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May of 2009 saw a record increase in the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources.

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A brief summary of Waxman-Markey energy and climate legislation. Now passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will it pass Congress intact this year?

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House Ag committee chair Collin Peterson vows to sink the Waxman-Markey climate change bill.

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The Obama administration creates the Biofuels Interagency Working Group to help set new standards for the biofuels industry.

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Will Europe become energy independent within a generation?The Europeans seem confident they’re at a competitive advantage in the current climate and economic crisis because they’ve been playing by the (environmental) book for the past decade.

Brussels has just adopted an Energy and Climate Package (pdf) that insiders boast will set the scene for a “new global industrial revolution”.  Those are the very words the European Energy commissioner used to describe the new laws which were passed April 6. Curious what this is all about?

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Algae-to-biofuels pioneer OriginOil announced a breakthrough process that extracts and separates a biofuel oil from the algae that produce it and the watery medium in which they grow.

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Iceland, New Zealand and US teams, part of the EDIN partnership to help island nations develop and make a transition to renewable energy powered economies and societies announced its first three pilot projects last week.

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Copenhagen aims to be the world's first carbon neurtral cityDenmark’s capital, Copenhagen, announced it will aim to become the world’s first carbon neutral capital by 2025.

The city launched a new climate plan last week which incorporates 50 specific measures to reduce carbon emissions. The first stage of the plan will be to slash 20% off Copenhagen’s net CO2 output by 2015.

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This week’s EarthTalk from E Magazine discusses the threats facing polar bears and the promise and potential of using biomass as a component to solving our energy challenges.

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Key Findings from the Scientific Congress on Climate ChangeThe International Scientific Congress on Climate Change concluded this week in Copenhagen. Convened to assimilate the latest observations and research in climate change since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released their Fourth Assessment Report, the resulting findings and report will help prepare global negotiators meeting this December in Copenhagen for the COP15.

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