Green Wednesday 2007.1212

Wed Dec 12 21:15:08 PST 2007

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	"Ministers from more than 180 countries are in Bali to
	try to agree on how to set out negotiations for a global
	climate change deal, which it is hoped will be agreed in
	2009.

	"But there have already been disputes been the US and the
	EU on the wording of the roadmap, which currently says
	developed countries must cut their emissions by 25 per
	cent to 40 per cent by 2020.

	"Christian Aid's senior climate change policy analyst,
	Andrew Pendleton, called directly on Environment
	Secretary Hilary Benn to be ready to expose the US's
	attempts to stall negotiations.

	"His warning came after United Nations secretary general
	Ban-Ki Moon told ministers they would fail humanity if a
	roadmap to take the world towards a deal on the issue was
	not agreed upon.

	"Mr Pendleton said: 'If European ministers are serious
	about tackling climate change, then the days when they
	can stand discreetly by while the United States
	shamelessly wrecks the negotiations by rejecting any
	mention of clear and binding targets for reductions in
	rich countries' greenhouse gas emissions are numbered.'"

US Aims to 'Derail' Climate Change Deal - ITN, 2007.1211
http://itn.co.uk/news/462fb17a7c5218609463ea5b6cad392f.html

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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U.S. Sees Renewable Energy Use Doubling by 2030 - Reuters, 2007.1212
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN1261472120071212

U.N. Aims to Provide Carbon Neutral Example - Reuters, 2007.1212
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L12714894.htm

Oil-Eating Bugs May Unlock Clean Energy from Crude - CNBC, 2007.1212
http://www.cnbc.com/id/22219433

L.A. May Limit Size of Big Homes - Los Angeles Times, 2007.1211
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/inland/la-me-mansion11dec11,1,6545774.story?coll=la-editions-inland-news&ctrack=2&cset=true

Toshiba Shelves Plan to Sell OLED TVs in 2009-10 - ZD Net, 2007.1211
http://news.zdnet.com/2110-9584_22-6222291.html

Green Homes Are Not Just for Hippies - The Press, 2007.1211
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/4320137a25520.html

Wind 'could power all UK homes' - BBC, 2007.1210
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7135930.stm

Treasure Island Plan: Most Sustainable City on the Planet - TriplePundit, 2007.1210
http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/treasure-island-plan-most-sust-002769.php

Business Runs Out of Green Energy Supply - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1209
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/dec/09/renewableenergy.windpower

Giant Offshore Wind Farms to Supply Half of UK Power - The Times (London), 2007.1209
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3022277.ece

London Fields - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1208
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/photography/story/0,,2224011,00.html

Meter, Meter on the Wall: Giving & Taking from a Smarter Grid - TriplePundit, 2007.1207
http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/meter-meter-on-the-wall-giving-002761.php

Nobel Winners Say Science Must Transcend Borders - Reuters, 2007.1207
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL0743501420071207

Greener Buildings Easy, but Barriers Remain-Expert - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1207
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7134670

Scottish Government to Review Trump Plans - Scotsman Online, 2007.1204
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1896232007

19th Century Platinum - EDC, 2007.1203
http://www.edcmag.com/CDA/Articles/Web_Exclusive/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000214697

Canada's Greenest Building? - Inhabitat (blog), 2007.1203
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/03/canadas-greenest-building/

Press Release - 30 Caroma Dual-Flush Toilets Approved for U.S. EPA WaterSense Label
     http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?071128_caroma.html

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