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  GLOBE-Net, January 23, 2013 – Canada can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to a fraction of current levels while maintaining or improving living standards and quality of life, according to Low-Carbon Energy Futures: A Review of National Scenarios, an international...

  GLOBE-Net, January 11, 2013 – Climate and energy experts at US-based Natural Resouces Defense Council (NRDC) have put forward an innovative proposal that could help the new Obama Administration to create jobs, grow the economy, and curb climate change. NRDC proposes...

  GLOBE-Net, December 5, 2012 – With the completion of its LNG truck fueling station in Matthews, Missouri this month, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. concludes the first stage of America’s Natural Gas Highway, a network of liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck fueling...

  GLOBE-Net, December 3, 2012 – A recent study has provided support for an alternative means of tackling the unsustainability of resource-intensive economic growth. Using examples of best practice, it upholds a model of moderate growth in GDP combined with a...

  GLOBE-Net, October 31, 2012 – For a nation battling double digit unemployment and near total dependency on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy needs, the growing job creation potential of renewable energy in Ireland is like a breath of fresh air. The Irish...

  GLOBE-Net, October 19, 2012 – Natural gas and oil are hot topics in the media these days, but many investors are turning to British Columbia’s bioenergy riches as a province-wide source of new jobs and real economic growth. So significant is BC’s wealth in...

  GLOBE-Net, July 17, 2012 – Two highly topical energy-related issues have engaged Canadian environmental interests of late and are shaping governmental policies at both the national and provincial level. These are the role of natural gas as a transition fuel to a...

  GLOBE-Net, March 23, 2012 – At 30 billion gallons in 2011, the global biofuels industry has become big business. Although conventional biofuels derived from commodity crops account for the bulk of production today, a proliferation of national blending mandates have...