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Brazilian Eco-Farmers Thrive - Even as Climate Change Bites
Green Lifestyle  (tags: good news, agriculture, agroforestry, climate change )

Pekka
- 352 days ago - guardian.co.uk
The contrasting fates of two families in the arid north-east of Brazil have important lessons for world leaders in Poznan.
Global Warming Causing Dramatic Decline in Great Barrier Reef's Seabirds
Environment  (tags: climate change, ocean, birds, habitat, ecosystems )

Pekka
- 400 days ago - enn.com
A new research has determined that due to climate change, seabird populations on the Great Barrier Reef and surrounding waters is facing dramatic declines.
Innovative Hydrogen-Powered Car Created
Science & Tech  (tags: sustainability, green technology, car )

Pekka
- 440 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Wilton and Lambda One Autogas at Gateshead, have successfully adapted a Nissan Almera to run on hydrogen so that it only emits water from its exhaust.
Converting Sunlight To Cheaper Energy
Science & Tech  (tags: solar energy, green energy, sustainability )

Pekka
- 458 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Scientists are working to convert sunlight to cheap electricity at South Dakota State University. Research scientists are working with new materials that can make devices used for converting sunlight to electricity cheaper and more efficient.
Big Oil's Big Lie
Environment  (tags: climate change, global warming, co2 emissions )

Pekka
- 520 days ago - guardian.co.uk
George Monbiot - If we fail to stop runaway climate change, it will be largely because of campaigning by oil, coal and electricity companies, and the network of lobbyists, fake experts and thinktanks they have sponsored.
World Tree Planting Drive Sets Goal of 7 Billion
Environment  (tags: environment, trees, forests, UN, climate change, global warming )

Pekka
- 562 days ago - reuters.com
A campaign to plant trees worldwide set a goal on Tuesday of seven billion by late 2009, just over one for each person on the planet, to help protect the environment and slow climate change.
Tobacco and Oil Pay for Climate Conference
Environment  (tags: climate-change, global warming )

Pekka
- 634 days ago - independent.co.uk
The first international conference designed to question the scientific consensus on climate change is being sponsored by a right-wing American think-tank which receives money from the oil industry.
12 Simple Ways To Live A Greener Lifestyle In 2008
Green Lifestyle  (tags: greenliving, eco-friendly )

Pekka
- 681 days ago - sciencedaily.com
It's easy being green: Idling computers and bottled water, when used wisely, can make minimal impacts on the Earth.
Acid Oceans From Carbon Dioxide Will Endanger One Third Of Marine Life, Scientists Predict
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, greenhouse gases )

Pekka
- 771 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The world's oceans are becoming more acid, with potentially devastating consequences for corals and the marine organisms that build reefs and provide much of the Earth's breathable oxygen.
Uganda: Our Hope May Lie in Forest Farming
Environment  (tags: forestry, sustainability, climate change )

Pekka
- 795 days ago - allafrica.com
UGANDA needs to promote agro forestry as one of the ways of adapting to climate change - the variation of global and regional climate, over a period of time, an expert has advised.
 
 
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