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7 news results for the search term: OECD.

Energy Dept. and IEA Lower Oil Demand Outlook

June 11th, 2008

…  in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member nations, such as the U.S. and countries in Western Europe, is now …

Vattenfall AB, Alcan Inc., Duke Energy Corporation, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) promoting evolution of global carbon trading

January 27th, 2007

…  2007, the IETA comprises 145 international companies from OECD and non-OECD countries. IETA has formed several partnerships such as with the World …

World energy forecast tips coal, gas exports to increase

November 8th, 2006

…  in constant dollars, the IEA estimates. Oil imports for OECD countries are expected to rise from 56 per cent to 75 per cent of total …

Taxes Account for 57 Percent of Gasoline Prices

October 8th, 2006

…  the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a ratio of taxes to retail gasoline prices was 13.4 percent in the …  GNI came out at 10.2. It was higher than those of most OECD member nations. The proportion for the United States came out at 2, 3.5 …

NGOs pledge to defend rights of mining communities

July 13th, 2006

…  of local communities to assert their human rights. The OECD Watch, a network of over 50 NGOs from 30 countries working to demand corporate accountability and on OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, has expertise in environment, …

No Energy Security without Climate Security

July 12th, 2006

…  up to 13 per cent of residential electricity use in many OECD countries. If households cut energy use by 1 per cent a year, savings …  biomass could supply 15-30 per cent of electricity in OECD companies by 2020, and wind could supply 12 per cent of global electricity …

World energy consumption could be cut by half if clean technology applied: IEA

June 23rd, 2006

…  report. To achieve this, however, “governments, in both OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) and non-OECD countries, must be willing to implement measures that encourage the …