Carbon dioxide allowances head for auction March 19, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A consortium of Eastern U.S. states will auction carbon missions allowances this fall in an effort to reduce carbon missions from power plants. | |
 Global warming threatens more than just coral March 03, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Rising sea levels from global warming will threaten the livelihoods and homes of more than 200,000 people who live on coral atolls in coming generations. | |
Addressing the 'nitrogen cascade' May 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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While human-caused global climate change has long been a concern for environmental scientists and is a well-known public policy issue, the problem of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment is little-known beyond a ... | |
European system for cutting CO2 emissions is working well: Lessons to be learned for US, globe June 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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In a bid to control greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change, the European Union has been operating the world's first system to limit and to trade carbon dioxide. Despite its hasty adoption and somewhat rocky beginning ... | |
 Germany to start storing carbon dioxide underground June 30, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Germany is due to inaugurate Europe's first underground carbon dioxide storage site on Monday, the country's national geoscience institute said. | |
Cow power could generate electricity for millions July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three per cent of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse ... | |
 Helium Balloon in Paris Displays Air Pollution Levels July 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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People in Paris won't have to look far to see the city's air pollution levels. A giant tethered helium balloon will display real-time reports of atmospheric pollution using an innovative lighting system, which ... | |
 Bush lifts offshore drilling ban July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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US President George W. Bush on Monday lifted a White House ban on offshore oil drilling and urged lawmakers to follow suit amid an election-year fight over painfully high gasoline prices. | |
 New uranium leak discovered at French nuclear site July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 5
French nuclear safety authorities said Friday that a broken pipe at a nuclear fuel plant in southeast France had caused a radioactive leak but no damage to the environment. | |
Massive California fires consistent with climate change October 24, 2007 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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The catastrophic fires that are sweeping Southern California are consistent with what climate change models have been predicting for years, experts say, and they may be just a prelude to many more such events in the future ... | |
Warming Could Radically Change Lake Tahoe in 10 Years March 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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A new UC Davis study predicts that climate change will irreversibly alter water circulation in Lake Tahoe, radically changing the conditions for plants and fish in the lake -- and it could happen in 10 years. | |
Despite awareness of global warming Americans concerned more about local environment March 26, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Last week, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared climate change a top international threat, and Al Gore urged politicians to get involved to fight global warming. Results from a recent survey conducted by a University ... | |
 Study examines amount of water needed to produce various types of energy April 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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It is easy to overlook that most of the energy we consume daily, such as electricity or natural gas, is produced with the help of a dwindling resource – fresh water. Virginia Tech professor Tamim Younos and ... | |
 Fighting global warming — at the dinner table May 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Substituting chicken, fish, or vegetables for red meat just once a week can help combat climate change — even more dramatically than buying locally sourced food, according to scientists in Pennsylvania who ... | |
 At Toyota greenhouse, C02 emissions no villain June 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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In a sprawling greenhouse with shiny silver ducts running through, stacks of cardboard boxes feature prints of a flower alongside the distinctive red Toyota logo. | |
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