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Sainsbury’s Offers Free London Electric Car Charging

Posted by Environmental Leader on 06/11/2009

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is installing electric car charging systems at 11 of its London supermarkets. The retailer intends to give away charging services to customers.Sainsbury’s aims to help turn London into an “electric vehicle superhighway,” said Neil Sachdev, ...

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BMW, Toyota, Ford Tout Eco-cars

Posted by Environmental Leader on 06/11/2009

More and more automakers are playing up their hybrid cars, and other environmental progress.In a short trailer about its environmental efforts, BMW touts a zero-emissions car, its water recycling initiatives and factories powered by renewable energy.Here’s how Toyota is promoting its hybrid ...

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Clean Tech VC Funding On Rebound, Up 50% Since 2nd Quarter

Posted by Environmental Leader on 06/11/2009

Venture capital funding for the clean tech industry, beleaguered for most of the year, finally rebounded in the third quarter, according to figures from DowJones VentureSource, as analyzed by Ernst & Young LLP.About $965 million in venture capital was committed to clean tech in the third quar ...

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EU and India must work together at UN to protect human rights

Posted on 05/11/2009

The European Union (EU) and India should work together at the United Nations (UN) to protect human rights in places of crisis, Amnesty International has said. The call came in a letter sent on Tuesday to the Swedish Presidency of the EU, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, ahead of the EU India summi ...

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U.S. Export-Import Bank Adopts Carbon Policy to Support Renewable Energy

Posted by Environmental Leader on 05/11/2009

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) says it is the first Export Credit Agency (ECA) to adopt a comprehensive Carbon Policy to help U.S. manufacturers produce renewable energy and climate-friendly technologies for the world market. The policy also includes a commitment to impr ...

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