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Green Globe Launches Global Ecotourism Standard

Green Globe 21 launched a ‘global standard for ecotourism’ at the Cairns Ecotourism Conference in Australia in late 2002. The Standard is the result of a partnership between the Ecotourism Association of Australia and CRC Sustainable Tourism, Green Globe’s research partner. It is based on NEAP, the Australian Nature and Ecotourism Accreditation Program (NEAP) Standard and the Green Globe ABC system for sustainable tourism. The Standard was developed in consultation with tourism/ecotourism certification experts and has been piloted with a variety of ecotourism operations. Training courses, assessment and operating manuals will be available this year. The People’s Republic of China, State Environmental Protection Administration, signed an agreement to roll out the Green Globe Sustainable Tourism System across China. The signing ceremony was held at the Beijing Continental Grand Hotel and was overseen by PR China s Minister for Environment, Xie Zhenhua, Vice Minister Zhu Guangyao with Green Globe Chairman, Mr Geoffrey Lipman and Director of Green Globe Asia Pacific Terry de Lacey. Green Globe established an office in Chengdu and conducted the first Green Globe Training Course with businesses, government agencies, universities & research institutions in October 2002. http://www.greenglobe21.com/index_cp.html

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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: Jan. 8, 2003

Provided by EREN Network News*News and Events GM to Launch Hybrid Versions of Seven Vehicle Models by 2007 Ford Unveils “Model U,” a Hydrogen-Fueled Hybrid Vehicle Ford Agrees to Sell Think Nordic to Kamkorp Microelectronics North America to Unify Energy Efficiency Standards in 2003 Fifty-Megawatt Solar Thermal Power Plant Planned for Nevada New Mexico Adopts Minimum Renewable Energy Requirements U.K. Company Reports Successful Tidal Energy Production *Site NewsSouthwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP)*Energy Facts and Tips U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Drop 1.2 Percent in 2001———————————————————————-NEWS AND EVENTS———————————————————————-GM to Launch Hybrid Versions of Seven Vehicle Models by 2007General Motors Corporation (GM) announced on Monday that it will offer hybrid electric versions of at least seven vehicle models within the next five years and could sell as many as a million hybrid vehicles per year by 2007. GM will offer three types of hybrid electric configurations in up to a dozen vehicle models. As announced in 2001, GM is planning to introduce hybrid versions of its GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado by combining a 14-kilowatt motor with a V8 engine and using a 42-volt lead-acid battery pack for energy storage. A so-called “mild” hybrid system, the motor will provide supplemental power to the […]

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