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It's been seven years in the making, but the new Worldchanging book is finally here. Now we need your help this week getting this young book on its feet. Not only do initial sales often determine how other booksellers treat the book (spurring bookstores to put the book in more visible locations, for instance), but initial buzz about a book...TheRealEwbank
Last week, the Australian government unveiled the details of its long-anticipated carbon-pricing scheme, which include a fixed-carbon price of $23 per tonne as well as several measures to encourage the research, development, and deployment of renewable energy technologies. In contrast to the death of cap-and-trade in the United States last year, the passage of Australia’s national carbon price legislation is virtually guaranteed. Unfortunately, much of the legislation rests with the magical thinking that international offsets will drive the country’s decarbonisation, rather than full-scale efforts to drive the development and deployment of clean energy technologies. Under the proposal, Australia will have a fixed-carbon price of $23 per tonne from July 1 2012, before moving to a cap-and-trade scheme in three years time.
On November 20, 2006, Premier Wen Jiabao of China invited six education leaders in higher and basic education to the state council for a special meeting. In his usual straightforward and humble manner, Wen told them of a visit with Qian Xuesen, a well-known rocket scientist who had studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received his PhD from the California Institute of...
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When Annie created and launched The Story of Stuff in December of 2007, that was supposed to be it. One movie, one web page. But when that movie went viral, the response was undeniable. A chord was struck, a community was galvanized and The Story of Stuff Project was born! Now, four years, five staff, and seven movies later, we’re still going.
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In late 2011 Green Alliance's Reinventing the wheel made recommendations to government on improving the UK's resource security through a more circular economy, an idea which is catching hold abroad. To discuss the ideas behind this report, our Building resilience conference with the CBI in December, featured presentations from Vince Cable , secretary of state for business, innovation and skills,the EU environment commissioner, Janez Potočnik , and leading businesses.You know those perfect spring mornings? The mornings when the temperature is just right and the sky is a bright bluebird blue. Well, yesterday was one of those mornings here in Washington D.C. But yesterday morning was extra special. [/caption]Yesterday, I had the opportunity to listen to President Obama speak in the Rose Garden on oil and gas subsidies. I know, I know, this may sound like a boring, wonky topic, but the truth is, it couldn't be more important to our future and our climate.
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