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by admin on October 29, 2008 Washington, D.C.-As capital markets around the world are being rescued by national governments, global unemployment is reaching record levels and the labor market is expanding by tens of millions of workers each year. In the face of the twin challenges of stagnating economies and climate change, stimulating green industry is more important than ever, according to a new assessment released by the Worldwatch Institute.
by admin on October 22, 2008 Aggressively replacing the world's incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) could reduce lighting energy demand by nearly 40 percent and cut greenhouse gas emissions from day one, according to the latest Vital Signs Update released by the Worldwatch Institute.
Washington, D.C.-Nearly half of the seafood we eat today is farmed. And
while aquaculture is often equated with pollution, habitat degradation, and
Washington, D.C.-Between 2000 and 2007, carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion worldwide increased 22 percent to an estimated 8.2 billion tons, according to the latest Vital Signs Update
Washington, D.C.-The number of "microborrowers" worldwide-people participating in the rapidly growing field of microfinance-increased by 17 percent in 2006, benefiting both communitie
Washington, D.C.-A transition to renewable energy sources promises
significant global job gains at a time when the coal industry has been
Statement on the 20th Anniversary
of Dr. James E. Hansen's Historic
Washington, D.C.-Global nuclear power capacity grew by less than 2,000
megawatts in 2007, a figure equivalent to just one-tenth of the new wind power
Washington, D.C.-Global production of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells increased 51 percent in 2007, to 3,733 megawatts, according to the latest Vital Signs Update from th
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