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Bill Gates Calls for Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

Posted by Environmental Leader on 01/03/2010

At TED2010, Bill Gates discussed his vision for the world’s energy future, and why he’s backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. Gates said the world needs to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050 to avoid planetary catastrophe.

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White House Taking Crack at ‘Hybrid’ Energy, Climate Legislation

Posted by Environmental Leader on 22/02/2010

The White House is trying to gather momentum for a “last-ditch” effort to put together what it considers the most essential elements of existing energy and climate legislation, reports the New York Times.Observers say that President Obama may seek a compromise that involves greenhouse ...

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Bill Gates talks about energy miracles at TED

Posted by AditiJ on 13/02/2010

It was just a year back when Bill Gates tried to prove a point about malaria with unleashing a swarm of mosquitoes at the TED Conference. This year, the American business magnate is back to the conference, but this time he takes on CO2. Fireflies...

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Bill Gates Sinks $4.5M into ‘Transparent’ Climate Change Research

Posted by Environmental Leader on 01/02/2010

Bill Gates is investing at least $4.5 million of his own money into geoengineering research, aimed at combating global climate change, with an emphasis on transparency, reports Wired. At the same time, in light of the hacked climate e-mails, a former Commander of the Pacific fleet is asking Presi ...

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U.S. Officially Pledges to Cut GHG Emissions by 17%

Posted by Environmental Leader on 29/01/2010

Bolstering the global warming deal made at the Copenhagen talks in December, the Obama administration officially pledged that the United States would cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, reports the Baltimore Sun.President Barack Obama said ...

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