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The Chinese government will continue its progressive shift to mandating cleaner and more environmentally sound energy use within the country by introducing a carbon-trading scheme.

 

Yvo de Boer, head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat has stated, starting in 2020 it will cost $300 billion annually to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to climate change.

 

Renewable and clean tech businesses whose products are only in the early stages of development have been hit hardest by the recession, as wary venture capitalists (VCs) and private equity (PE) investors take fewer risks on these start-ups. 
 

According to the White House, President Obama will use his massive political popularity to help push congress to approve the Waxman-Markey Bill.

 

In Streskel, Netherlands a biogas plant fueled by the waste from 2,700 pigs, gives enough energy to power over 1,500 homes.

 

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