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- Abu Dhabi Aims to Build First Carbon-Neutral City : NPR
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  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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- Bill Gates pushes coal
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  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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- Wild salmon could disappear from Vancouver menus
  Posted by Shemuses from CBC
  One of Vancouver's top restaurants says it would consider taking wild salmon off its its menu if it proves to be unsustainable. Robert Clark, the executive chef of C restaurant, which overlooks Vancouver's False Creek, said the restaurant has made no decision yet, but wants to do its part to help protect dwindling salmon stocks. "At C, being a leader in the selling of sustainably harvested seafood, we are always considering and reconsidering and analyzing what's on our menu and should be there," Clarke told CBC Radio on Thursday morning.
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- The high cost to Alberta of 500 dead ducks
  Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail
  Five hundred dead ducks in the toxic sludge of a Syncrude Canada Ltd. tailings pond have dealt a major blow to Alberta's $25-million campaign to sell the booming oilsands as eco-friendly. Company and government officials confirmed Wednesday that only five ducks were saved after a flock of mallards landed Monday morning on the partially frozen pond filled with oilsands wastes.
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- Van Jones -- Green Collar Jobs | Fast Company
  Posted by Shemuses from fastcompany
  The cheering would begin soon enough. Dressed in a slim-cut gray suit and green tie, Van Jones ascended to the stage grinning and blowing kisses to the crowd. Jones, 39, a 6-foot-1-inch Yale Law grad, was appearing at a summit in San Francisco called "Advancing a New Energy Economy in California." The city's charismatic mayor, Gavin Newsom, was among the presenters, along with corporate bigwigs such as PG&E chief executive Peter Darbee. But no one would outshine Jones.
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- Who Will Revive BC's Forests?
  Posted by Shemuses from The Tyee
  World relies on our 'lungs,' but replanting is lowest in 20 years. British Columbia is in a race against time to remove and replenish pine stands that have been killed by mountain pine beetle. At stake is B.C.'s contribution to staving off global warming.
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- How the Bronx Turned Green
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  A conversation with environmental activist Majora Carter about integrating the movement, how to stop dumping on our communities, and why planting trees won't kill hip-hop.
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mozellagi2000 comments on:
Energy Probe - The Deniers: Our spotless sun

A-ha. Actual scientific analysis of weather potentialities ! How refreshing ! Chill out Global Warming Wonks !

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10:21 am 6/30/08
Jeff comments on:
New satellite photos show Amazon deforestation exploding

This story is very disheartening. I wish we could send our military down to help Brazil protect the Amazon (rather than having them bogged down in Iraq).

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12:36 pm 6/10/08
sgtwildey comments on:
Polar Bear to Be Designated As Threatened Species

Government taken to court? When will that ever happen? Let’s remember the Supreme Court has been hand selected by king bush himself.

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7:18 pm 5/20/08
matt2 comments on:
Polar Bear to Be Designated As Threatened Species

That’s just cover-your-ass speak so that he’s not held responsible when the government is taken to court for failing to actually enforce the protections.

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5:47 pm 5/14/08
carley comments on:
Polar Bear to Be Designated As Threatened Species

I’m both shocked and pleased that the Bush Administration approved this – after all, it will gasp make it more difficult for us to acquire all that delicious fossil fuel from the Arctic! However, I find Mr. Kempthorne’s comment to be a bit contradictory: "While the legal standards under the ESA compel me to list the polar bear as threatened, I want to make clear that this listing will not stop global climate change or prevent any sea ice from melting. Any real solution requires action by all major economies for it to be effective. That’s why I’m taking administrative and regulatory action to make certain the ESA isn’t abused to make global warming policies."
Who else is all for abusing the ESA to make global warming policies? So what, we declare them endangered and then do absolutely nothing to ensure that their habitat is protected, and therefore that they survive as a species? Who are these "major economies"? I know that China is increasingly oil-hungry, but the USA uses exponentially more fuel than any other countries in the world, we’re the major contributor to global warming.. so most of this falls on our shoulders. I hope that this isn’t another "Clean Air Act". It’s one thing to put polar bears on the endangeres species list; it’s quite another to take the action required to prevent their extinction.

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4:38 pm 5/14/08
rhoehn comments on:
Bill Gates pushes coal

There is no such thing as clean coal. Its a re-branding on the same dirty thing.

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1:14 pm 5/09/08
theangryindian comments on:
Bill Gates pushes coal

Gates understands full well the implications. He knows neo-cons will spend money on coal. And it seems windmills.

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8:52 am 5/08/08

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