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  CRUDE: A Joe Berlinger Film

  Joe Berlinger's documentary film about the environmental consequences of drilling for oil in the Amazon region of Ecuador: Crude - The Real Price of Crude Oil

  Geoffrey Ames added 25 minutes ago

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  BBC - BBC World Service Programmes - One Planet, 05/11/2009

  05/11/2009 Media: Listen now Available to listen. Synopsis The latest stop on our listener tour is Barcelona, which also happens to be the last stop on the UN's merry-go-round of climate change talks. Thousands of delegates have descended on the Spanish city as negotiators try to ...

  Geoffrey Ames added 32 minutes ago

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  Germany, Mexico, US top smart energy list

  Two vintage beetle Volkswagen taxies pass by a new "Metrobus" in Mexico City. Germany, Mexico and the United States have crafted some of the world's smartest policies for improving energy use, according to a study released on the sidelines of the UN climate talks here. Germany, Mexico and the ...

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  The lamp that runs on free electricity – from the phone socket

  If you’re looking to shave every last cent off your next electricity bill then this gooseneck lamp is for you. The lamp is so energy efficient its eight white LED lights are powered by the trickle of electricity flowing from a RJ11 socket – or garden-variety telephone socket. This means that, ...

  JDP added 45 hours ago

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  Green Wavelength unveils bumblebee inspired wind turbine

  Vertical axis windmills have been with us in one form or another for more than 1000 years. Designs have undergone constant improvement (including more examples of biomimicry using the whale as inspiration), but the efficiency of current wind turbines peaks at around 30%. To be fair, Betz's law, ...

  JDP added 2 days ago

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