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Rudd may call election over carbon trading programme

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, whose government was elected in 2007 on a pro-green platform, may call an early election if Parliament fails to pass his carbon trading programme next week, according to a senior minister. The government is ...

From CATH EVERETT, VNUNet.com,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Kevin Rudd

Merkel calls for carbon emissions cuts

For the second time in a week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on all countries to fix binding targets for cutting carbon emissions by the first half of next year at the latest. Merkel said she was worried that ambitions for talks to secure ...

From CATH EVERETT, VNUNet.com,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: European Union,  Angela Merkel,  White House

Funding scheme to reduce rainforest destruction

Efforts to reduce the destruction of tropical rainforests have received a boost following the creation of a five-year emergency funding scheme backed by 35 governments around the world. The plan was announced by the Prince of Wales at a meeting in St ...

From CATH EVERETT, VNUNet.com,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Greenpeace,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Solar-powered aeroplane takes to the runway

A prototype of the world’s first solar-powered aeroplane had its initial runway outing yesterday in Switzerland, hitting speeds of up to five knots and covering 2km. Further tests will take place today to see whether the plane, which is as wide as a ...

From CATH EVERETT, VNUNet.com,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Breitling

Solid-state devices get energy boost

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on a way to boost the energy efficiency of solid-state devices by harvesting the currently wasted heat they generate for conversion into usable electricity. The organisation has ...

From CATH EVERETT, VNUNet.com,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Carbon Trust highlights need for Climate Innovation Centres

A global network of Climate Innovation Centres is required to meet the local clean tech requirements of developing countries more effectively and to address the failure of existing technology transfer arrangements from the developed world. These are ...

From CATH EVERETT, VNUNet.com,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Indian Institute of Technology,  United Nations

U.S. Climate Bill Could Boost Economy by $111B, Study Says

As Republican senators in the U.S. attempt to delay proposed climate change legislation on the grounds that it could harm the country's economy, a major study from three influential universities suggests that a robust climate bill would have the exact ...

From CATH EVERETT, GreenBiz,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  University of California Berkeley,  Environmental Protection Agency,  U.S. Senate

US climate bill to boost economy by $111bn

As Republican Senators attempt to delay proposed climate change legislation on the grounds that it could harm the country's economy, a major new study from three influential universities suggest that a robust climate bill would have the exact opposite ...

From CATH EVERETT, VNUNet.com,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  U.S. Republican Party

Open-source tools wrest control of personal data

In today's information age, personal data is possibly one of the most valuable assets an individual can own. But swathes of it are being gathered and held by companies and public sector bodies, often with little apparent benefit to the person to whom ...

From CATH EVERETT, ZDNet UK,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Flickr

How to ensure collaboration really works

More effective collaboration is a priority for many organisations, but in reality few have a consistent approach to introducing collaboration tools. Most have a hodge-podge of siloed new and legacy systems. 'Collaboration' is a term overused by vendors, ...

From CATH EVERETT, ZDNet UK,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Motorola, Inc.

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