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- Global Warming
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- World View of Global Warming
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An Inconvenient Truth
Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect
Global Warming: The Signs and the Science
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- National Resources Defense Council
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- Stop Global Warming
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- Related Reading
Complete Idiot's Guide to Global Warming By Michael Tennesen
Global Warming: The Complete Briefing By John T. Houghton
Stop Global Warming: The Solution Is You! (Speaker's Corner) By Laurie David
The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era By Jeremy K. Leggett
You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!): 51 Easy Ways By Array
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Fix those Traffic Lights to Reduce Congestion (And Emissions)
Posted by Jeff from Feeds.treehugger
Image courtesy of grendelkhan via flickr You know the feeling: You're sitting in front of a traffic light for what seems like an eternity -- yet there's no cross traffic. And, as luck would have it, the light immediately reverts back to red after only allowing barely a handful of cars in front of you to pass. Surely, you wonder, there must be a ...
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Researchers say greenhouse gases are at their highest levels for the past 800,000 years - swissinfo
Posted by slicely from
Greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane are at their highest levels for the past 800,000 years, according to a Swiss-led international research team.
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Polar Bear to Be Designated As Threatened Species
Posted by Jeff from Wall Street Journal
The Bush Administration Wednesday handed environmentalists a major victory, determining there was sufficient scientific evidence to declare the polar bear a threatened animal under the Endangered Species Act, the Interior Department said.
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After Avalanche, Juneau Is Quick to Embrace Green
Posted by Jon from New York Times
When an avalanche cut off a power transmission line and electric rates increased 400%, Juneau cut it's electricity usage by nearly half in three weeks. Wow.
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Taking The Temperature Of Global Climate Change
Posted by eworldvu from
The daily observation from the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) clearly highlights a potential global problem. In 2008, nearly every day of each of the first four months of the year has recorded an observation of sunspot activity that is equal to zero. In fact, there have been only two days in the last four months when there has been any sunspot activity at all and each small event disappeared very quickly.....
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Australian Climate Change Minister’s dose of shock therapy
Posted by devolved from Smh.com
As she draws up detailed plans to reduce carbon emissions, Penny Wong, the Australian Climate Change Minister, faces fierce arguments from fossil fuel companies that are on a collision course with the latest scientific predictions on global warming.
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Obama flacks for 'clean coal' in Kentucky
Posted by lisa from Grist
Obama's energy plans would put a stop to coal-as-usual, but he's still touting "clean coal" in Kentucky in advance of the state's primary.
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Grist Feature: Obama energy adviser Jason Grumet talks climate, coal, and green jobs
Posted by Jeff from Feeds.feedburner
Since 2002 Jason Grumet has been the executive director of the National Commission on Energy Policy, a bipartisan group of 20 energy experts. His ability to work across the aisle attracted the attention of Barack Obama, who has made him a key energy adviser. Grist's David Roberts spoke with Grumet in late April.
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Abu Dhabi Aims to Build First Carbon-Neutral City : NPR
Posted by Mikep2 from NPR
Morning Edition, May 6, 2008 · In Abu Dhabi, there's an area of nothing but wind-swept desert. But 10 years from now, if all goes according to plan, a city of 6 square kilometers housing 50,000 people will rise in the United Arab Emirates - and it will be carbon neutral.
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Will the Polar Bear Survive? - TIME
Posted by Damianmann from Time
Polar Bears could become the first species to become extinct due to the effects of global warming.
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Bill Gates pushes coal
Posted by lisa from Grist
Cascade Investment Management, Gates' personal investment company, is the largest stakeholder (9 percent) in a controversial coal project in Minnesota. Interestingly, Gates' friend billionaire Warren Buffett recently canceled six planned coal projects. As for whether coal can be produced without contributing to climate change, Wikipedia says "there are no coal-fired power plants in commercial production which capture all carbon dioxide emissions, so the process is theoretical and experimental and thus a subject of feasibility or pilot studies."
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McCain calls for 700+ new nuclear plants (and 7 Yucca mountains) costing $4 trillion
Posted by Jeff from Huffington Post
Well, sort of. The HuffPo folks love to write sensational headlines... "We would have to quadruple the number of reactors to 400, which would take decades even if we could somehow return to -- and sustain -- the fastest decadal rate of U.S. nuclear plant construction. But that wouldn't mean just building 300 new nuclear plants, for several reasons. First, by 2050, almost all of the existing plants would need to be replaced, so that is another hundred to build if we want to hit the 80% goal."
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