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Copenhagen pips Bristol to the post for European Green Capitol
The Danish city of Copenhagen has pipped Bristol and Frankfurt to the post to win the title of European Green Capital for 2014. The award, which is made by the European Environment Agency (EEA), is made on the basis of cities’ overall environmental commitment, vision and enthusiasm, as well as communication of the issues to […]
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US EPA’s right to limit emissions from power plants upheld
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) right to set legal limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and vehicles has been upheld by a federal appeals court. The three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals in Washington agreed with the EPA that was “unambiguously correct” in regulating CO2 as a danger to public […]
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Mercedes-Benz opens fuel cell factory in Canada
The Canadian division of German carmaker Daimler, Mercedes-Benz Canada, has opened what it claims is the world’s first automated automotive facility for producing fuel cells. The 3300 m2 building is in Burnaby, British Columbia, near to the fuel cell stack development at Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC) and an industrial fuel cell cluster in and […]
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Germany plans €40 million network of 50 hydrogen stations
Germany is planning to invest €40 million in an expansion of the country’s network of hydrogen refuelling stations from 15 to 50 over the next three years. The Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) signed a letter of intent with several industrial partners last week to work together on the plans as part […]
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Fracking safe if done right, say UK experts
The controversial extraction of shale gas by hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ can be safe if managed properly, say the UK’s Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering. The learned societies were asked by the government’s chief scientific officer Sir John Beddington to review the scientific and engineering evidence to determine whether the risks associated […]
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UK needs to pick up the pace of emissions reduction, says CCC
The pace of emissions reduction in the UK needs to increase fourfold, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) told the government today. In its latest report, the Committee says that even though greenhouse gas emissions fell 7% last year, only 0.8% of this was down to the government’s proactive carbon-lowering measures. “Much of last year’s […]
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Ayrshire Power drops plans for coal-fired power station in Scotland
Ayrshire Power Limited (APL) has dropped its controversial plans for a new coal-fired power station with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at Hunterston in Scotland. The company also announced in a statement that it would be withdrawing from CCS demonstration project funding competitions. The decision reflects the current uncertainty over securing the necessary financial […]
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Toyota stays number one in green brand ranking
Toyota has been named the top green brand for the second year running by consultants Interbrand. Other companies making it into the top ten include rival carmakers Honda, Volkswagen and BMW, as well as Johnson Johnson, Hewlett-Packard, Panasonic, Dell, Siemens and Danone. Interbrand analyses the gap between the public perception or ‘green image’ of a […]
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Vattenfall and RWE Welsh wind farms to go before public inquiry
Two applications for onshore wind farms in Powys in mid-Wales are to go to a public inquiry after the local county council objected. The potential benefits and impacts of Vattenfall’s planned 130-250 MW Llanbadarn Fynydd scheme and RWE npower renewable 59.5 MW Carnedd Wen project will now be examined in more detail. “The County Council […]
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US centres to train building operators to be efficient
The US Departments of Energy (DOE) and Commerce (DOC) are joining forces to fund three centres to train building operators how to optimise building efficiency, saving energy and money. A total of $1.3 million will be shared between the three centres at the Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence in California, the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center […]
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