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News you might have missed: 7 April 2009

newspapersSkipped a bit of reading over the past 24 hours? Not to worry: Greenbang has your daily roundup of cleantech news and developments:

  • Norwegian officials plan to invest $3.1 billion in government pension funds over the next five years to support clean technology development;
  • The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released a report titled, “Green at Fifteen? How 15-year-olds perform in environmental science and geoscience in PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2006″;
  • New York City’s Empire State Building is spending $20 million on renovations to make the landmark more energy efficient;
  • FuelCell Energy announced the sale of a 300-kilowatt Direct FuelCell(r) power plant to improve the availability of reliable and environmentally friendly electricity for Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB) in Louisiana.

Published by:

Dan Ilett

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