Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: June 12, 2008

World’s Top Energy Ministers Launch Energy Efficiency Effort DOE and Partners to Offer Prize for Efficient Lighting GM Shifts Away from Trucks and SUVs, Toward Cars and Crossovers Toyota Doubles the Range of its Fuel Cell Vehicle Duke Energy Plans to Add Solar Power to 850 North Carolina Sites Connecticut to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80% by 2050 World’s Top Energy Ministers Launch Energy Efficiency Effort The energy ministers from the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries and from China, India, and South Korea agreed this weekend to establish the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC).The IPEEC will serve as a high-level forum for facilitating a broad range of actions that yield significant gains in energy efficiency. The partnership will support the on-going energy efficiency work of the participating countries and relevant international organizations by exchanging information on best practices, policies, and efforts to collect data. The IPEEC members will also develop public-private partnerships for improving energy efficiency, participate in joint research and development efforts, and facilitate the dissemination of energy-related products and services. The energy ministers plan to hold the first IPEEC meeting before the end of the year. See the IPEEC declaration (PDF 26 KB). The G8, […]

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