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Greenpeace warns on data centres

Their electricity often comes from utility companies which generate power from burning coal,  BBC News reports here: Greenpeace calls on technology companies to use more renewable energy sources to power their data centers.

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The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling by Daniel D. Chiras

Passive solar heating and passive cooling—approaches known as natural conditioning—provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved.

Now Dan Chiras, author of the popular book “The [...]

Gulf Stream ‘is not slowing down’

BBC News reports here: Scientists confirm that there is no slowing of the Gulf Stream ocean current, as predicted by some models of climate change.

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Landmarks go dark, millions unplug for Earth Hour

AP reports here at Yahoo News:  SYDNEY – The white-shelled roof of the Sydney Opera House fell dark Saturday night, one of the first landmarks to turn out the lights in an hour-long gesture to be repeated by millions of people around the world who are calling for a binding pact to cut [...]

China steams ahead on clean energy

BBC News reports here: China overtook the US during 2009 as the leading investor in clean energy, researchers say – with the UK in third place.

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Forest loss slows as China plants

BBC News reports here: The speed of forest loss across the world has slowed markedly over the last decade, with major planting in China, the UN says.

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Project to turn CO2 into car fuel

BBC News reports here: Researchers in Bath and Bristol are working to discover if carbon dioxide extracted from air could be turned to car fuel.

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UN to look at climate meat link

BBC News reports here: UN farm experts will look at links between meat-eating and greenhouse emissions amid claims they have been exaggerated.

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Polluted water kills more people than all forms of violence including wars

CNN News reports here: Contaminated and polluted water now kills more people than all forms of violence including wars, according to a U.N. report that calls for turning unsanitary wastewater into an environmentally safe economic resource.

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Hong Kong air pollution hits record levels

AFP  reports here at Yahoo News: HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s air pollution soared to record levels Monday, the Environmental Protection Department said, warning that a toxic stew enveloping the city was a danger to the public.

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