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Environment News tagged with Energy

South Africa Plans to Establish An Industry That Will Sell One Million Solar Water Heaters By 2014
Environment  (tags: environment, energy, solar powered water heaters, S. Africa, protection )

Cher
- 2 days ago - ecoworldly.com
A renewed effort at increasing the uptake of domestic solar water heater (SWH) systems looks to replace 620 MW of electricity, to reduce carbon emissions by 2,7 million tons carbon dioxide and create jobs and develop skills and manufacturing capacity.
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Support Cleaner Cars, Close the Loopholes!-Please Take Action!!
Environment  (tags: cleaner cars, CO2emissions, energy, government, pollution )

Tierney
- 4 days ago - ga3.org
The Obama Administration has proposed vehicle emissions standards that will make vehicles sold in the United States cleaner and more efficient. This will take our vehicle standards out of the 1970s and into the 21st century, laying a strong foundat
10 comments
Tell President Obama It's Time to Sign a Fair, Ambitious, and Binding Climate Treaty! | Change.Org
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, destruction, endangered, energy, environment, globalwarming, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, protection, world )

Daphna
- 4 days ago - change.org
The fossil fuels industry is trampling global warming legislation to secure profits, while we the people are already experiencing the effects of ever rising greenhouse gas emissions: forest fires are raging, freshwater systems are drying up, hurricanes a
20 comments
Take Action - Help Obama Build Our Clean Energy Future
Environment  (tags: energy, petititon, climate, CO2emissions, environment, government, habitat, humans, pollution, protection, world )

Daphna
- 4 days ago - secure2.convio.net
The Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed standards that will make our cars and trucks cleaner and more efficient. Please sent a public comment today supporting strong final rules that will take vehicl
40 comments
Ask for Renewable Energy That Keeps Wildlands and Wildlife Safe
Environment  (tags: energy, conservation, habitat, protection, wildlife, government )

Tierney
- 7 days ago - action.wilderness.org
Renewable energy is a critical piece of our clean energy future, and new electric transmission lines will be needed to carry wind and solar energy to customers in cities. We have the opportunity to ensure that the proposed SunZia transmission lines in A
23 comments
Hold Big Polluters Accountable Please Take Action!! VIDEO
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, energy, CO2emissions, destruction, environment, pollution )

Tierney
- 9 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Right now only a handful of sources, including coal power plants, are responsible for more than half of all the global warming pollution in the United States. It's time to hold these mega-polluters responsible for their share of the dirty air.
10 comments
Call on Senate to Stand Up to Polluters -Please Take Action !!
Environment  (tags: energy, government, CO2emissions, politics, jobs, pollution )

Tierney
- 15 days ago - action.citizen.org
Last week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) voted in favor of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. The draft bill still contains compromises, flaws, loopholes and giveaways that undermines a meaningful clean energy and cl
15 comments
Support a Smarter Energy Grid ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, energy, habitat, protection, grid )

Cher
- 16 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Chances are, your cell phone has more computing power than NASA had the day John Glenn orbited the earth. The system that delivers electricity to your house, on the other hand, is still based on technology that predates the Wright
10 comments
Take Action for Cleaner Vehicles
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, CO2emissions, environment, energy, pollution, greenhousegases )

Tierney
- 16 days ago - action.citizen.org
The Obama administration has proposed new fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for motor vehicles could result in the most significant climate action ever in this country. To find out what the American public thinks about the standards, the National
10 comments
Take Action: Help Slash Energy Waste -Please Take Action !!
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, energy, conservation, environment, climate-change )

Tierney
- 17 days ago - secure2.convio.net
To solve both our economic and climate crises, the U.S. must pursue the cleanest, fastest, cheapest, and safest solutions first. Reducing our energy waste is the quickest and most cost effective way to lessen the strain on energy supplies, curb global wa
12 comments
Take Action: Ask the Obama Administration to Save Coal River Mountain
Environment  (tags: Petition, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, humans, nature, pollution, protection, habitatdestruction, trees, water )

Daphna
- 21 days ago - ga3.org
Save Coal River Mountain and help preserve our clean energy future. Contact the Obama Administration today. Two weeks ago Massey Energy began blasting Coal River Mountain and with it, the hopes of citizens who have developed plans for a green wind proje
17 comments
Take Action- Step Up on Climate, Obama!
Environment  (tags: petition, CO2emissions, ClimateChange, environment, energy, globalwarming, habitat, humans, nature, pollution, protection )

Daphna
- 27 days ago - action.1sky.org
The U.N. Climate Change Conference is only five weeks away, and no one knows for sure if world leaders will agree on a climate treaty. What we do know is that strong U.S. climate policy and bold leadership by President Obama will vastly improve our chanc
24 comments
Repower America :: Add Your Voice and Support Clean Energy
Environment  (tags: petition, world, pollution, protection, humans, nature, globalwarming, environment, ecosystems, energy, conservation, climate-change, CO2emissions, Sustainabililty )

Daphna
- 28 days ago - repoweramerica.org
The Wall is a revolutionary approach to standing up for what we believe in -- for what our country needs. It combines the power of your voice with the force of a multi-media campaign, to build a collective call for change so loud it's undeniable.
12 comments
China Outperforms US on Green Issues
Environment  (tags: environment, Energy, Alternative energy, Climate Change )

Katie
- 29 days ago - newscientist.com
China is often accused of not doing enough to reduce the carbon dioxide and other pollution pouring from its factories and coal-fuelled power stations. But a new report suggests the country is doing more to tackle climate change than it gets credit for...
23 comments
Will Ecuador's Plan to Raise Money for Not Drilling Oil in the Amazon Succeed?
Environment  (tags: environment, energy, conservation, nature, protection, ecosystems, politics, globalwarming, climate-change, world, trees, Sustainabililty, humans, habitat )

Cal
- 30 days ago - news.mongabay.com
President Rafael Correa put forth a novel idea, known as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative. He announced in 2007 that he would not touch the oil if the international community compensated Ecuador. He said that leaving the oil would help achieve three internationa
6 comments
 
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