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Report: Europe losing its edge in clean tech market

2013-03-26 01:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BusinessGreen: China, Japan and South Korea are threatening Europe's competitiveness as a green investment hub, according to a new league table due to be published today. The Climate Institute and General Electric will today unveil the fifth annual Low Carbon Competitiveness Index, which ranks the G20 in terms of their current and future green economies as well as early preparedness for future emissions changes. The report will show that France has retained its top position in the global low carbon economy,...

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Losing wetlands to grow crops

2013-03-25 01:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Getting enough to eat is a basic human need -- but at what cost to the environment? Research published in BioMed Central's journal Agriculture & Food Security demonstrates that as their crops on higher ground fail due to unreliable rainfall, people in countries like Uganda are increasingly relocating to wetland areas. Unless the needs of these people are addressed in a more sustainable way, overuse of wetland resources through farming, fishing, and hunting will continue. In 2009 it was estimated...

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Renewable energy losing its shine in Europe

2013-03-22 04:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

USA Today: For British entrepreneur Timothy Porter and millions of other Europeans who get generous financial incentives for solar panels, the sun has been very lucrative. Not only does the government pay Porter for producing solar energy he produces, at far higher than the market rate for electricity, but he can also use what he generates for himself. "It's fantastic," he said, admiring the solar panel he installed on the roof of his home in the English West Midlands two years ago. Such subsidies...

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