2009 November | Ecotoolbox - Part 4

Antarctica’s ice loss helps offset global warming: study

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: PARIS – Global warming has been blamed for the alarming loss of ice shelves in Antarctica, but a new study says newly-exposed areas of sea are now soaking up some of the carbon gas that causes the problem.

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India environment minister under fire over glaciers

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: NEW DELHI – India’s environment minister came under fire Tuesday from scientists for denying climate change was causing Himalayan glaciers to melt and disputing the work of the UN’s top global warming body.

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Japan eyes solar station in space

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: TOKYO – It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan’s space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.

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Maldives anger at climate inertia

BBC News reports here: The president of the Maldives strongly criticises the world’s rich countries for doing too little to stem climate change.

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Can cloud ships and space sun shades fix the planet?

CNN reports here: In order to stop dangerous climate change we may be forced to construct giant solar shades and cover great swathes of land with artificial trees that suck up carbon dioxide.

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British treasury chief urges climate agreement

AP reports here at Yahoo News: ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world’s top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month.

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F1 designer unveils electric car

BBC News reports here: An electric car created by the McLaren F1 ’supercar’ road car designer Gordon Murray has been unveiled.

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Snow cap disappearing from Mount Kilimanjaro

AP reports here at Yahoo News: The snows of Kilimanjaro may soon be gone. The African mountain’s white peak — made famous by writer Ernest Hemingway — is rapidly melting, researchers report.

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4 Battery Solar Charger

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Merkel addressing climate change with US lawmakers

AP reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – German Chancellor Angela Merkel was making the case Tuesday for a global deal on climate change to a skeptical audience: members of Congress.

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