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5.20.2011
Huge rise in Brazil deforestation
www.bbc.co.uk
New satellite images show deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has increased by almost six times in the past year.
US military goes to war with climate sceptics | Jules Boykoff | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
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Jules Boykoff: Political action on climate change may be mired in Congress, but one arm of government at least is acting: the Pentagon
Greenhouse Ocean Study Offers Warning For Future - US News and World Report
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Mass extinction of life in our oceans during prehistoric times is a warning for the future.
New Scottish Government pledges 100% renewable electricity by 2020 | Energy Efficiency News
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UK policy, Scotland, Scottish Government, renewables, renewable electricity target for 2020,
5.19.2011
Solar sheet captures up to 95% of light energy - Green House - USATODAY.com
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Solar sheet captures up to 95% of light energy - Green House - USATODAY.com
It’s Time To Put A Price On Carbon, NRC Says - Science News
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Substantial, immediate action on climate should begin, new report says
Koalas at risk with climate change
www.heraldsun.com.au
AUSTRALIA'S koala population is at serious risk, a Senate inquiry into populations has heard.
Wadebridge moves closer to becoming UK's first solar town - Solar Power Portal
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Leading renewable energy source for all UK solar power and feed-in tariff information
Sustainable Food: How gas drilling contaminates your food
www.salon.com
We know the controversial fracking process hurts our water supply -- but it's also affecting the things we eat
Japan to Consider Using Energy-Saving, Smart Grid Technologies, Edano Says
www.bloomberg.com
Japan will consider the use of smart grid technologies as it forms a new energy policy following the nuclear crisis in Fukushima prefecture, the government's top spokesman said.
VPR News: "Smart Meter" Brings New Technology To Vermont Homes
www.vpr.net
Over the next two years, utility companies in the state will be rolling out 'smart grid' technology, which will include bringing smart meters to every home and business in the state.
5.18.2011
WSJ Jewish Donors Warning Obama Staff
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Jewish donors and fund-raisers are warning the Obama reelection campaign that the president is at risk of losing financial support because of concerns about his handling of Israel.
How much CO2 does one solar panel create?
www.mnn.com
Yes, it's true that making solar panels creates carbon dioxide, but over the life of a solar installation it produces on average of 30x less CO2 than coal power.
5.17.2011
Global Warming
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A reader responds to a recent Week in Review article about the flooding of the Mississippi River.
Meat is murder? More like suicide, argues Planeat film
Meat is murder? More like suicide, argues Planeat film | Damian Carrington | Environment | guardian.
www.guardian.co.ukDamian Carrington: Eating animals and their products is bad for our health and our planet, according to a subtle new polemic
Climate Skeptic's Debunked Report Exposes How the Denial Industry Works
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This post is an installment in a series about the state of American climate skepticism. I'll be expanding upon the ideas put forward in my recent Slate piece, Do Climate Skeptics Change Their Minds?, so read that first. Photo:
Israeli Troops Shoot U.S. Student in Head with High-Velocity Tear Gas Canister
www.democracynow.org
"I was shot at close range with a high-velocity metal tear gas canister... When it hit me, it tore off a part of my scalp," says Christopher Whitman, a 25-year-old American student and activist who was seriously injured when he was shot by Israeli forces while attending a West Bank protest on Friday
Violent Arctic storm a climate-change ‘harbinger'
www.theglobeandmail.com
Salt water that swept inland in 1999, killing Mackenzie Delta vegetation, was 'ecologically unprecedented'
First (somewhat) Large-Scale Concentrated Photovoltaic Plant in U.S to be Constructed
cleantechnica.com
The U.S Department of Energy is backing the construction of one of the largest planned concentrated photovoltaic solar power plants. Concentrated solar power plants have only been constructed on small scales thus far. Even this one, which is 30 MW (i.e. 30,000 kW or 30 million watts) is not very
Coverted Climate Skeptics Speak Out (Video + Audio)
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This post is an installment in a series about the current state of American climate skepticism. I'll be expanding upon the ideas put forward in my recent Slate piece, Do Climate Skeptics Change Their Minds?, so read that first.
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