GOP targets climate pact in weekly address MSNBC Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:40 AM PST Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn on Saturday urged against U.S. participation in an international agreement on climate change, saying it would result in soaring energy prices and damage America's economic competitiveness. | Central African Republic Must Focus on Farming, World Bank Says Bloomberg Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:36 AM PST Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Central African Republic must focus on developing agriculture, energy and education to foster economic growth rather than exploiting the nationâs mineral resources, according to Obiageli Ezekwesili , the World Bankâs vice-president for Africa. | Mercedes Hydrogen Fuel Cell Coming Next Spring The Huffington Post Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:34 AM PST What's Your Reaction? Fuel cells are highly interesting bits of tech. Literally moon shot technology brought to earth, they've been the darling of some green energy types and certain car companies for awhile now. | Clean energy offers economic opportunities to farmers, ranchers and rural communities AG Weekly Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:22 AM PST KENNEWICK, WA - How can farmers, ranchers, and rural communities prosper in the new energy economy? Where are the best opportunities - in wind power, solar technologies, geothermal, small hydro, biomass or biofuels, upgrading to energy efficient equipment? | Small Farmers Can Cool the World CommonDreams.org Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:13 AM PST by Stephen Leahy COPENHAGEN - Industrial agriculture may emit nearly half of climate-heating greenhouse gases, but that reality has gone unrecognised by negotiators at the climate treaty talks here, say farmers with La Via Campesina, an international movement of hundreds of millions of small-scale peasant farmers. "Small-scale farmers use 80 percent less energy than large monocultures," said ... | GOP: U.S. should reject climate pact Palladium-Item Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:08 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â" Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn on Saturday urged against U.S. participation in an international agreement on climate change, maintaining it would result in soaring energy prices and damage America's economic competitiveness. | | |
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