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1. On Carbon Neutrality Pledge, China Says One Thing, but Does Another
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

At the September 22nd United Nations meeting, China committed to peak its carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and to be… The post On Carbon Neutrality Pledge, China Says One Thing, but Does Another ...

2. Metals Needed for Carbon Neutrality in Short Supply
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Solar panels, wind turbines, and electric car batteries are made from some of the most hard-to-get metals on earth— dysprosium, neodymium,… The post Metals Needed for Carbon Neutrality in Short ...

3. Financing Sustainable Business with Biomass Technology
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

As a carbon-neutral energy source, biomass technology is helping organizations generate electricity and heat while reducing their carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions.  ...

4. Carbon Loophole: Why Is Wood Burning Counted as Green Energy?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... be the largest carbon-saving project in Europe. About 23 million tons of carbon dioxide goes up its stacks each year. But because new trees will be planted in the cut forests, the company says the Drax ...

5. "Climate-Neutral Living in Berlin" Kick-Off: Reducing Personal CO2 Footprints In A Living Lab
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... (Klimaneutral Leben in Berlin - KliB). From families with children to partnerships, flat-sharing communities or singles - for one year, the voluntary housholds will document their personal carbon footprint ...

6. UK Claim That Burning Biomass Is Clean Seen as 'Flawed'
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The U.K. government’s view of biomass as a carbon-neutral energy source is a “flawed assumption,” according to report from Chatham House.   ...

7. Fraser Institute Study Shows British Columbia Carbon Tax Is NOT Revenue Neutral
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In the U.S. debate over a federal carbon tax, one of the key arguments is that the receipts from a... The post Fraser Institute Study Shows British Columbia Carbon Tax Is NOT Revenue Neutral appeared ...

8. On College Campuses, Signs of Progress on Renewable Energy
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U.S. colleges and universities are increasingly deploying solar arrays and other forms of renewable energy. Yet most institutions have a long way to go if they are to meet their goal of being carbon neutral ...

9. MIT to neutralize 17 percent of carbon emissions through purchase of solar energy
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

MIT, Boston Medical Center, and Post Office Square Redevelopment Corporation have formed an alliance to buy electricity from a large new solar power installation, adding carbon-free energy to the grid ...

10. Biomass Electricity + Carbon Capture = Carbon-Negative Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Generating electricity from biomass, such as urban waste and sustainably sourced forest and crop residues, is one strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions because it is carbon-neutral: it produces ...

11. Flying on Green Energy
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The global aviation industry has committed to aggressive goals to reduce its GHG emissions, including achieving carbon neutral growth by 2020 and reducing emissions by 50 percent by 2050 compared to 2005 ...

12. The Atlantic Cup looks to raise awareness on Rhode Island’s increasingly polluted shorelines
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... awareness in the sailing community. In 2012, the Atlantic Cup became the first carbon-neutral sailing race in the country by offsetting an estimated 23,030 pounds (10.45 metric tons) of CO2 from entering ...

13. The Atlantic Cup looks to raise awareness on Rhode Island’s increasingly polluted shorelines
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... awareness in the sailing community. In 2012, the Atlantic Cup became the first carbon-neutral sailing race in the country by offsetting an estimated 23,030 pounds (10.45 metric tons) of CO2 from entering ...

14. Costa Rica May Keep Carbon Neutrality Goal
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"Costa Rica opposition group says to scrap 2021 carbon neutrality target," reads the headline of a recent Reuters news article. Standing on its own, the headline is accurate. However, lacking context, ...

15. Sustainability: The Necessary Condition for Carbon Neutrality
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The debates over the conclusions of the Manomet Study have staked out territory that would appear to not overlap.

16. A Green Super Yacht on Steroids?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

There was the Super Nova 60, the world’s first carbon neutral megayacht. Then there was the 72-foot Emax Excalibur, which represented the first step in the maritime industry towards the production of post-carbon ...

17. A Green Super Yacht on Steroids?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

There was the Super Nova 60, the world’s first carbon neutral megayacht. Then there was the 72-foot Emax Excalibur, which represented the first step in the maritime industry towards the production of post-carbon ...

18. Effects of global warming threaten island nation Maldives (Time.com)
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... to reach carbon neutrality with solar and wind power ...

19. Effects of global warming threaten island nation Maldives (Time.com)
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... to reach carbon neutrality with solar and wind power ...

20. US and Japan to Collaborate on Hydrogen Research
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Sandia National Laboratories in the USA has announced a close collaboration with the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy ... ...

21. Energy Solutions So Good Even Climate Skeptics Can’t Say No
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... keep saying no, even as they grab a second helping of spinach. There’s Rupert Murdoch, of course, whose News Corporation recently went carbon neutral even as the FOX News talking heads rail against ...

22. Challenges for Biofuels: Not Just Technical Hurdles To Overcome
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... carbon-neutral and renewable. Some could also be delivered through existing pipelines and used in today's engines, replacing gasoline on a gallon-for-gallon basis with no loss of performance. ...

23. Teams set off on global 'zero emissions' race (AP)
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AP - Teams from Australia, Germany and Switzerland have set off from Geneva for what they hope will be the first carbon neutral race around the world. ...

24. Abu Dhabi To Build First Full Eco-City
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... first carbon neutral city in the coming 5 to 10 years. This city will be a green [...] Posted in: Economy, Environment, Industry  ...

25. Masdar: Abu Dhabi's carbon-neutral city
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The oil-rich United Arab Emirates is the last place you would expect to learn lessons on low-carbon living, but the emerging eco-city of Masdar could teach the world. At first ...

26. Masdar: Abu Dhabi's carbon-neutral city
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The oil-rich United Arab Emirates is the last place you would expect to learn lessons on low-carbon living, but the emerging eco-city of Masdar could teach the world. At first ...

27. Biofuels from Engineered Tobacco Plants?
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A biofuel is tricky to define because the usual fossil fuel we use, is in a way biofuel too. But we can safely say that most of the biofuels don’t add up their quota of carbon dioxide to the environment. ...

28. Wash. governor wants to lessen carbon footprint (AP)
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AP - Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire wants state government to be carbon-neutral by 2020, and announced the Department of Ecology would be the first agency to start enacting measures to lessen its carbon ...

29. Red Wine, White Wine...Green Wine?
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Full bodied, richly textured, with a carbon-neutral finish -- Rodney Strong winery set out to reduce its energy footprint and its impact on the environment. ...

30. Greenlight given for first eco towns (AFP)
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AFP - The government gave the green light Thursday to four so-called "eco towns," claiming it is playing a leading role globally in promoting carbon neutral communities.  ...