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Pretty bubbles of disaster

The planting of vast forests to mitigate carbon emissions is slow to complete for many nations who find their carbon dioxide bubble is possibly about to burst. Financial investment in...

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Green Investment Bank - Banking on a Green Future

L-R: Mike Turnbull, BoA Merrill Lynch; Caroline Lucas MP; Ed Matthew, Transform UK/E3G; Helene Winch, BT; Dr Vince Cable MP. Photo by Xavier Fiddes © Raccoon 2012 One of the...

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Britain's Green Economy is a Success

Green economy image; Credit: © Shutterstock The Green Alliance - a UK-based environmental think-tank has released a report that shows that Britain's Green Economy is growing, despite the recession, and...

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Rivals team up on solar cell project

Solar cells request; Credit: © Shutterstock Two top global solar manufacturers have teamed up with an Australian university to increase the efficiency of silicon solar cells. Suntech Power and Hanwha...

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Mobile robots make solar power plants more efficient

Solar Panels Image; Credit: © Shutterstock A new company has unveiled a revolutionary tracking system that uses mobile robots to increase efficiency and bring down the cost of solar power....

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FedEx doubles CO2 savings targets

Credit: © FedEx The world's largest express transportation company FedEx has doubled previous targets of reductions in its aircraft carbon emissions by 2020. It now expects to make a 30%...

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America is full of Wind (power)

Wind turbines on a wind farm near White Deer, Texas.; Credit: © Shutterstock Now only behind China in wind farm energy generation, some U.S. states (below) have farmed the power...

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Solar investment 'still worthwhile' despite tariff cuts

More than 7,000 solar panels installed on the roof of Promens Packaging's in Beccles, Suffolk; Credit: © Lightsource Renewable Energy Leading fund management specialist Octopus Investments says it is still...

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