‘Dry Water’ Could Make Commercial Waves in Storing Carbon
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‘Dry Water’ Could Make Commercial Waves in Storing Carbon
USGS Confirms Himalayan Glaciers Are Melting & Climate Change is to Blame
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Small debris-free plateau glacier with glacier lakes at Gangrinchemzoe Pass at 5,200 m, south of the main Himalayan divide, Bhutan. Photo via USGS In case you were convinced otherwise by the quasi-scandal of ‘Himalayagate’ earlier in the year: The US Geological Survey has released a new report on the state of glacier retreat in the Himalaya and it makes perfectly clear the situation, “Many of Asia’s glaciers are retreating as a result of climate change.
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USGS Confirms Himalayan Glaciers Are Melting & Climate Change is to Blame
TVA Outlines Plans for Idling Coal-Fired Units
The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to begin idling nine coal-fired power generation units in the next fiscal year as it moves toward cleaner sources of energy.
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How Businesses Can Plan for the Unpredictability of Climate Change
While climate science provides evidence of general trends, we are still a long way from predicting specific climate events.
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How Businesses Can Plan for the Unpredictability of Climate Change
Are Chemical Companies Gaming the Carbon Credit System?
A controversy is brewing over whether some chemical companies are abusing a program that gives them carbon credit revenues for destroying a potent greenhouse gas created as a by-product in their operations.
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Are Chemical Companies Gaming the Carbon Credit System?
Is Your Product Good for the Climate? Here’s How to Prove It
Rigorous environmental product declarations are relatively new in the U.S., and Bekaert Specialty Films is among the early adopters of the practice. BSF completed a climate declaration with the lifecycle analyses of 32 of its solar window films
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Climate Corps 2010: News Corp Cleans Up with Telepresence, Lighting Retrofit
In his final filing from the 2010 class of EDF’s Climate Corps, Jonathan Stone looks at the successes from his 10-week fellowship at News Corp.
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Rising Seas Could Dampen Aussie Coastal Building
The state government of New South Wales (NSW) just released new planning guidelines that discourage development in some coastal zones due to sea level rise caused by climate change.
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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
Indie Cafes Struggle Putting Sustainability on the Menu
As large, widespread fast food chains have been pressured and prodded to lower the environmental impacts of their businesses, the same has not been asked of independent quick-service cafes and takeout spots, resulting in many offering unhealthy food with little incentive to improve the sustainability of their operations.
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Indie Cafes Struggle Putting Sustainability on the Menu