Thursday, July 08, 2010

Manufacturers target EPA's Kerry-Lieberman analysis - The Hill's E2-Wire
The groups say the EPA ignored the impact on coal-fired utilities from that House bill and falsely assumed the industries would be able to reduce their energy use between 20 and 45 percent by 2020. They contend the energy efficiency improvements needed to meet that goal are unrealistic without technological breakthroughs.
 

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But Bingaman — in an interview that aired Sunday on C-SPAN — said he doubts if even a utility-only plan would be able to get 60 votes.
[In an attempt to prevent bad weather, Chorley health club blows £120,000 on scheme to "save" CO2 that could be offset for $2/year on the Chicago Climate Exchange]
A CHORLEY health club is ensuring it’s fit for the future after a massive £120,000 investment in ‘green’ measures.
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“The work means that we are saving about 20 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year and we have lower energy bills saving us about £5,000 a year – a reduction of about 40 per cent.

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