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Canadian Government Partnered With Polluting Industry to Fight US Climate Action

photo: Diane Worth / Creative Commons Considering the considerable official enthusiasm for the highly polluting and carbon intensive Alberta tar sands, this really isn’t so surprising: According to correspondence obtained by the Pembina Institute , the Canadian Government is “pursuing an orchestrated strategy to undermine US effort to combat climate change” and partnered with polluters to fight US effort to reduce emissions from high-carb… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Canadian Government Partnered With Polluting Industry to Fight US Climate Action

China Overtakes US as Most Attractive Country for Renewable Energy For First Time

photo: Charles Henry / Creative Commons Steven Chu just said now is the US’ Sputnik moment for clean technology, and here’s some independent confirmation of that: Ernst & Young has just released a new Country Attractiveness Inde… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Philadelphia Eagles – The Green Team – Scores Energy Independence Touchdown

“Declaration of Energy Independence” declared for Lincoln Financial Stadium, Home of Philadelphia Eagles. Image credit: Philadelphia Eagles Here I am quoting directly from the Philadelphia Eagles presser. “The Eagles have contracted with Orlando FL-based SolarBlue , a renewable energy and energy conservation company, to install approximately 80 20-foot spiral-shaped wind turbines on the top rim of the stadium, aff… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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North Carolina Senate bans mountaintop wind turbines

When news first broke that North Carolina's ban wind turbines from being installed on mountains–on the grounds that they were too ugly–it generated some lively debate. But now, it appears the debate is over and the state senate has voted overwhelmingly in favor of the ban (a stunning 42 to1).

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