As world leaders meet for the annual World Economic Forum, they discuss how efforts to combat climate change could increase economic growth.
Barack Obama, the US president, says investments in renewable energy can create millions of so-called “green- collar jobs”, giving the economy a boost at the same time.
Al Jazeera’s Matthew Moore reports from Davos.

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Gas fuels green research centre
BBC
A university opens the first centre of its kind in the UK highlighting the potential of hydrogen gas as a fuel.
Climate votes offer missing piece in Chinese coal puzzle
EurActiv
MEPs have voted in support of a multi-billion euro fund to drive the construction of CO2 capture and [...]

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Open water now stretches all the way round the Arctic, making it possible for the first time in human history to circumnavigate the North Pole, The Independent on Sunday can reveal. New satellite images, taken only two days ago, show that melting ice last week opened up both the fabled North-west and North-east passages, in [...]

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Interesting video I stumbled upon,  2 friends visiting environmental projects round the globe. Building awareness on climate change.

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Green advice spells out eco-town rules
PlanningResource
Exclusive – Eco-towns must be planned around open spaces and not retrofitted with green infrastructure after construction, according to government guidance seen by Planning.

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Check out this excellent article from our friends at Envirovore. Read on below:

Biofuel firms from Britain, Netherlands, the United States, Sweden, Japan, Canada and Germany among others are flocking to Africa to secure land. The British firm Sun Biofuels and the Norwegian firm, Biofuel Africa have already secured hundreds of thousands of acres.

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Congo’s endangered okapi, so shy it has not been seen in its natural habitat for 50 years by conservationists, has been photographed in the wild for the first time, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said on Thursday.

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It’s not often that disappearing Arctic ice is presented as good news for the planet. Yet new research suggests that as the northern polar cap melts, it could lift the lid off a new carbon sink capable of soaking up carbon dioxide.

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Swimmers can enjoy most parts of the Danube and diners can savor its fish after a major cleanup, but Europe’s second-longest river still suffers serious pollution near some major cities, a report showed on Thursday.

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In a monumental ruling, a British jury acquitted six Greenpeace activists of criminal damage charges stemming from what the activists said was an attempt to shut down a coal-fired power plant. The jury decided that the activists’ action was justifiable because the plant, which emits 20,000 tons of CO2 every day, will hold some blame [...]

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