Global Warming
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Illegal logging contributes heavily to the destruction of biodiversity and the impoverishment of millions of people that depend on forests for food and income. This comes from a report based on a study related to the German market Illegaler Holzeinschlag und die EU carried out by WWF Germany.
Free Energy Solution
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008MIT: Solar power storage discovery could mean energy nirvana
Researchers at MIT say they have made an energy storage breakthrough that could transform solar power from an alternative to a mainstream energy source. The university is calling the solar project a major advancement in energy research. Sunlight has the greatest potential of any power source to […]
EU Energy Laws to be Blocked by Britain
Monday, July 28th, 2008The European official who drafted the Energy Law legislation has accused Britain of obstructing EU efforts on renewables and said UK officials wanted to protect traditional energy suppliers and their coal, gas and nuclear power stations.
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Earth’s 10 Worst Current Environmental Disasters
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Yes indeed, we as a species have spent the past two centuries polluting our way to prosperity without a care in the world, and only now – on the brink of multiple ecological catastrophes – are we forced to appreciate our symbiotic relationship with the natural world.read more | digg story
African Lion Deaths Linked to Climate Change
Monday, July 21st, 2008Droughts and downpours exacerbated by climate change allowed two diseases to converge and wipe out large numbers of African lions in 1994 and 2001, according to a new study.
Lions regularly survive outbreaks of canine distemper virus (CDV) and infestations by a tick-borne blood parasite called Babesia. But both normally occur in isolation. In 1994 and 2001, […]
Prince Charles - Save The Rainforests
Monday, May 19th, 2008Prince Charles says there needs to be rewards for preserving the rainforest and therefore helping to prevent climate change. He called for a mechanism to be devised to pay poor countries to prevent them felling their rainforests. The prince says that the forests provided the earth’s “air conditioning system”.
He said it was “crazy” the rainforests […]
UK Petrol now includes Biofuel
Thursday, May 1st, 2008All petrol and diesel which is sold at UK pumps now has to include at least 2.5% biofuels. These renewable fuels, made from crops such as sugar cane or maize, have been added to fuel sold around the country. This target will rise to 5% by 2010. The move is aimed at making transport fuels […]
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