Climate Risks That Every Executive Should Know About
When it comes to a company’s impact on climate change, does directors and officers insurance cover executives?
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Climate Risks That Every Executive Should Know About
The Greens Are The Only Winner From Australia’s Federal Election
August 23, 2010 by
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Images: Sydney Morning Herald (left), and The Greens (right).
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The Greens Are The Only Winner From Australia’s Federal Election
The Coming Flood of Climate Refugees
Environmental refugees could increase from 50 million by 2011 to 1 billion by 2050, and director Michael Nash gives us a glimpse of the human face of climate change in his new documentary, Climate Refugees.
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The Coming Flood of Climate Refugees
GAO Report on Environmentally Sound E-Waste Recycling Options
In this report from the U.S.
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GAO Report on Environmentally Sound E-Waste Recycling Options
It’s Hot Enough to Wake the Media: MSM Links Heat, Extreme Flooding to Climate Change
It had to happen sooner or later. After experiencing the hottest decade on record (2000-2009), the hottest spring (2010), and the hottest overall Jan-June period, and then a bunch of record-shattering highs around the globe, as well as heatwaves and an unusually powerful monsoon, the media was bound to draw the connection between the extreme weather and the warming planet. It’s a bit of a tricky line to walk, to be sure — no single monsoon or heatwave, no matter how crippling, proves man is causing climate change
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It’s Hot Enough to Wake the Media: MSM Links Heat, Extreme Flooding to Climate Change
World’s Richest Hindu Temple Doesn’t Just Ban Plastic Bags, Bans Plastics
August 12, 2010 by
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photo: Ashok Prabhakaran via flickr Now this is really the spirit: The Tribune (Chandigarh, India) reports that Tirumala’s Sri Venkateswara temple , the richest Hindu in the world with some 60,000 people visiting daily, will soon be a plastic-free zone, after the state government of Andhra Pradesh decided to ban the use of plastic products there. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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World’s Richest Hindu Temple Doesn’t Just Ban Plastic Bags, Bans Plastics
New Canadian Study Claims Helmet Laws Don’t Affect Cycling Ridership Numbers
August 12, 2010 by
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From The Moederfiets or Motherbike Canada’s ten provinces have varying rules about bicycle helmets; some make them mandatory, some mandatory for those under 18 years old, and some with no legislation. It makes for an interesting study on The effects of provincial bicycle helmet legislation on helmet use and bicycle ridership in Canada .
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New Canadian Study Claims Helmet Laws Don’t Affect Cycling Ridership Numbers
"Millions of Barrels of Oil Safely Reach Port in Major Environmental Catastrophe": Onion
August 12, 2010 by
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Disaster strikes as massive quantities of oil reach their intended destination. The Onion Yes, the Onion, America’s finest news source, is consistently hilarious
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"Millions of Barrels of Oil Safely Reach Port in Major Environmental Catastrophe": Onion
Biochar Alone Could Offset 12% of All Human Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Study
August 10, 2010 by
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Through application to soil in farmer’s fields, biochar both can help increase soil fertility and store carbon emissions. Photo: Feral Arts via flickr. More new info on the potential of biochar to help combat climate change: A study in the journal Nature Communications shows that up to 12% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans could be offset by p..
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Biochar Alone Could Offset 12% of All Human Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Study
Obama Injects $1B into FutureGen ‘Clean Coal’ Project
The beleaguered program first announced in 2003 will attempt to demonstrate the viability of "clean coal" technology, where carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants are captured and stored deep within the earth, rather than entering the atmosphere and contributing to climate change.
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Obama Injects $1B into FutureGen ‘Clean Coal’ Project