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It's just hot air: Britains low-carbon economy turns off irate investors
2013-08-05 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Government policies to tackle climate change are so inadequate and inconsistent that jobs and pensions are being put at risk across the world, an influential group of investors has warned. With global warming set to wreak accelerating devastation on the global economy, the worlds biggest fund managers who between them control $14trillion of investments in everything from wind turbines and agriculture to property and manufacturing say they are considerably more worried about the issue than...
VTT study concludes gasification-based pathways can deliver low-carbon fuels from biomass for about 1.90-2.65 US$/gallon
2013-07-04 13:30:18| Green Car Congress
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Californias Low-Carbon Fuel Rule Is Working, Study Says, but Threats Loom
2013-06-06 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: California is replacing oil with cleaner-burning fuels in cars and trucks, thanks to a landmark low-carbon fuel rule, according to a recent report. But the rule's fate is uncertain amid legal chaos and a shortfall in the production of clean biofuels. The report, conducted by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, said California drivers saved more than two billion gallons of gasoline in the two years since the launch of the ruleabout as much...
UK climate adviser says low-carbon mix saves $150 billion
2013-05-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Britain, under pressure to build new power stations, could save as much as 100 billion pounds ($150 billion) through 2050 by spending on wind, nuclear and carbon capture rather than gas, the governments climate adviser said. Investing in low-carbon power is a low-regrets strategy with potentially significant benefits, a report from the Committee on Climate Change shows. This could result in cost savings of 25 billion pounds to 45 billion pounds relative to a focus on investment in gas-fired...
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United Kingdom: There's nothing wrong with low-carbon policy that strong government can't fix
2013-05-05 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Observer: The UK's energy policy is not "plausible" and a "crisis" is inevitable. That is the view of Peter Atherton, a respected utilities analyst who works for Liberum Capital, an investment bank in the City. Atherton is convinced that successive UK governments have grossly underestimated the engineering, financial and economic challenges posed by the planned move from a high-carbon electricity sector to a low-carbon one. He believes that the cost of switching from largely coal- and gas-fired power...
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