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by Ben Block on June 30, 2009 An expanded International Renewable Energy Agency will be headquartered in Abu Dhabi's Masdar City and led by French diplomat Hélène Pelosse.
by Michael Renner on June 29, 2009
Put legislators and
corporate executives on notice: politics as usual will not save the planet. It
is time to turn up the heat in the fight against global warming.
by Ben Block on June 25, 2009 IRENA members are meeting this weekend in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to choose a headquarters and select a director-general. Hélène Pelosse, French Minister of State's deputy head of staff of international affairs, is one of four director-general nominees.
by Ben Block on June 24, 2009
IRENA members are meeting this weekend in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt,
to choose a headquarters and select a director-general. Arthouros Zervos, the Global
Wind Energy Council chairman, is
one of four director-general nominees.
by Ben Block on June 24, 2009
IRENA members are meeting this weekend in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to choose
a headquarters and select a director general. Hans Jǿrgen Koch, a former
International Energy Agency director, is one of four director general nominees.
by Ben Block on June 23, 2009
Clean energy advocates worry that military
support or investments in non-renewable energy sources may influence where the
International Renewable Energy Agency is headquartered.
by Ben Block on June 18, 2009
A year after China prohibited stores from providing ultra-thin
plastic bags for free, the government announced that supermarkets avoided the
use of 40 billion plastic bags and saved the country 1.6 million tons of
petroleum.
by Jane Zhou on June 16, 2009
Firewood use in the world's poorest regions contributes to
local pollution, public health concerns, and climate change. Even Chile, South America's
most prosperous country, is struggling to overcome the effects of black carbon.
by Ben Block on June 15, 2009
Small companies are mostly disengaged from the climate
debate, businesses advocates say, yet environmentally conscious, small
enterprises could become influential supporters of climate legislation.
by Gary Gardner on June 10, 2009 Two news items from opposite ends of the carbon cycle are potentially hopeful signs for our planet's climate - and in principle could have a positive bearing on this December's international climate change negotiations.
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