Branson Pledges Billions to Fight Global Warming
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Richard Branson of Virgin plans to invest in efforts to find renewable, sustainable energy sources.
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The British billionaire Richard Branson and Al Gore announced a $25 million prize to reduce the planetâs warming gases.
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LONDON - Airline tycoon Richard Branson announced on Friday a $25 million prize for the first person to come up with a way of scrubbing greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere in the battle to ...Comment
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A world plan to fight global warming went  into force on Wednesday, feted by its backers as a lifeline for  the planet amid sniping at the United States for pulling out.
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LONDON, Sept. 21 -- Iconoclastic British billionaire Richard Branson pledged Thursday to invest all profit from his Virgin Group airline and train businesses over the next decade -- an estimated $3 billion -- to fight global warming and promote alternative energy.
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Glastonbury, the world's biggest open air arts and music festival, on Thursday made environmental issues a pillar of the three-day event by launching its "I Count" campaign to stop climate change.
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Business & money: Sir Richard Branson has promised to submit a bid for Northern Rock by Monday's government deadline
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Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the U.N. podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change.From California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a champion of climate-saving legislation, the presidents and premiers will hear that even an often-reluctant United States is pitching in.'California is moving the United States beyond debate and doubt to action,' he says in remarks prepared for the meeting's morning kickoff. Read more
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British billionaire Richard Branson   proposed on Wednesday changes to aircraft movements at busy   airports and the way planes land under a plan he said would cut   the world's aviation emissions by up to 25 percent.
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Can you hear him now: Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson said in Hong Kong that his company has earmarked $300 million for a cell phone joint venture in China.
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Virgin Group boss Richard Branson said  on Friday he would aim to avoid buying fuel-thirsty  four-engined airplanes in future to curb fuel costs and the  environmental impact of his fast-growing airlines.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey  - Some of the world's biggest pop stars from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Madonna performed at Live Earth concerts around the globe on Saturday to urge fans and governments to fight global warming.
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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has pledged to donate $3bn (Â£1.6bn) to fight global warming.
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Richard Branson says the Virgin Global Flyer is looking good for its solo trip around the world without refuelling.
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British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send &quot;thousands&quot; of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years.
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It's the business end of climate change: ensuring that the $20 trillion the world will spend on energy over the next two decades is as environmentally friendly as possible.
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Billionaire adventurer Richard Branson unveiled part of his Virgin Galactic spacecraft, expressing hope that millions will be able to travel into space in coming decades and vowing to do his part to make that a reality.