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Making plastic easier to recycle

By The International Herald Tribune via LN Publisher from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Mar 11, 2010.

Researchers at I.B.M. and Stanford University said they had discovered a new way to make plastics that can be continuously recycled or developed for novel uses in health care and microelectronics.

Political ads: new weapon in U.S. climate change war?

By Reuters from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Mar 11, 2010.

Big business is now free to blitz the airwaves to attack politicians who support action against climate change, which could smother messages from environmentalists.

EU to exceed 2020 green energy target - forecasts

By Reuters from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Mar 11, 2010.

New forecasts suggest the European Union will exceed its target of getting 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources in 2020, the European Commission said on Thursday.

Japan weakens climate bill, pressured by industry

By Reuters from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Mar 11, 2010.

Japan watered down legislation to fight climate change on Thursday after weeks of wrangling within the government over plans for an emissions trading system that has met stiff resistance from industry.

Industry slow to sell biocharcoal climate merits

By Reuters from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Mar 11, 2010.

Industry has struggled to commercialise a charcoal technology which some say could reverse the effect of manmade carbon emissions, as countries fail to implement incentives and technical problems nag.

EU comes up with exit strategy for climate talks

By EurActiv.com from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Mar 10, 2010.

The EU's new commissioner for climate action wants Europe to continue leading global negotiations and pursue deeper emission cuts, even if the current pledge of 20% reductions by 2020 was not matched by other developed countries.

Electric cars create boom in lithium search

By The International Herald Tribune via LN Publisher from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Mar 10, 2010.

The lightweight metal is enjoying a boom in interest because of its critical role in hybrid and electric car batteries.

India and China back climate deal

By The International Herald Tribune via LN Publisher from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Mar 10, 2010.

As China and India, among the largest sources of greenhouse-gas emissions, gave approval Tuesday to the Copenhagen Accord, the European Union sought to regain the initiative on global climate policy.

In Spanish solar bust, lessons for the world

By The International Herald Tribune via LN Publisher from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Mar 10, 2010.

Puertollano's wrenching fall points to the delicate policy calculations needed to stimulate nascent solar industries and create a stable green industry.

APX adds energy efficiency certificates to registry

By Reuters from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Mar 10, 2010.

Environmental registry APX has widened its service to include renewable energy and energy efficiency certificates for voluntary markets, it said on Wednesday.