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		<title>Carbon traders fear pink slips</title>
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Reuters reports that, &#8220;Wall Street was supposed to become the capital of a global carbon trading market worth a trillion dollars a year but now many who thought green trading desks would be the next big thing are fearing the pink slip.
U.S. banks had looked forward to a huge &#8220;cap-and-trade market&#8221; a system where companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Solar Signs Contract with PG&amp;E for 300 MW Photovoltaic Solar Power Project</title>
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According to First Solar, &#8220;First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced a power purchase agreement to supply Pacific Gas and Electric Company with renewable electricity from a 300 megawatt (AC) utility-scale photovoltaic solar power facility that First Solar is developing in Southern California.
The Desert Sunlight project, to be located near Desert Center in eastern Riverside [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gsjournal.com/2010/03/first-solar-signs-contract-with-pge-for-300-mw-photovoltaic-solar-power-project/</link>
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		<title>U.S. &#8220;cap and trade&#8221; rebranded &#8220;pollution reduction&#8221;</title>
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According to Reuters, &#8221; Like a savvy Madison Avenue advertising team, senators pushing climate-control legislation have decided to scrap the name &#8220;cap and trade&#8221; and rebrand their product as &#8220;pollution reduction targets.&#8221;
A clunky and difficult term to define for laymen and some politicians, &#8220;cap and trade&#8221; had become dirty words on Capitol Hill in recent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gsjournal.com/2010/03/u-s-cap-and-trade-rebranded-pollution-reduction/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Virgin Islands Makes Aggressive Energy Pledge at NREL</title>
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According to the NREL press release, &#8220;The U.S. Virgin Islands can reduce its reliance on  fossil fuels by 60% within the next 15 years by developing its abundant renewable energy resources, Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr. announced at a workshop at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
In his NREL visit, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gsjournal.com/2010/03/u-s-virgin-islands-makes-aggressive-energy-pledge-at-nrel/</link>
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		<title>Hopes for $2 trillion global carbon market fade</title>
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According to Reuters, &#8220;Investors are becoming less convinced that a global carbon market, estimated to be worth about $2 trillion by the end of the decade, can be established as uncertainty over global climate policy persists.
The absence of legally binding global climate deal and a federal emissions trading scheme in the United States are standing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gsjournal.com/2010/03/hopes-for-2-trillion-global-carbon-market-fade/</link>
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		<title>Caltech Explores Plastic Solar Cells</title>
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The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has recently developed solar cells made of 98% plastic, effectively using 1/50th of the normal semiconductor material required. More importantly though these solar cells have demonstrated over 90% efficiency, almost four times greater than traditional silicon-based solar cells.

The researchers at Caltech have discovered that by growing silicon wires in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gsjournal.com/2010/03/caltech-explores-plastic-solar-cells-2/</link>
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		<title>Marks &amp; Spencer launches programme to be World&#8217;s most sustainable retailer by 2015</title>
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According to the Press Release, &#8220;Marks &#38; Spencer (M&#38;S) announces a programme to be the world’s most sustainable retailer by 20151, launching 80 major new commitments under M&#38;S’ eco and ethical plan, Plan A.
The new commitments will mean we ensure all M&#38;S products become ‘Plan A products’ with at least one sustainable quality, enable our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gsjournal.com/2010/03/marks-spencer-launches-programme-to-be-worlds-most-sustainable-retailer-by-2015/</link>
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		<title>Bloom Energy Debuts Advanced Fuel Cell to Provide Clean, Reliable, and Affordable Power 24/7</title>
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According to Bloom Energy&#8217;s press release, &#8220;company committed to changing the way people generate and consume energy, announced today the availability of the Bloom Energy Server™, a patented solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology that provides a cleaner, more reliable, and more affordable alternative to both today’s electric grid as well as traditional renewable energy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gsjournal.com/2010/02/bloom-energy-debuts-advanced-fuel-cell-to-provide-clean-reliable-and-affordable-power-247/</link>
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		<title>Greener Gadgets Conference 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 25 the Greener Gadget Conference will kick off in NYC where executives and entrepreneurs of the green industry gather to discuss the future of a greener life. The conference will also feature up-and-coming inventors and designers who will showcase their green, sustainable products for a group of panelists. It is simply green innovation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gsjournal.com/2010/02/greener-gadgets-conference-2010/</link>
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		<title>CalCars: PHEVs are the Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Based out of Palo Alto, CA,  CalCars is a nonprofit organization comprised of engineers, environmentalist  and entrepreneurs. While a majority of people are looking to invest  in the EV market, CalCars believe that plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs) are  the best of both worlds. To them, PHEVs are not simply a transition [...]]]></description>
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