“saving millions of trees, protecting the environment and contributing to the country’s economy.”
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]]> “The machine is different from all the other projects that aim to derive energy out of waves. It can be used in a calm sea as the Mediterranean, even if its efficiency in the ocean could be five times bigger” Grassi said.
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]]> The American Southwest has some of the best solar resources on the globe. Nevada, with abundant land and sunshine is becoming a hot bed for the solar industry.
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]]> Universities and academic institutions are developing new technologies aimed at solving the world’s energy and climate change challenges at a truly amazing pace. Some of the most exciting and promising cleantech ventures are being developed ...
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]]> "Two decades ago, the rains in southern Sudan began to fail. The drying of sub-Saharan Africa derives, to some degree, from man-made global warming. It is no accident that the violence in Darfur erupted during the drought."
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]]> New research finds fresh evidence that urbanization in the United States threatens the populations of some species of migratory birds.
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]]> BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese activist Hu Jia was jailed Thursday for three-and-a-half years for subversion, his lawyer said as rights groups said the charge is a campaign by China to silence dissent before the Olympics.

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]]> BRIGHAM CITY, Utah -- Biologists are trying to identify a fish with large fangs that was found near a lake in Utah.
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]]> The chemical perchloroethylene (or “perc”) might not ring a bell, but it is likely be found in your home. Considered by the EPA to be both a health and environmental hazard, it is a solvent used by most dry cleaners across the country for more than 70 yea
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]]> The question the UK and the rest of us have to grapple with is: Is coal a part of our energy future at all? Should coal plants have to commit to carbon capture and storage in order to be approved?
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]]> I see nothing stopping this market from continuing to grow at 30%-50% per year for the foreseeable future. We have not even scratched the surface of the total electricity market.
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]]> Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement has started over 3,000 tree nurseries, produced 20 million trees and involved 50,000 women. "Recognizing that sustainable development, democracy and peace are indivisible is an idea whose time has come."
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]]> ACT NOW!
Sign the petition to urge the Minister of Environmental Affairs (Martinus Van Schalkwyk) to remove Culling as an option in the National Norms and Standards for Elephant Management (NNSEM).

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]]> While gasoline prices continue to inch upward, the U.S. still enjoys some of the cheapest fuel in the world. FastCompany.com put together a list of world gas prices that could make you feel better about $3 per gallon gas.
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]]> DRINKING bottled water is so anti-environment that it should be made as unfashionable as smoking. A British study has found that drinking a bottle of water has the same impact on the environment as driving a car a kilometre.
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]]> This mill now uses biomass boilers and will make ethanol from paper mill waste. This could be the first mill to use no fossil fuels.
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]]> mining the oil sands in canada is a massive environmental disaster, the most destructive project on earth
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]]> Ancient forests—majestic, pristine and about to be destroyed! That is if President Bush and his buddies at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have their way. Under newly released plans, 2.6 million acres of public forests containing old-growth trees....
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]]> We renewable energy advocates love our silicon solar cells, but they come at a price: the process of making silicon generates massive amounts of heat and is a great, big electricity hog.
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]]> Wind and solar stand as the most recognizable clean, green dynamos. In the U.S.A. these technologies have survived for decades mostly without the aid of government subsidies (unlike coal and oil), and many claim that renewables could take off with just a
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]]> The internet is saving 10 times the energy required to run an internet-linked computer. Find out how to green your lifestyle by using the internet.
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]]> An ambitious long-term program by JAXA, Japan's space agency, seeks to set up a reliable and environmentally friendly solar energy collection system thousands of miles above the Earth.
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]]> French researchers are trying to develop a way to get electricity from rain, claiming the mechanical energy of raindrops could be enough to power low-energy devices.
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]]> WINONA, Minn. - Bella, a 3-year-old golden retriever/collie mix who was once rescued as an abused puppy, returned the favor to her owners by alerting them to a house fire.
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]]> A cat had plastic melded to its face, while other cats suffered burns on their bodies. These were just some of the injuries endured by many of the 100 felines discovered in a Nutley home last month after it caught fire.
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]]> Thin film solar has been less than 5% of the market, but a new product may offer lower prices and impact the solar industry.
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]]> Environmental health organizations in the United States and Canada are calling for a ban on the use of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles, toddler sippy cups, water bottles and other food and beverage containers.
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]]> Residents of Colorado are witnessing a rapid destabilization of the forest around them, and they can do very little to stop it. The spread of the mountain pine beetle epidemic is now considered of ‘catastrophic’ proportion.
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]]> Trees, agricultural waste, storm debris and trash are all viable fuel sources for ethanol, using the Coskata process. Unfortunately, it is cheaper to use trees instead of municipal waste.
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]]> What might start out as one lick here and another lick there can turn into a full fledged salt addiction for woodland animals. Dear, porcupines, hares, birds, and other animals may all indulge in this habit. With 13 million tons of salt applied
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]]> Tidal energy is becoming a hot topic, with many companies and locales looking to harness this energy source. Currently, Nova Scotia is considering the construction of the first in-stream tidal demonstration facility in North America in the Bay of Fundy.
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]]> Once home to a thriving population, wolves were eradicated in the 1930’s. A radio-collard wolf from Idaho has made her home in Northeastern Oregon rekindling hope for a future wolf population in the state.
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]]> A Maryland, US company has developed a new way to make hydrogen from splitting water using solar energy with no CO2 releases, and will now build a pilot power plant using this principle. Kudos to them. As predicted by David Kagan in Doomwatch Legacy.
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]]> The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday decided to set up eight new tiger reserves in India during the 11th Five Year Plan at an estimated cost of Rs 320 million.

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters after the
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]]> "For me it is almost a tragedy."
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]]> In its campaign to end the use of shark squalene, Oceana has received news that the multinational will stop using this product in early 2008, joining other European cosmetic companies that have already done so


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]]> Venture capital investments in clean technology reached an impressive $5.18 billion last year in North America and Europe. North American-based companies received three times the investments of the European-based companies.
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]]> The “Cool Earth Partnership” fund pledges $8 billion in assistance and $2 billion in grants, aid, and public assistance for clean energy. Dispersal of funds will begin this year and is set to expire in 2012.
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]]> Less than 21% of the earth’s land surface still contains all the large mammals (at least 44 pounds or 20 kilograms) that it did in the year 1500. About 500 years ago, the earth was in a time of great transition as colonization began increasing.
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