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Iceland Iceland Baby
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25 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Iceland Iceland Baby Iceland is gunning to be the world's first carbon-free economy. The country is in something of a bind, as it now has very low carbon-dioxide emissions and the Kyoto treaty on climate change gives it little room to expand its economy in a way that would increase its emissions. Already, 67 percent of Iceland's energy comes from emissions-free geothermal heat and hydroelectric dams. Du ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, climate, European Union, placemaking (all these topics) |
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