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Those cheap Chinese solar panels have a dirty little secret
2014-06-03 15:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: You want to save the world, but you still want to power that iPad, right? And you want to do it all on a budget? Chinas got your back then, right? Thats the place, after all, where theyre cranking out the cut-rate solar panels. Well, not so right, according to a new study by Northwestern University and the U.S. Department of Energy. Funny thing: It takes a lot of energy to turn silicon into solar panels, and if you get that energy from fossil fuels like coal, and inefficient coal plants at...
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Keep dirty energy out of Green Climate Fund, demand activists
2014-05-18 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A coalition of around 300 civil society organisations have voiced concerns after it emerged the Green Climate Fund (GCF) could be used to develop nuclear, dams and other fossil fuels. The calls come ahead of the operational launch of the fund when 24 of its board members meet at its headquarters in South Korea next week. It was launched as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and aims to transfer money from the developed to the developing world. Board members...
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Dirty tactics as real estate spat turns nasty
2014-05-10 22:44:59| Real Estate - Topix.net
A bitter dispute between rival real estate agents selling homes in swanky Central Auckland suburbs is having its sequel in court.
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WHO: Half of world's urban population breathing dirty air
2014-05-08 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Around half of the world's city dwellers are breathing air that is dangerous to their health, according to a major new report that calls on governments to take swift action to curb polluting transport and energy infrastructure. With a growing number of economies around the world dependent on the success of thriving cities, the new database compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that a host of urban centres are putting their resident's health at risk by failing to deliver clean air....
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Dirty Duke TV Ad Exposes Largest Power Company in the U.S
2014-05-01 20:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: It`s just 30 seconds, but it`s powerful. Presente.org and The Other 98% premiered an advertisement in the Charlotte, NC and Orlando, FL markets May 1 highlighting Duke Energys campaign to put a halt to solar energy, as well as the damage done by the company`s coal ash spill in the Dan River in February. It sarcastically mocks the company with an upbeat narrator declaring that the company makes some of the "dirtiest power." The advocacy groups chose to air the ad on the same day as Duke`s annual...
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