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New Generation Energy Offers Micro-Loans For Energy Projects

Boston-based non-profit New Generation Energy has launched a program to provide small businesses and community based organizations with loans of $5,000 to $100,000 for renewable energy and energy efficiency upgrades.

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NYC green building program launches

The latest green building program in NYC aims to train 1,000 building superintendents in one year.

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Ford to Convert Auto Plant to Clean Tech Manufacturing

A Ford car plant which was recently shut down as part of cost savings by the car maker is being converted into a facility for renewable energy companies.

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New Carbon Dioxide Data Helps Unlock The Secrets Of Antarctic Formation

The link between declining CO2 levels in the earth’s atmosphere and the formation of the Antarctic ice caps some 34 million years ago has been confirmed for the first time in a major research study.

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New Carbon Dioxide Data Helps Unlock The Secrets Of Antarctic Formation

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California lawmakers pass tougher clean energy goals

A bill that would power up California’s already ambitious effort to shift to cleaner, renewable energy has cleared the state legislature, but it was uncertain if Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger would sign it.

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U.N. Reports on Developing Nations’ Energy Needs

It will cost between $500 billion and $600 billion every year for the next 10 years to allow developing nations to grow using renewable energy resources, instead of relying on dirty fuels that worsen global warming, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday.

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Renewable Energy Needs Land, Lots Of Land

Pending climate and energy legislation puts a lot of stock — and money — into switching from fossil fuels, like coal and oil, to renewable energy such as wind, solar and ethanol. But some new analysis by environmental experts shows that alternative energy comes with some stiff penalties

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Renewable Energy Needs Land, Lots Of Land

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World dependent on fossil fuels for a century

The world will remain heavily dependent on fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal for the rest of this century, despite the best efforts of governments to move toward renewable energy, an energy economist said on Wednesday.

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