Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:02 PM PST
Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies
U.S. News & World Report - Feb 6, 2013
WEDNESDAY,
Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women exposed to particulate air
pollution -- commonly known as smog -- have a significantly greater risk
of having a baby with a low birth weight, according to a large new
international study.
Pollution has shrunk Indian newbornsTimes of
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 01:14 PM PST
Climate Action Programme
Poll: Americans back climate change regulation, not taxes
EurekAlert (press release) - 3 hours ago
DURHAM, N.C. -- Now that President Obama has put climate change
back on the table in his second inaugural address, a new national poll
finds growing public support for regulating greenhouse gas emissions and
requiring utilities to switch to
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:53 AM PST
NPR
Blizzard alert: Northeast snowstorm could be among the worst of all time
NBCNews.com - 1 hour ago
Millions
of Americans brace for a massive storm that threatens to pummel the
Northeast and dump more than 2 feet of snow on parts of New England.
Winter Storm Warning Issued for FridaySalamanca Press (blog)
Northeast Braces For Powerful Winter Storm,
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:29 AM PST
Climate change threatens food security
ABC Online - 5 hours ago
SARAH CLARKE: With climate scientists warning of a long term global
warming trend, the forecast across the Asia Pacific region is one of
greater variability.
See realtime coverage »
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:23 AM PST
Environmental Leader
Head of IMF: climate change is 'the greatest economic challenge of the
21st ...
Mongabay.com - Feb 6, 2013
Climate change not debt or austerity is "the greatest economic challenge
of the 21st Century," according to Christine Lagarde, the head of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF).
"Future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:07 AM PST
Columbus Dispatch
A Cleaner Way to Use Coal Kevin Bullis
MIT Technology Review - 9 hours ago
In ordinary coal plants, coal is pulverized to make a fine powder and then burned in air to produce steam to drive turbines.
OSU process gets 'clean coal' energyColumbus Dispatch
New Coal Technology Harnesses Energy Without Burning, Nears Pilot-Scale ...Science Daily (
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:44 AM PST
Areva Studies Asia Offshore Wind Projects as Turbines Get Bigger
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
Areva, Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Siemens AG aim to expand in Asia as China plans 5,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2015.
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:19 AM PST
Solar farm eyed for closed landfill
The Daily News of Newburyport - 5 hours ago
Mayor
Thatcher Kezer and city councilors this week confirmed there is
interest in using the former landfill at the intersection of Route 150
and South Hunt Road for solar power, which could bring a considerable amount of revenue into Amesbury. But ...
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:17 AM PST
Nanoantenna Solar Cell Efficiency Can Blow Silicon Out Of The Water
CleanTechnica - 5 hours ago
Today, conventional silicon solar cells are 10% to 20% efficient (this
means that they generate 100 watts to 200 watts per square metre of
cells, respectively).
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:40 AM PST
Changing the Conversation on Climate Change. Bloomberg
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:35 AM PST
Farm Futures
Legislators' Climate Change Panel Catches Ag Industry's Attention
Farm Futures - 6 hours ago
Though
it's a controversial topic, U.S. Rep Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and U.S.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., stand firmly behind climate change as a
risk to the country - and now National Farmers Union President Roger
Johnson announced his ...
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:34 AM PST
Media Let Climate Change Off The Hook In Fishing Debate
Media Matters for America (blog) - 17 hours ago
As
government scientists and policymakers attempt to safeguard
disappearing populations of Atlantic Cod off of the New England coast
with stricter catch limits, state and national media continue to ignore
the role of anthropogenic climate change in ...
Climate change
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:32 AM PST
Straits Times
Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared - study
Reuters - 18 hours ago
The boost to growth from CO2, the main gas from burning fossil fuels
blamed for causing climate change, was likely to exceed damaging effects
of rising temperatures this century such as drought, it said.
Climate science: Global warming and tropical
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:31 AM PST
MiamiHerald.com
Report outlines climate change options for Obama administration
MiamiHerald.com - 14 hours ago
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Resources Institute, a think tank that focuses on the environment and
socioeconomic development, looks at the technical and legal authority
President Barack Obama could use to build on the pledge in his inaugural
address to address climate change.
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