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Companies to share eco-friendly patents
The Wall Street Journal, 01.14.08
Multinational companies including International Business Machines Corp., Sony Corp., Pitney Bowes Inc. and Nokia Corp. will unveil today what they call a patent-sharing plan for companies to donate intellectual property that improves the environment.
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To beat climate change, breaking the mold isn’t enough
The San Francisco Chronicle, 01.13.08
There’s a big hole in the Kyoto Protocol: Airline emissions aren’t covered. This emission omission has officials in California and Europe worried, so each acted recently to plug the hole. In December, ministers from 27 different countries agreed to cap carbon emissions from aircraft flying to and from the European Union. California joined a host of other U.S. states and municipalities to petition the EPA to institute a similar system on all aircraft flying to and from American airports.
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