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Environmentalist Bill McKibben call to action
September 3, 2010 - Editor
McKibben says that the dire environmental problems we face aren’t entirely unmanageable, and we have the capabilities to provide some solutions, but there are certain groups — like the oil and gas... Learn more
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Palm oil’s growing fall from grace
September 3, 2010 - Rajeet Ghosh. Rajeet is a student at the University of Manchester
Here was a crop that brought much-needed revenue to developing countries, produced a highly efficient bio-fuel while maintaining forest cover and could play a role in reducing atmospheric carbon dioxi... Learn more
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UN to study impact of incomplete action
September 1, 2010 - Alert News
The U.N. panel of climate scientists will look at the costs of "second best" ways of fighting global warming amid doubts that all countries will sign up to U.N.-led action... Learn more
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Are we living in a designer universe?
August 31, 2010 - Dr John Gribbin
The argument over whether the universe has a creator, and who that might be, is among the oldest in human history. ... Learn more
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Greenland’s prime minister lambasts Greenpeace for raiding Arctic oil rig
August 31, 2010 - Reuters
Kuupik Kleist claims environmental campaigners are damaging country's economy by occupying drilling platform... Learn more
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Resettlement fears over China’s South-North water transfer project
August 31, 2010 - Reuters
Biggest engineering project in Chinese history could repeat failures of Three Gorges Dam, with significant pressure on ecosystems and fisheries from the resettlement of 300,000 people... Learn more
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What is climate risk management?
August 30, 2010 - Stephen Zebiak
As I wrote in the previous installment, climate risk management is a process that informs decision making through the application of climate knowledge and information. ... Learn more
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NZ seabed samples clue to global warming
August 29, 2010 - Reuters
"We know that carbon dioxide cycles between the oceans and the atmosphere and that rising global temperatures cause the release of carbon dioxide from the deep ocean into the air," Auckland University... Learn more
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UN hopes science review eases climate scepticism
August 29, 2010 - Alert News
A review due on Monday can help restore public faith in the U.N. panel of climate scientists and its finding that global warming is man-made despite errors in a 2007 report, the U.N.'s environment chief said.... Learn more
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Is this the biggest environmental scandal in history?
August 28, 2010 - Patrick Query
A handful of Chinese and Indian firms are deliberately producing large quantities of an incredibly powerful “greenhouse gas” which they are then paid billions of dollars to destroy.... Learn more
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