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May 28, 2009 09:21 AM EDT
(featured date: May 28, 2009)
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What will power your next car? Will it be gasoline, diesel, perhaps mixed with biofuel? Or will it be electricity? In case electricity will power your next car, how will it be produced? From coal, natural . . .
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May 21, 2009 08:32 AM EDT
(featured date: May 28, 2009)
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Will America be a desert by 2100? Or Africa, India or China, for that matter?
Chances are, according to MIT projections , that global median surface temperature will rise by 9.4 o F (5.2 o C) by 2100, . . .
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March 24, 2009 09:04 PM EDT
(featured date: March 25, 2009)
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China recently called for a World Currency, or global reserve currency , to be operated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) via its Special Drawing Rights (SDR).
The governor of the People’s . . .
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March 10, 2009 09:30 PM EDT
(featured date: March 25, 2009)
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Climate Congress, Copenhagen, 10-12 March, 2009
Open letter to Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, IPCC chair
Dear Dr Pachauri,
The Climate Congress presents an important opportunity to present all facets . . .
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February 15, 2009 10:31 PM EST
(featured date: March 25, 2009)
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has in many respects underestimated the severity of global warming and the speed at which it strikes. "From 2000 to 2007, greenhouse gas emissions . . .
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February 03, 2009 01:10 AM EST
(featured date: March 25, 2009)
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President Obama, please read this!
The energy and environmental policy that you have proposed for the U.S. is a patchwork of policies, ranging from higher fuel efficiency standards and subsidies for . . .
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May 13, 2008 03:35 AM EDT
(featured date: May 13, 2008)
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On a lighter note, you may be familiar with René Descartes' famous statement ' I think, therefore I am ', in §7 of his book Discourse on the Method, which was originally published . . .
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March 18, 2008 10:09 PM EDT
(featured date: March 19, 2008)
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Virtually all countries have ratified the Kyoto protocol. Yet, carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions are rising even faster than the worst-case estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . . .
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October 30, 2007 05:04 AM EDT
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Russia and the United States just issued a joint declaration urging other countries to join their Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). It is now almost 20 years ago that this milestone . . .
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October 06, 2007 02:39 AM EDT
(featured date: October 06, 2007)
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Most households only use one or at most two different rubbish bins, one for recyclables (paper & packaging) and one for general waste. It makes a lot of sense to add a third type of rubbish bin, . . .
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September 21, 2007 05:08 AM EDT
(featured date: September 26, 2007)
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The above image is from a NASA news release discussing that interactions with aerosols boost the global warming potential of gases such as methane . A study published in Science by a team led by . . .
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August 13, 2007 09:55 AM EDT
(featured date: September 26, 2007)
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Many politicians claim to act in the interest of the public, yet they act in the interest of a narrow group. The nature of the electoral system (one election every three or four years) makes that politicians . . .
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June 26, 2007 02:43 AM EDT
(featured date: June 27, 2007)
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Global Warming - Tax or Standards?
As global warming becomes an increasingly urgent issue, there are many calls for action. Many call for standards to be set, to achieve a reduction in pollution. . . .
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April 08, 2007 03:30 AM EDT
(featured date: April 08, 2007)
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There are many things we can all do to reduce our contributions to global warming. Here are ten things politians can do now to make a difference:
1. Tax energy supply that adds extra heat to global . . .
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