2010 February | Ecotoolbox

Whaling 'worsens carbon release'

BBC News reports here: A century of whaling may have released more than 100 million tonnes – or a large forest’s worth – of carbon into the atmosphere, scientists say.

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Plastic rubbish blights Atlantic Ocean

BBC News reports here: Plastic debris tends to accumulate in a well defined region of the western North Atlantic, scientists say. The region is said to compare with the well-documented “great Pacific garbage patch”.

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Biofuel power plant plan refused

BBC News reports here: An application to build a biofuel power station at Avonmouth, capable of powering 25,000 homes, has been refused by city councillors. The plant, which would had been fuelled initially by palm oil, was attacked by critics who blamed the demand for palm oil for rainforest destruction.

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UN climate talks to resume in April in Germany

AP reports here at Yahoo News: BONN, Germany – The United Nations says formal negotiations on an international treaty to control global warming will resume in Bonn in April, four months after the failed climate change summit in Copenhagen.

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Study: Warming to bring stronger hurricanes

AP reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – Top researchers now agree that the world is likely to get stronger but fewer hurricanes in the future because of global warming, seeming to settle a scientific debate on the subject. But they say there’s not enough evidence yet to tell whether that effect has [...]

UN climate chief Yvo de Boer quits, leaves talks hanging

AP reports here at Yahoo News: AMSTERDAM – The sharp-tongued U.N. official Yvo de Boer who shepherded troubled climate talks for nearly four years announced his resignation Thursday, leaving an uncertain path to a new treaty on global warming.

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Porsche’s Hybrid Racecar

Porsche’s Hybrid Racecar, Spiegel Online reports here: Auto racing is hardly one of the greenest sports out there. But Porsche has now come up with a racecar outfitted with a hybrid engine. The technology could ultimately find its way onto the street.

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My own private... hydrogen power station?

For years, it’s been called the fuel of the future. But I wasn’t expecting THIS vision just yet. For more details please see this report here at CNN: “My own private… hydrogen power station?”

A new wire twist on silicon solar cells

Reuters reports here at CNET News.com’s Green Tech: Researchers have come up with a way to make flexible solar cells with silicon wires that use just 1 percent of the material needed to make conventional solar cells.

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Earthmate EP3057AE 30-Watt Spiral CFL Full Spectrum Bulb, 6 Pack

This 6 pack of 30w Spiral Full Spectrum replaces a 125w incandescent bulb. It will emit a crisp white light which is good for bringing out color and clarity for reading, artwork and task oriented projects, and it will come on just as fast with no flicker! This will be the smallest 30w CFL 30w [...]

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