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November 21, 2009 02:12 PM EST --
Kevin Parker, global head of asset management for Deutsche Bank, tells host Kai Ryssdal why he is currently steering investors away from American companies developing clean-energy systems and products. . . .
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November 20, 2009 02:00 PM EST --
In the Mexican state of Baja California, the government and international corporations want to build wind farms that could generate enough electricity to power homes in the United States while boosting . . .
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November 19, 2009 01:48 PM EST --
California regulators have banned certain kinds of flat-screen TVs to meet energy-efficiency requirements. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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Kai Ryssdal: California banned television sets . . .
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November 18, 2009 01:36 PM EST --
Wyoming state legislators are talking about placing a new tax on wind development. Molly Messick reports.
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November 17, 2009 01:24 PM EST --
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to propose new standards that would limit exposure to sulfur dioxide, a pollutant known to worsen some health conditions. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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November 17, 2009 01:24 PM EST --
Across Europe a mixture of subsidies, tax-breaks and regulation is creating a new class of green consumer and a whole lot of clean tech companies. Stephen Beard reports.
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November 06, 2009 11:12 AM EST --
The International Energy Agency will release its World Energy Outlook, and a rush of natural gas is on the agenda. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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Steve Chiotakis: Not long ago the demand . . .
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November 06, 2009 11:12 AM EST --
The Senate Environment Committee has approved a climate change bill, thanks to the Democratic vote. Republicans are boycotting the bill, and three moderate senators are trying to cobble together a compromise. . . .
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November 04, 2009 11:00 AM EST --
The Center for American Progress is releasing a study on how China and the U.S. can cooperate on slashing carbon-dioxide emissions. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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Steve Chiotakis: One way . . .
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October 31, 2009 11:12 AM EDT --
Even if we develop all the renewable energy we need, Earth will still warm more than it has in the history of mankind. Sam Eaton and Sarah Gardner look at how governments and businesses are planning to . . .
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October 30, 2009 11:00 AM EDT --
If global warming's worst effects are to be averted, new energy sources must be developed on a massive scale. But there will be winners and losers in that process. Sarah Gardner and Sam Eaton take us to . . .
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October 28, 2009 10:48 AM EDT --
Negotiations leading up to December's climate-change summit are not going smoothly. So what can the summit still achieve? John Dimsdale reports.
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Bill Radke: Negotiations leading up . . .
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October 27, 2009 10:36 AM EDT --
Greenpeace senior adviser Harvey Wasserman talks with Bill Radke about the Obama administration's stimulus grant that will go toward updating what the White House calls the smart electric grid.
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October 27, 2009 10:36 AM EDT --
Author Stewart Brand's "Whole Earth Catalog" offered readers a vision of returning to the land in order to live sustainably. Kai Ryssdal talks to Brand about his latest book, which tackles climate change . . .
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October 24, 2009 10:12 AM EDT --
Environmentalist Bill McKibben, one of the first authors to write extensively about climate change, talks with Kai Ryssdal about Saturday's International Day of Climate Action and why "350" is the magic . . .
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October 19, 2009 09:14 AM EDT --
Robert Reich, professor of public policy, talks with Steve Chiotakis about what the U.S. will take to the climate-change conference in Copenhagen, and why we may have to cut a deal with China.
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October 15, 2009 10:48 PM EDT --
The Postal Service is disclosing its carbon footprint as part of a plan to make the agency more energy-efficient, and efficient with its cash. Jennifer Collins reports.
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Bill Radke: . . .
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October 13, 2009 10:24 PM EDT --
The Department of Energy gave 20 teams of college students $100,000 in seed money to build solar homes as part of the Solar Decathlon. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports what the winners can expect.
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October 07, 2009 09:12 PM EDT --
Some U.S. energy players aren't waiting around for a new climate treaty in Copenhagen. They're cooperating with the Chinese to reduce carbon emissions. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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October 06, 2009 09:00 PM EDT --
Business executives are planning to turn up at Capitol Hill to encourage Congress to pass a new law cutting greenhouse gases. Jill Barshay reports.
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Steve Chiotakis: Today and tomorrow, . . .
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