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• World’s First Osmotic Power Plant Opens

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 639
  Mix salt water with fresh water and there you have it: instant carbon-neutral energy .  The process is called osmotic power , and a company called Statkraft has just opened the world’s first osmotic power plant in Norway. For now the plant has a limited production capacity and will focus mainly on testing ...
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• Middle East Turning To Alternative Energy

  
  CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com — Authority: 433
  It all sounds very grandiose and really too good to be true, but a number of  Persian Gulf states, including Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain and Qatar are hoping to be able to satisfy a good portion of their massive energy needs through alternative and renewable energy sources, instead of relying mostly on oil. In a part ...
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• Masdar chosen for IRENA headquarters

  
  Centre Flow — Authority: 139
  The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has chosen an unlikely location for its headquarters – a mirage in the desert.Near the city of Abu Dhabi, the carbon-neutral city of Masdar is being built. It will run entirely on solar and wind energy, and allow no cars; the streets will be only ten feet wide. ...
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• NL Architects Unveils Ascending Green-Roofed Staircase Office

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 743
  NL Architects recently unveiled a beautiful green-roofed office complex for the Welfare Department and Work Agency of the City of Groningen in the Netherlands. Featuring ample amounts of daylight, large open public spaces, and an ascending series of terraced green roofs , the new SoZaWe office is sure to welcome the ...
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• United Kingdom Defines Carbon Neutrality for the First Time

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From Broadbandbreakfast.com | WASHINGTON, November 15, 2009 – The government of the United Kingdom defined the term “carbon neutral” this month after holding a public consultation on the subject. The Department of Energy and Climate Change, which was established in 2008, said that “carbon ...
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• WB to help Himachal become carbon-neutral state

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From PTInews.com | Shimla, Nov 14 (PTI) The World Bank has given an in principle go-ahead to help Himachal Pradesh become a carbon-neutral state, according to a state government release today. The WB authorities conveyed their decision at a high level mid-term meeting of the Himachal ...
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• Maldives says carbon neutral goal ahead of schedule

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  MALE (Reuters) – The Maldives could achieve its aim of becoming carbon neutral well before its 2020 target, the Indian Ocean island nation’s president said Monday. Continue Reading on Reuters
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• Maldives fails to convince fellow vulnerable states to go “carbon neutral”

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From EN.cop15.dk | Earlier this week, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed in his opening speech addressed the “Climate Vulnerable Forum” in Bandos Island, calling on fellow vulnerable, developing countries to embrace a carbon neutral future. He regretted the lack of progress being made in ...
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• Vancouver Olympics push for carbon-neutral status

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From Vancouversun.com | Twenty-five partners of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games have joined forces to help make the Games carbon-neutral. The partners — including corporate sponsors, governments and broadcasters — have volunteered to offset some of their own carbon emissions related to the ...
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• Five new travel ideas from Intrepid: get off the beaten path!

  
  Gadling — Authority: 708
  Filed under: Africa , Europe , North America , Algeria , Egypt , Libya , Morocco , South Africa , Iceland , United States , Ecotourism , Travel Deals After a year of "travel slumps," " staycations " and other cringeworthy words and conditions, lets plan to get out on the road next year. Hey, ...
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• ‘Carbon offsets’ may offset only travelers’ guilt

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From Stltoday.com | In 2002 Responsible Travel became one of the first travel companies to offer customers the option of buying so-called carbon offsets to counter the planet-warming emissions generated by their airline flights. But in October, Responsible Travel canceled the program, saying that while ...
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• Opinion: Do Carbon Credits Make Your Business Green?

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From 3blmedia.com | Green Business Views I’d like to correct a common misconception, although I do not imagine that these comments will actually have far reaching impact. The well-entrenched concerns for global warming have designated greenhouse gases as the culprit for this global climate change issue. ...
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• Captain of Industry Takes a Spear in the Chest

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 697
  Ray Anderson, founder of carpet giant Interface, explains in Confessions of a Radical Industrialist that his environmental epiphany was like a "spear in the chest." Delivered to him by some reindeer in Paul Hawkens The Ecology of Commerce, Anderson relates ...
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• Maldives opens Climate Vulnerable Forum with appeal for carbon neutrality

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From Haveeru.com.mv | President Mohamed Nasheed, on Monday, called on fellow vulnerable, developing countries to embrace a carbon neutral future. He made the statement during his inaugural address to the ‘Climate Vulnerable Forum’. The Forum is holding a two-day meeting in Maldives. In the ...
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• Grounds for Change Giveaway

  
  EcoSalon — Authority: 560
  Coffee makes the world go around. Well, at least my world anyway. Without it, I’m a bit like one of  Snow White’s dwarf’s – sleepy, grumpy and dopey. But I won’t drink just any coffee. Bad coffee doesn’t get past my lips. It not only has to taste good to me but it also has to be good for the environment. ...
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• ‘Unfriend’ as Oxford University Press Word of the Year: marketing ploy, (social) media hype

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  The word unfriend recently garnered the Oxford University Press’ Word of the Year recognition. Adrian Chen of Gawker realized that ‘the Word of the Year is a huge scam.’ He says that the past four winners are ‘all just hacky trend pieces from that year, in lexicographic form.’ To recall, the past four ...
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• Carbon Neutral “Ethical Bean” Opens Second Café Today

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From Scoutmagazine.ca | Vancouver, BC  Ethical Bean Xpress, a freestanding café operated by local roaster Ethical Bean Coffee, will open its second location at the downtown Granville Street SkyTrain station today, November 9th, 2009. To celebrate opening week, the new Ethical Bean Xpress will be ...
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• Trustees Adopt Sustainability Master Plan; Campus to be Carbon Neutral by 2026

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From News.sc | GREENVILLE, S.C.—The Furman University Board of Trustees voted Saturday to adopt a comprehensive sustainability master plan for the school, part of which includes a pledge to make the campus “carbon neutral” by 2026, the year of the school’s bicentennial celebration. In addition ...
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• Copenhagen Opens First Hydrogen Fueling Station, Unveils Fleet of Fuel Cell Cars

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  The City of Copenhagen has announced the establishment of its first hydrogen fueling station , alongside a mini-fleet of fuel cell vehicles, and hopes that the move will help it towards the ambitious goal of becoming the first carbon-neutral capital city in the world by 2025 . Following the recent news of a ...
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• Cadburys Gives Up the Tin and Turns to Cardboard

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 716
  Image from the Times : In with the NewWith all the interest focussed on Krafts thwarted (so far) attempts to take over Cadbury, a little noticed but shocking announcement has been made elsewhere. Cadburys is replacing their famous candy tins with cardboard boxes.They are calling it "an experiment" because some ...
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