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Haggling begins at UN climate talks

Its been a collecting of pledges, wishes and differing opinion. The problem that is worrying me is the fact that there will be many third world governments. Holding out their hand in the effort to take a...

opinion by Babel-Fish | 1 day ago | updated 11 hrs ago
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Haggling begins at UN climate talks

opinion by Babel-Fish | 1 day ago | updated 11 hrs ago
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President Obama tries to take sting out of Copenhagen collapse

Two main problems continue to plague the Copenhagen conference, the dates of which are quickly approaching (Dec. 7-18), threatening to leave everyone involved in negotiations asking the question 'what next?'. The economic implications involved with enacting carbon...

opinion by 72JAG | 2 wks ago
76 views | 14 recommendations | 3 comments

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Coal Burning Energy Power Plants Polute Water

Throughout America, but particularity in the North East, coal burning energy plants are being found as not only polluting the air but now also the water. It all started with the mainstream environmental...

created by Gordon Clark | 8 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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Japan Vows 25 Percent Emissions Cut By 2020

Japan's next prime minister has announced that the country will aim to slash carbon emissions by 25% by 2020, compared to 1990 levels. Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama takes over as prime minister on September 16. His predecessor, Taro Aso, had previously stated that...

created by Annina Bergman | 13 wks ago | updated 13 wks ago
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Are artificial trees and sunshields in humanity's future?

Is geoengineering a rational solution to the climate crisis we are facing? Seeing how humanity's unintentional experiment with the climate produced results we are struggling to understand, does it make sense to intentionally manipulate the climate to 'fix' the...

opinion by 72JAG | 13 wks ago
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Arctic 'warmest in 2,000 years'

" Arctic temperatures are now higher than at any time in the last 2,000 years, research reveals. Changes to the Earth's orbit drove centuries of cooling, but temperatures rose fast in the last 100 years as human...

created by Babel-Fish | 13 wks ago | updated 13 wks ago
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72JAG

Blowguns and biofuels

Not to be confused with the other Blowpipe, a portable surface to air missile used by the British Army from 1975-85, members of the Penan tribe are using traditional methods of battle to try to stop the destruction...

opinion by 72JAG | 13 wks ago
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72JAG

Engineering Earth 'is feasible'

" A UK Royal Society study has concluded that many engineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change are "technically possible". Such approaches could be effective, the authors said in their report. ...

created by Babel-Fish | 14 wks ago
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China wants to cut emissions by 20% by 2020

China has launched what they are calling a 'green revoultion', in a plan to use wind and solar power to reduce their carbon emissions by 20% by 2020, which would match the goal set by the western world. A fifth of China's energy needs would come from renewable energy sources...

created by Amy Judd | 26 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago
54 views | 17 recommendations | 2 comments

72JAG

Water or energy; the choice should be obvious

By now, we have all become aware of the dangers associated with pursuing a fossil fuel driven energy policy. Not only are carbon emissions becoming an increasing concern for people around the globe, but...

opinion by 72JAG | 28 wks ago
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China tells nations to cut their emissions by 40 percent

China has told other rich nations that they should cut their emssions by at least 40 percent by 2020, as part of the new climate change developments ahead of the Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen this...

created by Amy Judd | 28 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago
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LilHoody

Doomsday is knocking. What are you doing?

Reporting at their 31st annual end-of-winter survey, US-based organizations National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), stated that over 90 percent of...

created by LilHoody | 32 wks ago | updated 31 wks ago
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Australia delays carbon emissions trading scheme by one year

Australia have announced that they are pushing back their planned carbon emissions trading scheme for one year as the global recession has made efforts like this just not possible within the current budget. This will mean that the date to begin would be July 2011. Prime...

created by Amy Judd | 31 wks ago
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72JAG

New rules for biofuels; WH creates interagency working group

The federal government is still strongly committed to the development of biofuels, perhaps now, more than ever before. A conference call was held today between Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary...