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June 12, 2009 06:19 AM EDT (featured date: June 12, 2009) — The graph below shows the daily sea ice extent. The solid blue line indicates the 2009 data; the dashed green line shows the data for 2007; and the solid gray line indicates average extent from 1979 to . . . more
May 28, 2009 09:21 AM EDT (featured date: May 28, 2009) — 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 . . . more
March 24, 2009 09:04 PM EDT (featured date: March 25, 2009) — 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 . . . more
March 20, 2009 04:49 AM EDT (featured date: March 25, 2009) — U.S. Department of energy Announcement President Obama Announces $2.4 Billion in Funding to Support Next Generation Electric Vehicles DOE Support for Advanced Battery Manufacturing and . . . more
March 10, 2009 09:30 PM EDT (featured date: March 25, 2009) — 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 . . . more
February 15, 2009 10:31 PM EST (featured date: February 15, 2009) — 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 . . . more
February 03, 2009 01:10 AM EST (featured date: February 15, 2009) — 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 . . . more
January 28, 2009 02:26 AM EST (featured date: February 15, 2009) — In Greek mythology, Ceto was a sea goddess. Ceto was a daughter of Gaia and Pontus, and she personified the power of the sea. In a current incarnation, CETO is the name of a wave power technology . . . more
January 22, 2009 05:52 AM EST (featured date: February 15, 2009) — While the weather has been cold in some places over the past few months, the year 2008 was among the ten warmest years in the period of instrumental measurements, which extends back to 1880.  The . . . more
January 13, 2009 05:34 AM EST (featured date: February 15, 2009) — Cycle A:  Inorganic Waste We're all familiar with the idea that we're running out of scarce resources. We just cannot continue to keep drilling and mining for more fossil fuel, metals . . . more
October 23, 2008 08:23 AM EDT (featured date: October 23, 2008) — Professor David Keith of the University of Calgary is working on a device that removes carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) directly from ambient air. Keith has built a tower, 4 feet wide and 20 feet tall, . . . more
October 30, 2007 05:04 AM EDT (featured date: October 30, 2007) — 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 . . . more
October 06, 2007 02:39 AM EDT (featured date: October 06, 2007) — 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, . . . more
October 01, 2007 06:18 AM EDT (featured date: October 06, 2007) — Globally, wind power generation more than quadrupled between 2000 and 2006. But while wind power is making steady progress in Europe, the U.S. gets less than 1% of its electricity from wind power, Spain . . . more
September 26, 2007 05:56 AM EDT (featured date: September 26, 2007) — Communities without roads is an exciting concept that allows people to live within walking distances of colleages, customers, friends, medical and educational facilities, shops, restaurants, etc. The sedentary . . . more
September 17, 2007 08:56 PM EDT (featured date: September 17, 2007) — Hydrogen fuel cells constitute an efficient way to store energy and as such they form an important component in our struggle to contain global warming. Hydrogen fuel cells are a convenient and clean . . . more
June 15, 2007 10:36 PM EDT (featured date: July 12, 2007) — The quickest and most effective way to deal with global warming is to tax greenhouse gas emissions and to spend the proceeds to encourage the use of renewable energy locally. Tax puts a price on pollution . . . more
June 26, 2007 02:43 AM EDT (featured date: July 12, 2007) — 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. . . . more
April 08, 2007 03:30 AM EDT (featured date: April 08, 2007) — 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 . . . more
April 06, 2007 04:05 AM EDT (featured date: April 06, 2007) — The US Supreme Court ruled on April 2nd that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must limit greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide. Four Bills are now under discussion in the Senate that . . . more
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