The Stories That Matter To The Environment
The most effective way to encourage consumers to care for the environment is through the use of pricing systems that promote energy conservation among households, according to a senior executive at General Electric Co.
Bob Gilligan, vice president of transmission and distribution at GE, claimed that a major step towards achieving energy efficiency would be to [...]
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Federal wildlife authorities are planning to transfer some Sonoran pronghorns, which are already considered endangered, into western Arizona’s Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in the coming winter, hoping to increase the population of these animals.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal aims to raise the number of this antelope-resembling animal. Approximately 70 to 90 of these [...]
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The European Union is under challenges in its bid to successfully improve its electric car market as cost, safety, technological harmonization and competitiveness get in the way, said Spain, who holds the European Union presidency.
“Obviously there are lots of questions … issues of legal security, validation, the safety of the vehicles themselves … and cost”, [...]
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Ofgem, UK’s energy regulator, is planning to launch a new system that will show whether suppliers are really cutting their emission of greenhouse gases.
To determine who contributes the most in using renewable energy, Ofgem provides its users a guide, in which it designed its label called the “green energy certified”.
The concept is to guarantee small [...]
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Top executives from the solar, wind, hydropower, biomass and geothermal industries in the US endorsed on Tuesday a federal renewable energy standard that would promote growth and introduce more jobs.
The proposed federal renewable energy standard should give these industries a boost with China entering and growing quickly in the scene, according to the CEO of [...]
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