Tag: News
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New Research Maps Countries’ Contributions to Global Warming
A new study aims to offer unique insights into countries’ historical responsibility for global warming, by translating their carbon emissions into a proportion of observed temperature rise. How responsible different countries’ are for climate change to date has long been a contentious issue. Contributing differently to the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, some countries…
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President Obama Gives $1 Billion Game-Changing Gift to ‘Clean’ Coal
In the same days an entrepreneur went on federal trial for fraud over an unproven “clean coal” scheme, President Obama’s Department of Energy (DOE) gave a game-changing approval for a $1 billion gift to continue the unproven FutureGen “clean coal” boondoggle in Illinois. Kind of ironic, ain’t it—if it weren’t so tragic. On the heels of the West Virginia coal-cleaning chemical disaster,…
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Man Pays $350K to Kill a Rhino
Should the opportunity to kill an animal be sold for six figures or for any amount of money at all? That’s what happened at an auction in Texas a week ago, and now the winner bidder is left reading death threats directed at his children. As dozens of protesters looked on, the Dallas Safari Club’s auctioned…
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Importance of Old Growth Forests: Carbon Capture Potential Grows With Age
By Dr. Janet Cotter We know that forests are biodiversity-rich, and we know they provide us with essential ecosystem services, such as regulating water flows and influencing weather patterns. One ecosystem service often discussed these days is the role of forests in helping regulate the amount of the greenhouse gas—carbon dioxide (CO2)—in the atmosphere. A new analysis…
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Feedback Friday: Solar Builder App
Solar Builder is starting a series of Feedback Friday topics, where we hope to hear from you, our readers, on how we can improve our content and message. This week’s topic is the Solar Builder app for iPads and iPad minis (available […] — Solar Builder magazine