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Obama administration's cool idea aims to save $34bn in refrigeration costs
2013-09-02 01:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The Obama administration unveiled the latest component of its climate change strategy late last week, announcing plans to impose demanding new energy efficiency standards on a range of refrigeration equipment. The Energy Department on Thursday published proposals for new standards for commercial refrigeration equipment and walk-in coolers and freezers, which it said had the potential to cut energy bills by $28bn over 30 years, while reducing emissions by 350 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent over...
The future of transport: No loopy idea
2013-08-17 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economist: HALF a century after they were pioneered in France and Japan, could high-speed trains be coming to America? Last year Californias legislators gave $7.7 billion to a project called California High Speed Rail (CHSR). If and when it is completed it will connect San Francisco to Los Angeles, with branch lines to Sacramento and San Diego. This first slice of what the budget suggests will eventually be a bill for $68 billion will be used to construct 210km (130 miles) of track between Fresno and Bakersfield....
Ecuador shelves big idea for saving the Amazon
2013-08-16 19:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The fate of the most biodiverse rainforest on Earth has been decided: it will be drilled for oil. On Thursday Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said he has abandoned a plan that would have prohibited oil extraction from Yasuni National Park in Eastern Ecuador in exchange for payments to leave the crude in the ground. Correa had sought $3.6 billion in contributions - equivalent to roughly half the value of the 846 million barrels of oil estimated to lie under the rainforest reserve - but managed...
Musk unveils 'Hyperloop' idea
2013-08-13 00:32:47| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US-based entrepreneur Elon Musk reveals details of his proposed supersonic "Hyperloop" transport system that would link Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Video: Is buying a new car online a good idea?
2013-08-10 19:34:22| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
U.S. Auto sales are on track to hit 16 million vehicles this year, the most since 2007.
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