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Will Baby Herring and Conservationists Delay Russo-German Pipeline?

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:46:36 +0000

Spiegel Online reports here: Preparations are fast taking shape for the construction of the controversial Nord Stream natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany this spring. But it still faces a legal challenge in Germany from environmentalists, and critics say the project could disrupt the spring spawning of the herring found in the western Baltic Sea.

Scientists to review climate body

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:16 +0000

BBC News reports here: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the world’s science academies to review work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: report

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:33:31 +0000

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – The United States could source 10 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2030, a report said Tuesday, winning support from a US lawmaker who wants to boost the number of US solar panels.

Growing low-oxygen zones in oceans worry scientists

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:14:16 +0000

The McClatchy Newspapers reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON — Lower levels of oxygen in the Earth’s oceans, particularly off the United States’ Pacific Northwest coast, could be another sign of fundamental changes linked to global climate change, scientists say.

Methane bubbles in Arctic seas stir warming fears

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:03:39 +0000

Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: OSLO – Large amounts of a powerful greenhouse gas Methane are bubbling up from a long-frozen seabed north of Siberia, raising fears of far bigger leaks that could stoke global warming, scientists said.

Food, Inc. (2008) Eric Schlosser (Actor), Robert Kenner (Director)

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:18:14 +0000

Food, Inc. (2008) Eric Schlosser (Actor), Robert Kenner (Director)

Food, Inc. lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing how our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Food, Inc. reveals surprising and often shocking truths about what we eat, how it’s produced and who we have become as a nation.

Sweden to build 2,000 new wind turbines: minister

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:54:16 +0000

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: STOCKHOLM – Sweden will build 2,000 new wind turbines over the next decade as part of a bid to dramatically increase its production of renewable energy, Enterprise and Energy Minister Maud Olofsson said Tuesday.

Obama home upgrade program targets jobs, energy conservation

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:27:53 +0000

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: SAVANNAH, Georgia – President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled plans to give hefty reimbursements to US homeowners who make home improvements designed to conserve energy.

Al Gore takes aim at climate change skeptics

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:37:26 +0000

Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Al Gore took aim at skeptics who doubt the reality of human-caused climate change, saying he wished it were an illusion but that the problem is real and urgent.

Whaling ‘worsens carbon release’

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:42:31 +0000

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.