Russia’s Peatland Fires May Continue Burning Underground Through Winter

photo: praegerr via flickr Burning for some weeks now, the fires in Russia are not only causing Moscow’s daily death rate to double as smog engulfs the city, but are also emitting tons of greenhouse gas emissions as drained peatlands burn. What’s worse,

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Worst Damage From the BP Spill May be Done in the Deep Sea

Photo via PhysOrg The challenges presented by the BP spill that we occupy ourselves with are too often surface deep: the oiled birds, soiled coastline, out of work tour guides, and political wrangling make for immediately compelling, easily graspable narratives. Which is why I’ve tried throughout this ordeal to keep a focus on the damage done that most people will never see with their own eyes, things like

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Massive Berry Bank in Russia One Step Closer to Demolition

Scientists will likely be forced to say “Do svidaniya” to a massive cache of rare genetic samples. Image credit: With a single decision yesterday, Russia’s Supreme Arbitration Court put the Pavlovsk Experimental Station —home to more than 5,000 rare and unique plant samples—in jeopardy.

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Automotive X Prize Finalists Race to Top 100 MPGe

X-Tracer and ZAP compete for the X Prize. Photos courtesy of Progressive Automotive X Prize After a series of eliminations at Michigan International Speedway over the past several weeks, the original 136 vehicles that qualified to enter the Automotive X Prize were narrowed down to nine final survivors. In this ‘revolution through competition,’ the vehicles aimed for the best super-fuel efficiency — 100 mpg o..

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NASA Launches Google Phones Into Space as Cheap Satellites

Image via COED Magazine What happens when NASA geeks hangout with Google employees?

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What’s the Energy, Water and Greenhouse Gas Intensity of Oil Shale? High, High & High

photo: Stuart Caie via flickr In case you needed more convincing that developing the United States’ oil shale deposits into liquid fuel is an environmental nightmare and a complete non-starter from an energy perspective, Western Resource Advocates has just released a new assessment of the energy return on investment that details it all. Here are th…

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Reforestation Projects Better Than Monoculture Tree Plantations for Capturing & Storing Carbon

photo courtesy Dr John Kanowski Australian scientists studying the amount of carbon stored in monoculture tree plantations and reforested areas of damaged rainforests have found that, though reforestation is more expensive than establishing a plantation it is more efficient for capturing carbon.

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It’s Time to Give Up Spreadsheets for Tracking Carbon Emissions

CFOs, CIOs and sustainability teams at large companies have used spreadsheets for years to track corporate carbon emissions.  We are now, however, at a tipping point where the benefits of carbon management software outweigh the benefits of spreadsheets. 

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Moscow Engulfed in Peat Smoke As City’s Record-Breaking Heat Sets Off Fires

photo: AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel If you’re sweating through a heatwave right now, take comfort knowing that you don’t have massive peat-fires sending smoke across your town too, like in Moscow: The Russian capital experienced a record high of 99°F, on Monday (the hottest since records began in the late 1800s), with the heatwave setting off peat fires , causing air quality to be 5-8 higher than normal. ..

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Natural Gas Use to Double in US in Coming Decades: MIT Report

photo: citylovesyou_ffm via flickr After two years of study, researchers from MIT have forecast natural gas use in the United States doubling in the coming decades, increasing energy market share to 40%. That increase comes largely because natural gas eventually replaces more coal in electricity generation thanks to future carbon emissions reduction policy

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