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Form special monitoring cell to avoid its misuse

Bangladesh should not accept money from the climate change fund if it is given as loan because the country is not responsible for climate change, said the speakers at a seminar yesterday.

They also suggested forming a cell that would monitor the fund management to avoid its misuse.

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High-Earning Green Sector Workers Feel Safe In Jobs

The economic downturn has claimed the jobs of tens of millions worldwide but most in the thriving climate change sector feel just as safe in their jobs, if not more so, than they did a year ago, a new Reuters survey shows.

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Renewables Could Take Further Hit: Fund

Renewable stocks are likely to give up gains again after having recovered since March, but financially strong companies such as SMA Solar and SolarWorld will be hit less harder than others, according to fund firm Swisscanto.

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Schroders Climate Fund Bets On Wind, Forestry

Schroders is adding wind power and forestry stocks to its climate change portfolio, saying heightened investor interest in the green theme should support share performances in the second half.

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Tata Power to generate 5 MW from geothermal, solar plants in Gujarat

Gandhinagar, June 3 Tata Power Company Ltd plans to produce 5 MW of power, each from geothermal and solar power plants in Gujarat, with an investment of Rs 200 crore. It is exploring various options in this regard.

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Suntech Sees U.S. Solar Tripling In 2010

The U.S. solar market is poised to triple next year as federal stimulus funds become available and access to financing for renewable energy projects is unfrozen, Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd Chief Strategy Officer Steven Chan said on Tuesday.

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Green Energy Goal To Boost EU Jobs, Economy: Study

The European Union will boost economies and create an additional 410,000 jobs if the bloc meets its target of getting one fifth of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, a new report shows.

The 27-country bloc will boost gross domestic product (GDP) by a quarter of 1 percent in the process, the study prepared for the European Commission's energy department said.

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Trying to expand meaning of renewable energy

By Felicity Barringer,International Herald Tribune

About half of the 28 US states with renewable mandates include electricity generated by burning garbage (the District of Columbia also has a quota for renewable energy).

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Solar power plant planned in Palakkad

Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) proposes to set up a solar energy power plant in Palakkad district.

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U.S. climate bill best bet to take enviro lead: Chu

The U.S. climate change bill making its way through Congress is the best legislative bet to help the country take the lead in tackling global warming on the world stage, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Monday.

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