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Improve Air Quality

Stop pollution

NRDC

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In pure Arctic air, signs of China's economic boom

by (author unknown), Reuters: Environment

ZEPPELIN MOUNTAIN, Norway (Reuters) - From a remote snowcapped mountain in the European Arctic you can detect China in the haze....

8 comments | Sep 10, 2007    


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Stop Global Warming

8,000 lbs of carbon

Carbonfund.org

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As Alps Warm, Ice Melts and Mountains Crumble

by (author unknown), NPR Topics: Environment

As temperatures around the globe rise, the world's mountains are changing. In the Alps, retreating glaciers, more landslides and dramatic rockfalls are causing shifts not only in the physical environment, but in jobs, town budgets, and attitudes....

3 comments | Aug 27, 2007    


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Restore Kenyan Land

One year of research

ICRAF

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Africa wages war on scourge of plastic bags

by (author unknown), Reuters: Environment

NAIROBI (Reuters) - They've become as much a symbol of Africa's landscape as the stereotypical lions and plains....

add a comment | Aug 20, 2007    


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Save A Cloud Forest

40 acres of coffee

Root Capital

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Carbon market encourages chopping forests: study

by (author unknown), Reuters: Environment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The current carbon market actually encourages cutting down some of the world's biggest forests, which would unleash tonnes of climate-warming carbon into the atmosphere, a new study reported on Monday....

1 comment | Aug 14, 2007    


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Prepare for Disaster

Training for 10 people

Catholic Relief Svcs.

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Floods find India wanting as climate change looms

by (author unknown), Reuters: Environment

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Climate change might get some blame for South Asia's catastrophic floods, but government ineptitude has dramatically magnified the misery facing tens of millions of people in India, aid groups and experts say....

add a comment | Aug 08, 2007    

   


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G8 summit fails to address major climate issues

by (author unknown), Union of Concerned Scientists

Despite a promising agreement among developing nations, the G8 countries made little progress in setting acceptable climate goals...

add a comment | Jul 09, 2009    


Kansas Town's Green Dreams Could Save Its Future

by (author unknown), NPR Topics: Environment

After a tornado nearly destroyed Greensburg, Kan., in May, city leaders came up with a revival plan: make it the greenest town in America. Among the projects are new homes and buildings that are more efficient than the ones they replaced....

add a comment | Dec 27, 2008    


Nuclear power back on German political agenda

by (author unknown), Reuters: Environment

BIBLIS, Germany (Reuters) - The vat of still blue water containing enriched uranium rods at Germany's oldest nuclear plant looks as harmless as a public swimming pool....

add a comment | Oct 07, 2008    


Argentine beekeepers no longer in clover

by (author unknown), Reuters: Environment

CHIVILCOY, Argentina (Reuters) - Beekeepers had it easy when cattle roamed freely across the flower-filled meadows of Argentina's Pampas plains. But a boom in soy farming has changed all that....

add a comment | Oct 07, 2008    


UK urged to cut carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050

by (author unknown), Reuters: Environment

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should increase its climate targets to an 80 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, compared to its present 60 percent goal, its chief adviser on climate change said on Tuesday....

add a comment | Oct 07, 2008    


1 in 4 Mammals Threatened, Study Says

by (author unknown), NYT > Environment

One in four mammals is in danger of disappearing because of habitat loss, hunting and climate change, a global conservation body warned on Monday....

add a comment | Oct 07, 2008    


Findings: A Gift From the ’70s: Energy Lessons

by (author unknown), NYT > Environment

In the last few decades, there have been surprises on each side of the energy debate....

add a comment | Oct 07, 2008    


Candidate advisers debate carbon capture funds

by (author unknown), Reuters: Environment

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Top energy advisors to the two U.S. presidential candidates agreed on Monday on the need to convert coal-burning electricity plants to capture carbon emissions, but differed on how to pay for it....

add a comment | Oct 07, 2008    


Tropical Storm Marco prompts evacuation on oil platform

by (author unknown), Reuters: Environment

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Marco formed on Monday in the southern Gulf of Mexico, prompting Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex to evacuate four offshore plants and shut down wells....

add a comment | Oct 07, 2008    


California seeks energy savings as economy sours

by (author unknown), Reuters: Environment

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Economic turmoil won't stop investments that help the environment, but the focus will be on saving energy and money rather than massive change, a top California environment official said on Monday....

add a comment | Oct 07, 2008