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Richard Branson setting up green energy fund to rebuild Caribbean.
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Could CO2 make the Amazon more resilient?
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Cities turn to other cities for help fighting climate change.
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Energy-efficient green buildings may emit hazardous chemicals.
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The human-waste bomb recently found clogging up a London sewer has an unlikely admirer – a Scottish renewable energy company
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Turning fat into fuel.
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Quiet energy revolution underway in Japan as dozens of towns go off the grid.
TOKYO/HIGASHI MATSUSHIMA, JAPAN (Reuters) - A northern Japanese city’s efforts to rebuild its electric power system after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami mark a...
10 top companies commit to electric vehicles, sending auto industry a message.
A group of large corporations, including utilities and an international delivery company, launched a global campaign today to accelerate the shift to electric vehicles...
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