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Transparency: How Far Your Produce Travels - Transparency - GOODBuying fruits and vegetables from local farmers' markets not only supports local agriculture, but also saves countless pounds of carbon emissions, since your food has not been shipped from afar to ...
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New science estimates carbon storage potential of US landsThe first phase of a groundbreaking national assessment estimates that U.S. forests and soils could remove additional quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere as a means to mitigate climate change. The lower 48 states in the U.S. hypothetically have the potential to store an ...
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Coca-Cola Enterprises Receives National Keep America Beautiful Award for Hybrid Truck FleetCoca-Cola nominated by Keep Chicago Beautiful for hybrid truck fleet launched earlier this year with Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley
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Prince Charles' Rainforest Project wants £1billion given to developing countries in 2010 - mirror.co.ukPrince Charles' Rainforest Project wants £1billion given to developing countries in 2010 The Prince's Rainforest Project was set up two years ago to set out a practical plan to halt destruction of tropical woods. Celebrities such as Stephen Fry, Daniel Craig, Rod Stewart, Sting, Robin ...
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Europe.view: Looking eastwards, even further | The EconomistBut Britain’s imperial star, with the shame and glory that it brought, has waned. Who can fill the gap? Maybe China. It has plenty of reasons to develop a presence in eastern Europe, ranging from trade to geopolitics.
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IEEE Spectrum: Biofuels Aren't Really GreenBoth the biofuel and solar scenarios are carbon neutral by definition—solar for obvious reasons, biomass because carbon emitted in combustion is reabsorbed when plants regrow. (Admittedly, biofuels are carbon neutral only if crops are planted in existing tilled fields and the emissions connected ...
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India to Spend $900 Million on Solar - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.comIndia to Spend $900 Million on Solar Ending months of speculation about exactly what it was planning to do to boost the use of renewable sources of energy, India said this week that it will spend about $900 million on solar energy. The Indian cabinet approved a plan on Thursday that sets ...
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Is There Really A Water Crisis? - Boing BoingYou used to think there was a water crisis, what led you to change your mind? AB: I heard it so many times from the World Bank and the U.N. that there is a water crisis. Like the rest of the world, I assumed these guys knew what they were doing. But then I started looking at the global figures ...
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U.S., China vow action on climate change - CNN.comChina and the United States, the largest producers of greenhouse gases, will team up to fight climate change and create clean energy, their leaders said Tuesday. Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Obama said their nations will cooperate to advance technologies and work toward a global ...
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Peak Carbon Is History — The U.S. Has Entered a New Energy Era | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.comShare For years now, many members of Congress have insisted that cutting carbon emissions was difficult, if not impossible. It is not. During the two years since 2007, carbon emissions have dropped 9 percent. While part of this drop is from the recession, part of it is also from efficiency ...
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