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Green walls create new urban jungles

CNN reports here: Vertical gardens are cropping up all over cities these days, transforming drab urban facades into vibrant jungles of color.

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Sustainable Building Materials

CNN’s Anna Coren looks at the advantages of sustainable building materials and agricultural products.

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UN maps future worth choosing

BBC News reports here: Growing inequality, environmental decline and “teetering” economies mean the world must change the way it does business, a major UN report says.

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First report on UK climate impact

BBC News reports here: Climate change this century poses both risks and opportunities, according to the first comprehensive government assessment of its type.

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Counting the carbon cost of bringing water to the desert

CNN reports: UAE consumes 550 liters of water per head each day — more than any other country and With no fresh water supplies, it depends on carbon-intensive desalination process.

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Peak timber concerns in tropics

BBC News reports here: Current tropical timber harvesting practices are not sustainable and nations should consider the implications of “peak timber”, a study suggests.

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Arctic freshwater bulge detected

BBC News reports here: UK scientists use radar satellites to measure a huge dome of freshwater that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean. If the freshwater were to enter the North Atlantic in large volumes, the concern would be that it might disturb the currents that have such a great influence on [...]

Coda Auto pulls double duty for EVs and grid storage

CNET News.com reports here: Electric carmaker Coda Automotive thinks its car batteries are versatile enough to buffer the electric grid.

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Rio+20’s draft paper urges sustainable development goals

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: With the Rio environment conference only five months away, a just-released summit draft calls for “sustainable development goals” toward a green economy but critics slam it as too vague.

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Impact of the live reef fish trade

CNN’s Pauline Chiou explores the impact of Asia’s live reef fish trade.

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