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December 15, 2009 05:32 AM EST
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A Plan for a Sustainable Future is the theme of the November 2009 issue of Scientific American. It contains A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables , by Mark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi, . . .
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December 14, 2009 05:43 PM EST
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By James Hansen — December 2009 - originally published at giss.nasa.gov
Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau, sometimes called Earth's "third pole", hold the largest ice mass outside the polar . . .
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December 07, 2009 09:40 PM EST
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On December 7, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Greenhouse Gases (GHG) constitute a threat to public health and to the environment .
The finding enables the EPA to set . . .
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November 23, 2009 06:41 PM EST
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Below are Sam Carana 's 20 most viewed posts at Gather, as at 23 November 2009.
Global Warming - Red Alert!
views: 10024 | rating: 8.6 | comments: 139
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September 21, 2007 05:08 AM EDT
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The above image is from a NASA news release discussing that interactions with aerosols boost the global warming potential of gases such as methane . A study published in Science by a team led by . . .
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October 06, 2009 01:42 AM EDT
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Two Detroit Electric vintage cars were parked in front of Old Parliament House in Canberra, last Sunday, making the visual statement that the cars are ready - they have been since 1915 and 1917 . . .
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September 19, 2009 09:41 AM EDT
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In 2008, Michelin first introduced the Active Wheel concept. Now, at the Frunkfurt Motor Show , Michelin has taken the concept one step further, introducing a wheel that not only integrates the brake . . .
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September 18, 2009 04:03 AM EDT
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First Solar has reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Chinese government to build a 2 gigawatt solar power plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China.
The facilities will cover 25 square . . .
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September 13, 2009 09:56 PM EDT
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The Frankfurt Motor Show , held every two years, is the world's largest motor show. It will be held from September 17th - 27th, 2009, in Frankfurt, Germany.
At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Hyundai will . . .
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September 10, 2009 09:14 AM EDT
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has decided, as French newspaper Le Monde reports: an environmental levy will be introduced with the starting price of 17 euros ($24.8) per ton of CO2.
While the . . .
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August 15, 2009 04:57 AM EDT
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1. Are electric cars expensive?
The Nissan LEAF EV promises to be as cheap as a similar-sized conventional car. EVs qualify for rebates, tax breaks and further incentives.
Furthermore, electricity . . .
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August 20, 2009 03:55 AM EDT
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Electric cars are expected to attract a lot of media attention at the UN Climate Change Conference COP15 in December in Copenhagen.
Car manufacturers will see the global media and diplomats, . . .
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August 07, 2009 07:13 AM EDT
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Best target? Best policies?
With the Copenhagen Conference fast approaching, what targets should be aimed for? What are the best targets? What policies can best achieve such targets?
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August 02, 2009 04:37 AM EDT
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Nissan has unveiled the Nissan LEAF Electric Vehicle (EV), a zero-emission car. The Nissan LEAF is a medium-size hatchback seating five adults, with a 24kWh lithium-ion battery pack that generates a . . .
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July 22, 2009 02:36 AM EDT
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The Hydrogen Initiative
Ex-President G. W. Bush loved photo opportunities that portrayed him as an advocate of hydrogen cars. The photo on the right shows Bush inspecting a scooter powered by solid . . .
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July 16, 2009 08:46 AM EDT
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In Canada, the Ontario government has announced that it wants to have one out of every 20 vehicles driven in Ontario to be electrically powered by 2020.
To help achieve that target, buyers . . .
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October 22, 2007 08:28 PM EDT
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Reducing greenhouse gases
Reducing greenhouse gases is one of the biggest challenges of our times. The main greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.
Over half of all greenhouse . . .
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May 19, 2009 01:15 AM EDT
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Cycle A: Inorganic Waste
We're all familiar with the idea that we're running out of scarce resources. We just cannot continue to keep drilling and mining for more fossil fuel, metals and . . .
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July 06, 2009 03:35 AM EDT
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The Electric Ford F-150 uses four in-wheel motors, one in each of the wheels. The concept car was on display at the 2008 SEMA Show in the Ford Motor Company booth.
PML Flightlink supplied the . . .
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June 12, 2009 06:19 AM EDT
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The graph below shows the daily sea ice extent. The solid blue line indicates the 2009 data; the dashed green line shows the data for 2007; and the solid gray line indicates average extent from 1979 to . . .
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