Business & Politics

Solar Subsidies May Benefit the Middle Classes. But Is That Bad?

October 26, 2011

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It’s no secret that the introduction of feed-in tariffs has kick started a massive boom in solar installations in the UK. In fact, solar deployment grew 900% in just 18 months. Between generous subsidies and ferocious sol…

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Is Skeptic Monckton Really Sascha Barron Cohen? (Video)

October 25, 2011

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From his bizarrely hypocritical claim that non-scientists shouldn’t talk climate science to being told pointedly by the UK House of Lords that he should not pretend to be one of them, arch-climate skeptic Viscoun…

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Nebraska Legislature to Consider Rerouting Keystone XL Pipeline

October 25, 2011

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Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has announced that he will call a special legislative session to consider rerouting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would carry tar sands crude oil 1,700 miles from Canada to the Gulf C…

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Occupy London Runs Into Trouble at Its Home Base

October 25, 2011

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#OccupyWallStreet Discontent: Blame The Baby Boomers

October 24, 2011

The Occupy Movement that is happening around the world is complaining primarily about income inequality, but there are so many reasons for discontent and dissatisfaction. However the reasons for underemployment an…

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Bolivia Axes Plans to Build a Highway in the Amazon

October 23, 2011

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It was a plan met with controversy from the start: to build a 185-mile long highway through Bolivia’s Isibore Secure Reserve, an ecological gem in the Amazon rainforest. For months, thousands of mostly indigenous protesters marched …

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Senator Harry Reid Opposes Keystone XL Pipeline – Says We Should Be Investing in Clean Energy Jobs Instead

October 22, 2011

Opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline received even more support this week when Sen. Harry Reid came out against the tar sands oil pipeline, a 1,700-mile long project from the Canada to the Gulf Coast. Reid penned an Oct. 5 letter to Secretary of St…

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California Passes First State Cap-and-Trade Program in US

October 21, 2011

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California has become the first state in the US to adopt a state-administered cap-and-trade program, LA Times reports. Yesterday, the California Air Resources Board voted unanimously for the carbon pricing scheme. …Read the …

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Reforming Energy, Finance & Food with System Innovation: Join a Live Chat with Forum for the Future’s Stephanie Draper. Wednesday 26th Oct. 10am e.

October 21, 2011

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Given all the Occupy Wall Street action going on right now, and with rising energy prices and peak oil posing a real challenge to the viability of a the globalized economy, major corporations are probably not at the top…

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President of Iceland: Our Clean Energy Economy Helped Us Survive the Financial Crisis

October 20, 2011

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Over the last few years, President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has seen disasters both financial and environmental wrack his tiny island nation of Iceland. The Nordic country was at the center of the economic meltd…

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