-8 to invest $10 bln annually to fund R&D on greenhouse gases … |
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Report blows hole in wind power plan
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Critics say the Government should use other forms of renewable energy, such as tidal power, to meet targets. Wildlife groups also oppose wind turbines … Could wind power work in Florida? Wind puts sun in the shade for investors Wind power key to UK's desperate renewable energy bid |
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TEXT-G8 statement on action plan for climate change
Reuters India, India - Climate Change is one of the most urgent issues for the world to tackle. We, G8 Finance Ministers, recognize that the international community has been … TEXT-G8 finance ministers' statement on climate investment funds Home > News > New funds address climate change challen… World Bank chief says CIF a concrete step forward in tackling … |
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Physical Activity: Not Just A 'Walk In The Park'
Science Daily (press release) - "In this study we investigate whether a green living environment encourages people to undertake physical activity. We found there was no or a negative … |
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Living amid greens doesn’t make you exercise more
Fresh News, India - “In this study we investigated whether a green living environment encourages people to undertake physical activity,” said Jolanda Maas, who led the study. … |
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Citi tips climate change, infrastructure firms
Reuters - By Simon Challis LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Climate change and infrastructure are two major investment themes for the next few years being pushed by Citi … |
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Living amid greens doesn’t make you exercise more
Thaindian.com, Thailand - “In this study we investigated whether a green living environment encourages people to undertake physical activity,” said Jolanda Maas, who led the study. … |
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People living in green areas 'exercise less'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Jolanda Mass, who led the research, published in the journal BioMed Central Public Health, said: "In this study we investigate whether a green living … |
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Hoku Solar to sell electricity to Young Brothers
CNNMoney.com - NEW YORK (Associated Press) - A unit of Hoku Scientific Inc. said Monday it will sell electricity generated by a soon-to-be-built solar power system to a … Young Brothers To Purchase Power From Hoku Solar System Hoku Solar inks solar electricity system sale Young Bros. teams up with Hoku |
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Fil-Am eyes investing in Negros wind power
Visayan Daily Star, Philippines - BY NANETTE GUADALQUIVER A Filipino-American renewable energy expert is looking into investing in the development of wind farm in Negros Occidental, … |
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Germany Agrees to Lower State Subsidies for Solar, Wind Power
Bloomberg - The law will help support new investment in the industry, said a group that represents wind-energy companies. “Today's updated renewable-energy law offers … SDG&E will buy power from Mont. wind farms Germany Accelerates Cuts to Solar-Energy Subsidies (Update1) |
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Iberdrola to invest $2B in wind power farms in New York
Bizjournals.com, NC - Iberdrola, the second-largest wind energy operator in the US, earlier committed to at least $100 million in renewable energy investments in New York, … |
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#1 New York Times Best Selling Author and Green Living Guru David …
Stockhouse, Canada - Bach, a national bestselling author and green living and investment expert, recently debuted his latest bestselling book, Go Green & Live Rich offering … |
