The United States House of Representatives passed a resolution this week setting a goal to expand renewable energy production in the US by 25% by the year 2025.
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American Electric Power has agreed to spend $4.6 billion to reduce harmful air emissions from 16 coal-fired power plants.
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The Weather Channel recently announced a $25 million donation to the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) for the creation of American High School environmental education programs.’
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Former US Vice-President Al Gore and the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared the Nobel Peace Prize Award “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.”
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October 26-November 3rd, The European Road Transport Show will be held in Amsterdam. The MODEC team will be there showing their line of zero emission vehicles.
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Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $500,000 grant to assist the People’s Republic of China in developing a system to manage water pollution. The project is estimated to cost $650,000. The balance will be covered by the government.
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The Corporate Responsibility Reporting and Communications Conference will be held the 13-14 of November in London.
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