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Livemint 3rd Business Climate Summit to be held in New Delhi on 31 Aug and 1 SeptLivemintMumbai: The third Business Climate Summit (BCS) will be held in New Delhi on 31 August and 1 September, with the focus on spatial planning, climate finance and the role of carbon markets. The first two summits were held…

Sonoma County Climate Change Activists SummitBay Area IndymediaOn July 31st, Occupy Sonoma County hosted a gathering of local climate change activists at the Peace & Justice Center along with 350Sonoma. The purpose of this summit was to introduce ourselves and our various climate change campaigns to one another … and more »

Green business summit aims to spur national investmentvtdigger.orgChester solar farm The “Catalysts of the Climate Economy” summit Sept. 6-8 at the University of Vermont aims to encourage innovation such as the town of Chester’s solar farm. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Paul Costello doesn’t want to talk about the …

The Guardian An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power review – another climate change lesson from Al GoreThe GuardianThere’s a sliver of against-the-clock narrative at the 2015 Paris climate summit, although the film simplifies matters in suggesting that India’s coming on board was the result of Gore making a few well-placed phone calls behind the scenes.…

Ministers, CEOs to brainstorm at Business and Climate SummitIndia.comNew Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Suresh Prabhu and Dharmendra Pradhan along with CEOs from top global firms and key policymakers will deliberate upon the impact of current business actions on climate change at a summit here later …

Washington Post California is the state that most depends on the sun for energy. It survived the eclipse without losing any.Washington PostElectric grid operators at the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), which delivers 80 percent of the electricity in a state that has more solar energy capacity than every other state in the country combined,…

New York Times Sempra Bid Tops Buffett and Singer in Race for Energy FutureNew York TimesWith its $9.45 billion takeover bid for Energy Future, Sempra appears to have gained a utility that has tried unsuccessfully for years to sell itself. Should its proposal win approval from Texas regulators and a bankruptcy court judge, Sempra will…

MarketWatch Buffett encounters rare miss as Sempra Energy strikes deal to buy OncorMarketWatchBuffett had forged a tentative agreement to purchase the power-transmission company out of bankruptcy court from Energy Future Holdings Corp., the erstwhile TXU Corp., for $9 billion. The transaction would have marked one of the larger acquisitions for …Fine Print in Sempra’s Energy Deal…

Bloomberg Switch to Renewables Won’t End the Geopolitics of EnergyBloombergIn another sign that the age of fossil fuels is waning, the California State Senate has passed a bill to commit the state to use 100 percent renewable energy for power by 2045. Other states and cities — including Massachusetts, Chicago and Atlanta …California can prove…

DesMoinesRegister.com Green buildings play key role in Iowa’s energy futureDesMoinesRegister.comGov. Kim Reynolds traveled to Washington, D.C. earlier this summer to give a presentation on Iowa’s role as a leader in energy innovation. Iowa is a rising energy star, thanks in part to Gov. Reynolds’ leadership, and it was a wonderful opportunity to …