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Duke Energy Linemen Wrangle 12 Awards at World Rodeo Competition
2015-10-21 17:59:00| Transmission & Distribution World
There may not have been calf roping, bull riding or steer wrestling, but Duke Energy linemen wrangled 12 awards at the International Lineman's Rodeo Oct. 17 in Bonner Springs, Kan. read more
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World urged to make clean energy cheaper than coal
2015-09-16 15:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Top environmental advocates on Wednesday urged the international community to increase and coordinate investments in research and development for renewable energy to make it cheaper than coal within 10 years. "A sensible approach to tackling climate change will not only pay for itself but provide economic benefits to the nations of the world," they said in a petition, ahead of a key climate change conference in December. "We urge the leading nations of the world to commit to this positive,...
World Bank rejects energy industry notion coal can cure poverty
2015-07-30 15:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The World Bank said coal was no cure for global poverty on Wednesday, rejecting a main industry argument for building new fossil fuel projects in developing countries. In a rebuff to coal, oil and gas companies, Rachel Kyte, the World Bank climate change envoy, said continued use of coal was exacting a heavy cost on some of the worlds poorest countries, in local health impacts as well as climate change, which is imposing even graver consequences on the developing world. In general globally...
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Hawaii plots road map lead world in renewable energy by 2045
2015-05-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The goal passed by Hawaii's Legislature this month to some sounds like a blueprint for a future utopian world: 100 percent renewable power. But lawmakers in the Aloha State want it to happen in 30 years. The mandate put on utilities under H.B. 623, if accomplished, would make Hawaii the nation's first state with all green power. Across the Pacific Ocean, California also wants to increase clean energy, though it's aiming for 50 percent by 2030. Several involved in the effort on Hawaii -- including...
Carlos Pascual, Former Top U.S. Energy Official, To Keynote IHS Chemical World Petrochemical Conference, March 24-27
2015-03-09 01:53:40| chemicalonline Home Page
Carlos Pascual, senior vice president of IHS, and until recently, a senior U.S. diplomat and the leading energy official for the U.S. State Department, will provide his unique insights on the global energy and geopolitical landscape as a keynote speaker at the upcoming IHS Chemical 30th Annual World Petrochemical Conference (WPC) and Workshops, March 24 – 27, 2015
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