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Obama's 35.5-m.p.g. deal may be a game-changer - Detroit Free Press »
Posted by: gamahuche 6 months, 1 week ago in News
President Obama will announce Tuesday a breakthrough compromise to set tough standards of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016 for new cars and trucks ...
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Climate change summit hijacked by biggest polluters, critics claim - guardian.co.uk »
Posted by: gamahuche 6 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
• Shell could help shape post-Kyoto agenda
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• Majority of attending firms want 'business as usual'
A vital meeting in Copenhagen this weekend that will help shape ...Read (611) | Share | Discuss (19) | Read Full Story at guardian.co.uk
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The GOP Strategy on Greenhouse Gases: Stall Until We Get a New President »
Posted by: capj71 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News
In a speech yesterday at the Heartland Institute, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) laid out the GOP strategy for dealing with the potential EPA regulation of ...
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US environment agency declares greenhouse gases a threat »
Posted by: SenorCoconut 7 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Decision paves the way for climate regulation by the Obama administration.
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Plans for cutting emissions could also benefit health »
Posted by: SenorCoconut 2 days, 5 hours ago in Science & Technology
Many strategies for reining in greenhouse gases come with substantial health benefits, according to a new study.
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Japan launches orbiter to probe greenhouse gases »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 10 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Japan on Friday launched the first satellite to monitor greenhouse gases worldwide, a tool to help scientists better judge where global warming emissions are coming ...
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Worldchanging: Yes, We Can Take Swift Action On Climate Change »
Posted by: gamahuche 11 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A good read, a good opportunity to take an initiative with the new POTUS! You can sign our letter asking Barack Obama to take action ...
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Ten Pounds of Stupid in a Five-Pound Bag »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The newly released American Energy Act , the Republican alternative to the Democrats' American Clean Energy and Security Act, has clambered aboard the denialist bandwagon on ...
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Video: U.S. downplays climate change talks »
Posted by: SNance 3 days, 11 hours ago in News
The White House is acknowledging that getting a binding agreement for cutting greenhouse gases at the Copenhagen Summit is very unlikely.
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Legendary Cedars Of Lebanon Threatened By Warming »
Posted by: pleeplop 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Scientists said on Thursday that climate change is threatening Lebanon's majestic cedar trees — the country's most treasured symbol.
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Unchecked Global Warming Will Expand Dead Zones »
Posted by: pleeplop 10 months ago in Science & Technology
Unchecked global warming would leave ocean dwellers gasping for breath. Dead zones are low-oxygen areas in the ocean where higher life forms such as fish ...
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Robot Inspects Wind Energy Equipment »
Posted by: pleeplop 10 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
The material of wind energy converters must withstand intense forces. Are rotor blades damaged? A new robot inspects wind energy converters more precisely than a ...
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Using Green Technology to Provide Cleaning Alternatives - Technology - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A new company is using green technology to provide the healthiest cleaning alternatives.
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Tackling the CO2 Measurement Challenge »
Posted by: pleeplop 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
For Orbiting Carbon Observatory Principal Investigator David Crisp of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and his team, the logical solution was an Earth-orbiting ...
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Economy vs. Environment »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 8 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The week before last, twenty-five hundred delegates, from more than seventy countries, met in Copenhagen to prepare for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which ...
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