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Calif. board postpones decision on pollution tax (AP)

Calif. board postpones decision on pollution tax

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 4

(AP) -- California regulators on Thursday delayed a decision on whether to implement the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and other polluting industries.





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FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on "smart" phones.


Bella Center in Copenhagen, the venue of upcoming COP15 Climate Summit

Silicon Valley getting greener with Hara

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Fresh from signing on to help green Silicon Valley, startup Hara will be at climate talks in Copenhagen this week to urge that corporations not wait for regulations to fight global warming.


Carbonic anhydrase

Blood Enzyme Could Help Realize Clean Coal

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An enzyme in our blood that enables our lungs to exhale carbon dioxide could be the key to isolating carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants in order to store them safely underground. A ...


Replicating Climate Change to Forecast its Effects

Replicating Climate Change to Forecast its Effects

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are replicating the effects of climate change to see what the future holds for soybeans, wheat and the soils where they grow.


A view of an offshore wind power farm in Germany

EU grants 1.5 billion euros for wind farms, carbon capture

Technology / Energy

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The EU commission on Wednesday granted 1.5 billion euros (2.2 billion dollars) to offshore wind farms and carbon capture and storage schemes to help relaunch Europe's economy and cut greenhouse gas emissions.


Verizon Wireless to FCC: smart phones more costly

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Verizon Wireless says it started charging customers more to break service contracts for smart phones because those devices cost much more.


Novel carbon-trading scheme could stop large-scale extinctions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A new strategy for saving tropical forest species was published in the leading journal Science on the eve of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark, by a team of researchers, includ ...


Sandia CR5

Machine Converts CO2 into Gasoline, Diesel, and Jet Fuel

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (45) | comments 25

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have built a machine that uses the sun's energy to convert carbon dioxide waste from power plants into transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel, ...


New science estimates carbon storage potential of US lands

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4

The first phase of a groundbreaking national assessment estimates that U.S. forests and soils could remove additional quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere as a means to mitigate climate change.


Fishing the online stream

Technology / Internet

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

On West Lancaster Avenue in Wayne, Pa., local businessman Robert Lail runs what he calls "YouTube for business."



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