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Australia: Christine Milne offers to pass Direct Action if renewable energy target stays
2014-09-18 09:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Christine Milne has said the Greens will help put spine and rigour into the Coalitions Direct Action climate plan and allow it to become law, in return for an assurance that the renewable energy target will not be wound back. Milne called Direct Action a pathetic ill-defined excuse for climate action but said the Greens would negotiate with the government to improve it on condition the RET remained unchanged. The Greens leader said the government had put jobs at risk by repealing carbon...
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White House Highlights New DOE Measures to Advance Renewable Energy Deployment and Increase ...
2014-09-18 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Energy Department announced executive actions to expand renewable energy and cut GHG emissions. To connect skilled veterans to clean energy industry, Solar Instructor Training Network is launching pilot job training program for veterans at 3 military bases. SunShot Initiative announced online tool to chip away at solar soft costs, such as interconnection, permitting, and financing. In addition, Department issued proposed energy efficiency conservation standard for commercial unitary air ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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Australia: Renewable energy target: Coalition and Labor no closer compromise
2014-09-17 09:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The two major parties appear no closer to a compromise on the future of the renewable energy target, amid a push by Coalition backbenchers to strip away the mechanism for large-scale wind and solar projects. The government has repeatedly called on Labor to compromise over the RET, which requires that 41,000 gigawatt hours of Australias energy comes from renewable sources by 2020. The scheme is made up of the large-scale RET, aimed at wind and solar farms, and the small-scale renewable energy scheme,...
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New Stanford Report Features U.S. States Pioneering Effective Renewable Energy And Energy-Efficiency Policies
2014-09-15 10:08:06| pollutiononline Home Page
With growing gridlock in Washington, states throughout the country – both red and blue – are implementing innovative renewable energy and energy-efficiency programs which could be adopted by their neighbors to improve their economies and reduce emissions cost-effectively, according to a new joint study by Stanford University’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance and Hoover Institution’s Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy
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West Australian farmer living amongst wind turbines backs keeping Renewable Energy Target
2014-09-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Living amongst 15 massive wind turbines might not be everyone's idea of paradise, but West Australian Mid West farmer Bruce Garratt believes he is investing in the future. Eight years ago, he agreed to accommodate the turbines as part of WA's first privately-built wind farm, south of Geraldton, and is still enjoying the serenity. "People tell me how noisy they are, people tell me how they affect your health," he said. "I've had lots of people tell me different things that honestly, unless...
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