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Warner: Climate change a national security issue
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Former Vice President Al Gore, a leading voice on climate change, urged lawmakers Friday to overcome partisan differences and pass legislation to curb greenhouse gases.
Climate heavy-hitters to address House panel
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Former Vice President Al Gore called a House bill that would curb the gases blamed for global warming the most important legislation ever in Congress.
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UN climate official warns of Indian energy 'crisis'
Dec 23, 2009 |
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India's reliance on coal means the country is heading for an energy crisis unless it diversifies its sources of power, the chairman of the UN's top climate change panel predicted on Wednesday.
New plan to reduce planes' CO2 emissions
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Aviation groups in Europe announced a plan Tuesday to change the way commercial planes land in order to reduce their global-warming emissions of carbon dioxide.
Study: Bio-plastic goods not eco-friendly
Apr 27, 2008 |
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Bio-plastic goods can still damage the environment by emitting gases that can impact climate change, a study by a British newspaper found.
Germany may spark European climate crisis
Jun 28, 2006 |
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The German government may reportedly trigger a European "climate crisis" by enacting extremely limited carbon emission rules.
Crises lead banks to operate more opportunistically
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Financial crises place significant strain on banks, causing them to behave more opportunistically than clients are accustomed to. Business clients should count on this, according to Uppsala University business economist Kristina ...
Microbes fuel energy debate
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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Microbes may well be the answer to our global energy crisis. By fermenting biomass to produce biofuels, they offer a possible climate-friendly solution to the anticipated shortfall in fossil fuel supply. A review by Professor ...
Global crisis hits smartphone sales
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Worldwide sales of hi-tech "smartphones" grew at their slowest pace yet in the fourth quarter of 2008 as the financial crisis hit demand, a research firm said Thursday.
A global responsibility to help vulnerable communities adapt
May 28, 2009 |
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For one international community - the 165,000 strong Inuit community dispersed across the Arctic coastline in small, remote coastal settlements in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Siberia - it is already too late to prevent ...
Airlines wary of 2020 carbon-neutral target
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Crisis-hit airlines said Tuesday that a plan to cap the growth of the industry's emissions by 2020 was ambitious and costly but agreed on the urgency of fighting climate change.
New study pinpoints potential 'green collar' job growth in US
Nov 18, 2008 |
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During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama proposed an economic plan that would create 5 million jobs in environmental industries. These so-called "green collar" jobs do, in fact, present the next frontier for U.S. manufacturing, ...
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