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0	San Jose one step closer to plastic bag ban

Submitted on October 10th, 2009 by tina
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Original news source: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=7027304

SAN JOSE, CA (KGO) — The San Jose City Council passed 9-1 a proposed ordinance to ban plastic bags. It passed 9-1. But San Jose is also going after support from surrounding South Bay cities for a ban, because of opposition.

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0	Justin Timberlake Opens First Eco-Friendly Golf Course

Submitted on July 24th, 2009 by Lu
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Original news source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090724/sc_livescience/justintimberlakeopensfirstecofriendlygolfcourse

Justin Timberlake is gaining some eco-cred with his new golf course in Memphis, Tenn. Opening on July 25, the singer has invested $16 million into making it the “greenest” golfing destination in the U.S.

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2	China carbon capture costs worth paying: U.S. energy sec

Submitted on July 18th, 2009 by Anne
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Original news source: http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSTRE56F2DS20090716

BEIJING (Reuters) – The huge costs required to capture CO2 emitted by China’s vast coal-fired power sector is a price worth paying to cut greenhouse gases to reasonable levels, U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu said.

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0	Clouds, seas to be targeted by U.N. climate report

Submitted on July 16th, 2009 by Wynn
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Original news source: http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSTRE56G4KA20090717

OSLO (Reuters) – Cloud formation, sea level rises and extreme weather events are among areas set to get more attention in the next U.N. report on global warming due in 2014, the head of the Nobel Peace Prize winning panel said on Friday.

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0	Clean Tech Frets as Power of Government\’s Purse Grows

Submitted on July 8th, 2009 by Tina Ngo
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Original news source: http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/25/25greenwire-clean-tech-frets-as-power-of-governments-purse-g-661.html

NEW YORK — Having scrambled for a government lifeline in the wake of the financial crisis, some “clean energy” developers and technology companies are now urging Washington to help lure back private financing.

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0	Clean Technology Investment Rebounds

Submitted on July 6th, 2009 by Tina Ngo
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Clean Energy
Original news source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124649617368383549.html

A total of $1.2 billion was invested in clean tech, which includes alternative fuels and energy efficiency companies, a 12% increase from the prior quarter, according to estimates by the Cleantech Group LLC.

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0	Clean and green entrepreneurs move on to compete for $1 million in prizes and national title.

Submitted on June 22nd, 2009 by Morrison Shafroth
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Original news source: http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS119942+26-Jun-2009+MW20090626

Clean Tech Open today announced the 12 regional semi-finalists in its clean tech business plan competition. The 2009 Clean Tech Open competition includes more than a $1 million in total prizes and a “100K Jobs Challenge” to create 100,000 clean tech jobs in America over the next five years.

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0	Cool Energy Awarded Most Promising Clean Tech Start-Up

Submitted on June 17th, 2009 by Ceylan Thomson
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Original news source: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090617005416&newsLang=en

Cool Energy, Inc., a clean energy technology company, today announced it has been awarded the “Most Promising Clean Tech Start-up – Young Green Tech” at the Transatlantic Green Platform 2009, that took place this month as a part of the World Investment Conference in La Baule, France.

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