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leadership.jpgAre you looking for an opportunity to develop your skills in the emerging technologies and business opportunities that are coming about as business prepares and changes for a carbon-constrained world?  New ways to source energy.  New technolgies.  New business models.

This is the work of The Ecology Foundation every day.  We are working with business to help make the adjustment to new ways of doing things; and to doing new things.  We conceive the ideas; we develop the business plans; we create the partnerships and consortiums that can bring them to life. 

Do you want to be a part of this?  Do you see yourself as one of Ireland's leaders in this drive to a new way of doing things?  Do you want to learn how to become one of these leaders.  Do you want to be given the opportunity to lead one of these projects?

If this is you, then you need to talk to us.  Now! 

To have a chat with our team, then send us an email telling us about yourself, what you've done so far and why you think that you have the potential to lead one of our projects.

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Flurry of research on impact of dust on climate change
20th February 2010. irishtimes.com - Ordinary, everyday dust is emerging as an important environmental issue. It has the capacity to diminish climate change but may also have unexpected negative health and environmental impacts.
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Medvedev calls for green overhaul of Russian economy
18th February, 2010. newenergyfinance.com - Russia's economy needs fundamental reform to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.
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Loft insulation: Australia's burning issue
15th February, 2010. guardian.co.uk - An Australian government scheme to promote loft insulation is backfiring on the country's environment minister, former Midnight Oil singer Peter Loft insulation: Australia's burning issue
An Australian government scheme to promote loft insulation is backfiring on the country's environment minister, former Midnight Oil singer Peter Garrett

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Branson warns that oil crunch is coming within five years
7th Febuary, 2010. guardian.co.uk -  Sir Richard Branson and fellow leading businessmen will warn ministers this week that the world is running out of oil and faces an oil crunch within five years.

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Nuclear Power Giant Buys Solar Firm
Febuary 8th, 2010. nytimes.com-  Areva, a  giant French nuclear company, has bought Ausra, a small manufacturer of solar thermal systems that can be used for electricity production or industrial steam.
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UK emissions cuts 'meaningless' without global deal, warn MPs
11th January 2010, guardian.co.uk -The UK must nevertheless cut emissions to prove it is serious about an agreement, says the environmental audit committee
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Green Strategy
8th January 2010,  irishtimes.com - Ireland may not be the most likely candidate to find a solution to climate change but that doesn't mean we don't need to put a strategy in place to deal with environmental challenges
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Climate Change We Can Believe In
10th December, 2009. forbes.com - What to expect from Copenhagen
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Obama To Attend Final Day of Copenhagen summit
5th December, 2009.enn.com- U.S. President Barack Obama will attend the end of the Copenhagen climate change summit, a late change of plan the White House attributed on Friday to growing momentum toward a new global accord.
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Carbon Stickers For Buildings
30th November,2009.forbes.com - Cars come with mileage ratings. Why not do the same for building emissions?
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Jordan royals join climate campaign
23rd November, 2009.independent.ie  - Jordan's Queen Rania and Princess Haya are among the latest "climate allies" who have signed up to an international campaign for an agreement in Copenhagen.
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Quintas Energy and AIB to raise €10m for solar-power projects
18th November, 2009 – irishtimes.com - A green energy firm and AIB plan to raise an estimated €10 million to fund solar-power projects in Spain.
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Obama hopes for climate deal
17th November,2009 – irishtimes.com -US president Barack Obama said today climate talks in Copenhagen next month should fix a new deal which has "immediate operational effect", even if an original goal of a legally binding pact is out of reach
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Britain rules out climate treaty at summit
6th November, 2009. Independent.co.uk -  British Government officials believe there is no hope of signing a legally binding climate change treaty in Copenhagen next month.
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Democrats Push Climate Bill Through Panel Without G.O.P. Debate

5th November,2009. nytimes.com- In a step that reflected deep partisan divisions in the Senate over the issue of global warming, Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee pushed through a climate bill on Thursday without any debate or participation by Republicans.
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Mt. Kilimanjaro Ice Cap Continues Rapid Retreat
2nd November, 2009 . nytimes.com – The ice atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania has continued to retreat rapidly, declining 26 percent since 2000, scientists say in a new report.
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Costly ecological timebomb ticks in dated mining rights
23rd October 2009. nzhearld.co.nz – Mining has long played a major role in New Zealand's history, and has created controversy in regard to its effects on the environment.

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Science Museum unveils climate change map showing impact of 4C rise
22nd October, 2009.  guardian.co.uk - A new map of the world that details the likely effects of a failure to cut carbons emissions has been developed by Met Office scientists
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Arctic ice to vanish during summer

15th October, 2009 – irishtimes.com.The Arctic Ocean will be an "open sea" almost entirely free from ice within a decade, newly-released data has indicated.

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