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Rolf Disch has already created what the United States states its mission for the future needs to be – eco-friendly, go-green communities. A vast majority of Freiburg, Germany’s new homes routinely use photovoltaic panels to generate the energy needed to run their homes. Disch has transformed this little city into a tourist destination for eco-friendly travelers interested in green living and world survival.
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In a true to character move, Senator Lindsey Graham a member of the bipartisan group of senators working on a Climate Bill, and member of the party of “No” threatens to block action on the Climate Change Bill over his personal stance on immigration reform.
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More than 20,000 organizations and partners in 190 countries participate in Earth Day annual event.
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Now that President Obama has succeeded with health care legislation, he is likely to focus on two of his other signature concerns; reducing energy use and costs in America through improving energy efficiency and improving the environment through Cap-and-Trade. From increasing demand and to meet environmental goals, it is expected that energy prices will rise quite drastically over time.
Washington, D.C. – Earlier today, the Environmental Protection Agency published its list of the 25 U.S. cities with the most environmentally friendly buildings and the City of Angels came out on top.
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Washington, D.C. – Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), made an appearance at the National Press Club today to talk about the increased need for green energy in the current economic climate.
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“I think it’s our responsibility as public servants to go and do everything that you can to work day and night to create those jobs, so I ask the legislature to take this seriously, they have a job, they are happy, so let’s go and create jobs for everyone else too.”
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With the Winter Olympics kicking off today in Vancouver, a senior United Nations official is spotlighting the important role that sport can play in promoting development, as the finish line looms for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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The Obama Administration will be announcing loan guarantees for a nuclear power plant next week. It will be the first such plant built in close to thirty years.
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Dov Shellef, a businessman from Great Neck, N.Y., was convicted today on 86 counts, following a five-week jury trial, for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service in the collection of approximately $1.9 million in excise taxes due on sales of the ozone-depleting greenhouse gas known as CFC-113, the Justice Department announced.
