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		<title>Pocono Raceway Unveils 25 Acres of Power&#8230;from the Sun!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from poconoraceway.com &#8211; August 1, 2010 POCONO RACEWAY TAKES THE “GREEN” FLAG IN SOLAR ENERGY Major Renewable Energy Project is the World’s Largest for a Sports Facility POCONO, PA…July 31, 2009… Pocono Raceway is getting ready to “Go Green” by installing a three megawatt solar farm, which will power all the track’s energy needs and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecopenhagenstory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8882434&amp;post=909&amp;subd=thecopenhagenstory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zap!!!! GM to Boost Production of Chevy VOLT By 50 Percent To Meet Demand!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Huffington Post, July 30 // DETROIT — General Motors said Friday that it is boosting production capacity for its new Chevrolet Volt due to strong public interest in the electric car that goes on sale this year. GM will now have a production capacity of 45,000 vehicles in 2012, up from previous plans for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecopenhagenstory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8882434&amp;post=907&amp;subd=thecopenhagenstory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green Jobs Award &#8211; Nominations Open!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Announcing new Green Jobs Award by Nick Flores from greenforall.org &#8211; With support from the Citi Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, SJF Advisory Services and Green For All have partnered to launch a Green Jobs Award Program, which seeks to identify, recognize, and promote private companies that are leaders in quality green job creation. Green [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecopenhagenstory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8882434&amp;post=892&amp;subd=thecopenhagenstory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green Prosperity Report Points Way to New American Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Green Prosperity: How Clean-Energy Policies Can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standards in the United States&#8221; is a new report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (PERI), commissioned by Green For All and NRDC. The report finds that investments in a clean energy economy can significantly drive down the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecopenhagenstory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8882434&amp;post=884&amp;subd=thecopenhagenstory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>70 Sustainable Practices Make Proximity Hotel a Great Green Stay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 15:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While at a 20-year college reunion in Greensboro, NC (yes, I&#8217;m an alum of Guilford College!) I had the chance to stay at one of the few LEED Certified hotels in the United States. Overall it was a FANTASTIC experience! The Proximity Hotel manages to retain the creature comforts of an upper-end home away from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecopenhagenstory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8882434&amp;post=852&amp;subd=thecopenhagenstory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>18 Corporations (Like Nike, Starbucks, Target and Levi&#8217;s) Say Let&#8217;s Get Our Green On, Congress!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 12:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after the release of the American Power Act yesterday (May 12, 2010) from Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I &#8211; Conn.), a coalition of 18 US corporations called BICEP released a statement supporting passage of the bill and asking Congress to HURRY UP!! The coalition released a statement of support, saying in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecopenhagenstory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8882434&amp;post=842&amp;subd=thecopenhagenstory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Branson Finds the Perfect 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 10:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Branson&#8217;s Virgin Green Fund seeks to support more mature energy companies that have significant growth on the horizon, but yep, still need just a guiding hand to get them through the growing pains of moving from start-up to mature. $220 Million says they&#8217;re serious about the effort, which makes them different than many venture [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecopenhagenstory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8882434&amp;post=838&amp;subd=thecopenhagenstory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CIA Views Climate Change as US Security Priority</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 16:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the mix of threats to our national security and safety after the recent scare in Times Square, the CIA has added climate change as an area of focus. Late last year, the Agency announced that it had created a Center on Climate Change and Security. In its announcement, the CIA says, &#8220;The new Center [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecopenhagenstory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8882434&amp;post=823&amp;subd=thecopenhagenstory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Means Retainable (Jobs That Is!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 15:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyruss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My big takeaway from the CERES 2010 conference this past week in Boston?  Well, there were two: 1. Sustainable actions mean retainable jobs.  As Ken Colburn, Environmental point guy at Stoneyfield Farms (the nation&#8217;s largest organic yogurt producer) shared, 48 people at the company owe their jobs to efforts the company made to reduce waste, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecopenhagenstory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8882434&amp;post=805&amp;subd=thecopenhagenstory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iran, Would You Like $100 Million Today?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 20:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new ad campaign hitting the airwaves makes the case that every day Congress doesn&#8217;t pass an energy bill, Iran rakes in $100 million in new oil revenues.  Are we aiding a government that has proclaimed itself our enemy in the world?  Certainly, military leaders in the U.S. have repeatedly made the case that lack [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecopenhagenstory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8882434&amp;post=802&amp;subd=thecopenhagenstory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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