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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Global Wind Power Capacity Grew 28.8% in 2008; 120.8 GW Total

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Wind energy is the only power generation technology that can deliver the necessary cuts in CO 2 in the critical period up to 2020, when greenhouse cases must peak and begin to decline to avoid dangerous climate change. Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of GWEC. China would then have met its 2020 target of 30 GW ten years ahead of time.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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He wasn’t a finance guy, thinking “I’m going to make money.” It’s expensive and my clients don’t finance. Because for one, financing isn’t available anymore and two, early adopters are a different crowd. We’re behind Spain! He was a geek. He loved the technology. He loved all the nuances and the whole thing.

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