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Lord Stern: 'People should give up eating meat to halt climate change'

The Telegraph.co.uk reports here: People should give up eating meat to halt climate change, according to Lord Stern of Brentford, a leading authority on global warming.  And here: Lord Stern’s zany warning: Is this the silliest statement ever on Climate Change?

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Planet in Peril Documentary

Planet in Peril (2007)

CNN takes viewers around the world in a comprehensive 3-hour documentary that examines our changing planet. This worldwide investigation, shot in high definition, looks at four key issues: climate change, vanishing habitats, disappearing species and human population growth. To tell this story, Anderson Cooper, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin [...]

Simple lifestyle tweaks key in climate change fight: study

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: “WASHINGTON – The United States could cut greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of France’s total annual emissions by getting Americans to make simple lifestyle changes, like regularly maintaining their cars or insulating their attics, a study showed Monday.”

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‘Freezer plan’ bid to save coral

Coral reefs are a key source of food, income and coastal protection, BBC News reports here: The prospects of saving the world’s coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples to preserve them for the future.

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Nuclear energy becomes pivotal in climate debate

AP reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – Nuclear energy, once vilified by environmentalists and facing a dim future, has become a pivotal bargaining chip as Senate Democrats hunt for Republican votes to pass climate legislation.

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Algae may be secret weapon in climate change war

Squeeze fuel out of a promising new organism: pond scum, AFP reports here at Yahoo News: As it turns out, algae — slimy, fast-growing and full of fat — is gaining ground as a potential renewable energy source.

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An Ecotopia for Climate Protection

Samso Island Is Face of Danish Green Revolution, Spiegel Online reports here: The Danish island of Samso is a mecca for climate protection experts, because its residents generate more energy than they consume — with wind turbines, solar panels, straw combustion and heat exchangers that extract heat from cow’s milk. The small ecotopia [...]

Toshiba launches portable fuel-cell for mobiles

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: TOKYO – For people fed up with their mobile telephone or iPod batteries running out, Japan’s Toshiba Corp. announced Thursday the launch of a portable fuel-cell that can power up digital gadgets on the move.

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Pessimism Abounds as Copenhagen Climate Talks Near

Spiegel Online reports here: The Copenhagen climate talks, to be held in December, were originally conceived as the final milestone on the road to a global emissions reduction agreement. Now, though, few expect the summit to produce a pact. SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke with Sweden’s climate change envoy about the remaining hurdles.

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Developing nations join West in deforestation fight

AFP reports here at Yahoo News:  Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Morocco, Nepal, and Romania will join donor nations Australia, Denmark, Norway, Britain and the United States, who have jointly pledged some 350 million dollars to combat climate change by better managing forestry resources.

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