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Occupy Wall Street: Taxes, Jobs, and Environment

Wall Street via Shutterstock If you're convinced lower taxes for corporations and higher bonuses for CEOs will help people and the environment, read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. It's a...

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Green grows the building sector

Green building is growing according to new research released at a major conference this week which reports that by 2014 nearly half of all design and construction jobs in North...

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Could algae power flights of the future

Planes powered by algae might seem like something from the wilder reaches of science fiction but it could be on the way in the real world if a new business...

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The End of Growth by Richard Heinberg

Above image: Disused car park, photo by Albert Bridge/Geograph The world, and everyone in it is subject to environmental limits. Conventional economics believes that these limits are not there and...

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Energy management booming in tough times

With the world's economy providing businesses with plenty of challenges, an energy congress will hear that cutting fuel use and costs is proving popular with company leaders. The 34th Annual...

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Seriously shining green light on New York traders

One of New York's iconic buildings, and one which isn't often in the green movement's good books, has been given an environmental make over in the shape of new energy...

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New hybrid power for giants of the bus world

A new hybrid petrol/electric propulsion system for buses has been launched at an American exhibition. BAE Systems showed off a new version of its HybriDrive system to audiences attending the...

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