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• Suwon and Vancouver: EcoMobility on the move

  
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  By Shermaine Ho, ICLEI World Secretariat The petroleum-free bicycle used to be a staple of everyday life throughout Asian countries, but they have now turned into a rare sight as people in developing countries continue to grow in wealth while automobiles have become much more affordable compared to decades ...
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• Energy efficiency generally improves with economic growth...but greenhouse gases increase too

  
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  In 1992 76 million people living in urban areas were exposed to air pollutant concentrations exceeding WHO guidelines. In developing countries 1.9 million people die each year because of indoor air pollution exposure and 500,000 die as a result of outdoor pollutant levels.
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• Carsharing comes to Guelph, ON

  
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  Yesterday I visited Guelph, Ontario for the launch of a new carsharing initiative as Community CarShare  (originally from Kitchener Waterloo) moved in to town. It was great join city and university staff, local developers and residents to see this mode of alternative transportation take off! About Carsharing ...
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• “It Cannot Happen Here”? A closer look at the Exxon Valdez spill

  
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  What can anyone make of the categorical statement by Canada’s Natural Resource Minister that an Exxon Valdez-type spill cannot happen here ?For a start, recall that another politician-on-a-mission, the late Senator Ted Stevens, famously promised fishermen in Cordova, Alaska that “not one drop” of oil would be ...
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• Put your green city on the map in WWF’s 2014 Global Earth Hour City Challenge

  
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  By Kamil Alam | Officer, Special Projects | WWF-Canada Although it seems like just the other day Vancouver was crowned the first Global Earth Hour Capital and People’s Choice winner, the recruitment phase for next year’s challenge has begun!In this round cities in Brazil, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Mexico, ...
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• RIN Futures Become a Reality

  
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  In a development that will increase liquidity and transparency in the RIN market, two major providers are making RIN future contracts available to be traded.  Both CME Group and the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) will have RIN products available to be traded by mid May.  CME Group and ICE will enable over the ...
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• Energy Efficiency in MENA – A Tool to Reduce GHG Emissions

  
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  The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the largest oil-exporting region in the world. Around 85 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions come from energy production, electricity generation, industrial sector and domestic energy consumption. Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia figure among the world’s ...
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• Green Energy in Ontario: Why we can’t afford to slip backwards

  
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  So the good news about last summer’s North American drought is a bumper 2012 Niagara wine vintage.  Apparently, thirsty grapes make for good drinking.  That might make the bad news easier to swallow.This winter, the government had to come to the aid of Ontario farmers struggling to feed their livestock.  The ...
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• Hey, Thanks! Your Actions for Conservation by the Numbers

  
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  Today, you’re celebrating the planet and we’re celebrating you. We appreciate all the ways you contributed to WWF  and conservation over the past year. From donating birthday parties to test-driving electric vehicles, you sure did a lot. You definitely deserve a day off (tell your boss we said so). The post ...
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• Earth Day Legacy: 28 Words that Changed the World

  
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  Since 1970 a whole new vocabulary has entered the English Language.     New Words and New ‘Senses’ of Old Words Austin, Texas, April 22, 2013.  Since the first Earth Day was celebrated as en ‘environmental teach-in’ on April 22, 1970 a whole new vocabulary has entered the English Language. ...
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• Report Back: Putting your climate actions on the map

  
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  Good news from Earth Hour and National Sweater Day 2013! This year, WWF-Canada supporters took over 10.6 million actions for the climate. Thank you! The post Report Back: Putting your climate actions on the map appeared first on WWF Canada Blog .
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• “The science fiction nightmare has become reality”

  
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  In November 2010, renowned author Joseph Boyden read a stirring reflection on his experience living through the BP oil spill.  The following is an excerpt from that speech.  While this particular section focuses on the nightmare of the spill, Joseph’s talk ended with an inspiring call to action:  lets stand up ...
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• Rooftop power – A closer look at a 6000 sq foot rooftop garden

  
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  Here’s another example of urban sustainability in action in Vancouver. This 6000 sq foot rooftop garden, aptly named Local Garden got off the ground last year.  It’s a ‘vertical farm’, with stacks of growing trays that produce lettuce, arugula, baby kale, basil and its’ signature very tasty Rooftop ...
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• Liquefied Natural Gas- Boom or doom? WWF says there’s room to debate

  
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  That’s what  we asked at  last night’s sell-out public dialogue on B.C.s Liquefied Natural Gas Ambitions , the first public event  of the new Energy Forum  moderated by our co-hosts Clean Energy BC  and Clean Energy Canada .The LNG gold rush is on. The government proposes to have at least three liquefied ...
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• Study: EPA says US air is getting cleaner, GHG emissions dropped 1.6% in 2011

  
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  Filed under: Etc. , USA Transportation is not solely responsible for the mess of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the air, but our cars and trucks (and ships, trains, and planes) were the second-biggest factor in GHG in the US in 2011. The good news is that overall emissions are on the decline, dropping 1.6 ...
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• Wind Power

  
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  To the Danes, the wind is an asset , employing around 25,000 people  to make almost half of the world’s wind turbines . Wind generated power accounts over 25% of generating capacity in Denmark today, a figure that the government hopes to boost to 50% by 2020.You can see the wind turbines everywhere. I was keen to ...
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• In the market for change: HP promotes supporting WWF and energy conservation during Earth month

  
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  The other day I received an excited call from my mom. The household electricity bills had been through the roof, so they had an expert go in to figure out why. He gave them great tips like unplugging appliances when they aren’t in use and keeping phones off chargers when they don’t need it. But the biggest ...
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