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The greenest paper of them all

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Wondering which paper towel or toilet paper is the greenest? The nonprofit advocacy group Greenpeace has released a pocket guide to paper products -- an updated version of the old National Resources Defense Council guide. ...





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Japan aims to bury greenhouse gas emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send the pollutants the other way, deep into the bowels of Mother Earth.


Overfishing: Are there really plenty of fish in the sea?

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Years before an economic crisis taught everyone the risks of runaway growth, marine fishermen and fishery managers were already getting a crash course.


Free PC widgets save energy

Technology / Software

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

I shaved 0.86 pounds of emissions from my carbon footprint and saved 0.646 kilowatt hours yesterday, and if the little widget on my PC can be believed, more than 22,000 people in 128 countries did roughly the same.


Warming ocean melts Greenland glaciers (AP)

Warming ocean melts Greenland glaciers

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(AP) -- With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker.


The Probo Koala dumped deadly caustic soda and other substances in Abidjan

I.Coast toxic dump 'still claiming lives'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three years after a ship dumped toxic waste in Ivory Coast, residents of a village off the main city of Abidjan are still traumatised by untimely deaths they say are linked to poisoning.


Sao Paulo traffic

Cars running on ethanol can pollute too: Brazil study

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 8

Cars running on sugarcane ethanol can produce as many harmful pollutants as those using ordinary petrol (gasoline), according a study published by Brazil's environment ministry.


Greenland's melt mystery unfolds, at glacial pace (AP)

Greenland's melt mystery unfolds, at glacial pace

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(AP) -- Suddenly and without warning, the gigantic river of ice sped up, causing it to spit icebergs ever faster into the ocean off southeastern Greenland.


Setting sail with Greenpeace

Setting sail with Greenpeace

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 1.6 / 5 (7) | comments 4

A pioneering Greenpeace arctic expedition has joined forces with a University of St Andrews academic to investigate the impacts of climate change.


A farmer walks with his cow past rural housing in the shadow of a wind farm north of Beijing

China wind farms sprout amid 'green' energy push

Technology / Energy

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 2

As Deng Hui looks out at a forest of towering turbines dotting his company's wind farm north of Beijing, a cold, drizzly wind howls in his face, but he doesn't mind.


Energy Secretary Ed Miliband

Britain launches renewables drive to cut emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (34) | comments 2

Britain announced plans Wednesday to slash emissions with a huge increase in the use of renewable energy to generate one third of the country's electricity needs by 2020.



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