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Honey bees under threat: a political pollinator crisis
See on Scoop.it – Green & Sustainable News Daniel Lee Kleinman and Sainath Suryanarayanan: Recent controversies over honey bees remind us of their environmental and economic importance, but should...
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Department of Energy – Energy Efficiency Standards Cost Less than Estimated
See on Scoop.it – Green & Sustainable News Washington, D.C.—A new report released today by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and the Appliance Standards Awareness Project...
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UK Renewable Energy Subsidy Underwrites Development
Energy secretary, Ed Davey, says new subsidy scheme will help underwrite green energy and reduce reliance on imported gas Source: www.theguardian.com >”[...] “Solar has been the rising star in the...
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Intelligent Efficiency: Evolution of the Energy Efficiency Market
In the past, energy efficiency was seen as a discrete improvement in devices,” says Skip Laitner, an economist who specializes in energy efficiency. “But information technology is taking it to the...
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Will Falling oil prices cause oil sands shut-downs in Alberta?
Alberta Premier Jim Prentice says his province’s oil companies are not facing closures, even as prices approach $70 a barrel. Source: www.ctvnews.ca >””We don’t see oilsands operations shutting...
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The petrodollar effect: Just how much is the loonie tied to oil prices?
Originally posted on Financial Post | Business: The recent crash in oil prices has set the stage for the most-anticipated OPEC meeting in years on Thursday. As oil-producing powerbrokers prepare to...
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Price of Oil Continues to Drop Due to Oversupply
The price of oil has hit another five-year low as fears of oversupply continue to mount. Brent crude was down $1.77 at $67.30 a barrel in Monday afternoon trading, having earlier hit $66.77 – its...
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5 Reasons Oil Prices Are Dropping
Key contributing factors in the fall in oil prices range from surprise production levels in Libya to, in-fighting between OPEC members and EU economic outlook… Source: oilprice.com “> […] 1. The...
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Clean Power Plan Seen as Historic Opportunity to Modernize the Electrical Grid
Following the launch of the Clean Power Plan, concerns were raised about how adding renewable energy to the grid would affect reliability. According to a new report […] compliance is unlikely to...
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Overly Simple Energy-Economy Models Give Misleading Answers
Does it make a difference if our models of energy and the economy are overly simple? I would argue that it depends on what we plan to use the models for. If all we want to do is determine...
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