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US couple take lead on carbon trade by selling their first credit
UNFCCC: Climate Change Headlines &bull 2 Hours Ago
While a bill to establish a cap-and-trade system has stalled in the US Senate, individuals keen to tackle carbon emissions should consider the example of Tami and Randy Wilson. The Pennsylvania couple have sold the world's first carbon credit awarded… Full Story »
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U.K. Lawmakers Call for Intervention in Carbon Market
UNFCCC: Climate Change Headlines &bull 2 Hours Ago
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Europe needs stricter limits on greenhouse gases and the power to intervene in carbon markets as its cap-and-trade program fails to encourage investments in cleaner energy, U.K. lawmakers said today in a report. Restrictions on factories and utilities in the European Union are too lax, depressing carbon prices and undermining incentives for polluters to give up fossil fuels, the U.K. Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee said in the report. The EU emissions market, the world's… Full Story »
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Valerie Malhotra Bentz and Jeremy J. Shapiro - Mindful Inquiry in Social Research
sponsored listing • Shopping.comIn this innovative introduction to research in the social and human sciences, Valerie Malhotra Bentz and Jeremy J. Shapiro guide students through the maze of research traditions, cultures of inquiry, and epistemological frameworks that blanket the intellectual landscape. The goal of their approach is...Full Story »
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African Farmers Urged to Innovate to Offset Climate Change
UNFCCC: Climate Change Headlines &bull 2 Hours Ago
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Africa's failure to embrace modern farming methods is a greater impediment to food production than global warming, according to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. Small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa should start managing… Full Story »
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Clean Energy and Green Jobs in 2010
Green Business &bull Yesterday
Green energy is taking center stage as 2010 gets underway. The Obama administration is making good on their promises that were made in 2009. There are critics who point out that the pace of these changes is too slow, and although they… Full Story »
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A quarter of U.S. nuclear plants leaking - AP: "27 of 104 plants leak radioactive tritium, a carcinogen, raising Concerns about nation's aging plants"
Climate Progress &bull Yesterday
Radioactive tritium, a carcinogen discovered in potentially dangerous levels in groundwater at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, now taints at least 27 of the nations 104 nuclear reactors - raising concerns about how it is escaping from the aging nuclear plants. Just something to add to all of the benefits of going nuke (see Intro to nuclear power). At the very least, this should put up yet another warning flag on the rush to build dozens of new nukes. The leaks - many from… Full Story »
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Joanne B. Ries and Carl G. Leukefeld - Applying for Research Funding: Getting Started and Getting Funded
sponsored listing • Shopping.com"The book has the advantage that chapters are fairly self-contained, so the reader can dip into sections that look helpful. There is good material on data sources, research details to include, checklists to use, and methodology to develop." --John M. Wilson in Journal of the Operational Research Society...Full Story »
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Report: Toyota Prius braking issues may predate 2010 model; other problems reported
AutoBlogGreen &bull Today
Report: Toyota considering Prius recall over brake problemsBreaking: NHTSA opens investigation into Prius brake issueToyota adds Prius to list of vehicles with brake problems; not recalled (yet) *UPDATETesla files with the feds for IPOThink ranks EV-ready cities in the U.S., puts LA, San Francisco at topHonda unveils… Full Story »
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AMEE Raises $5.5M for Carbon Accounting Engine
Earth2Tech &bull Yesterday
Automotive | Clean Power | Energy Storage | Green Building | Green IT | Policy | Smart Grid The end goal is for everyone and every organization to know their complete energy use, or their ?energy identity, explained Gavin Starks,… Full Story »
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California Launches Statewide Emissions Monitoring Program
Solve Climate Chronicles &bull Yesterday
Knowing those levels will be a crucial step toward implementing a state law, known as AB 32, that requires California to cut its emissions 25% by 2020. To start the project, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) bought seven portable analyzers. Six will be placed throughout the Central Valley this year, and one will go in the Los Angeles basin. The analyzers, made by the Silicon Valley company Picarro, are meant to be located far enough apart to cover the state geographically, but close enough together so their measurements overlap. To the… Full Story »
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KKR Extends Green Program to a Fifth of Global Portfolio
GreenBiz.com &bull YesterdayCo. (KKR) has extended its money-saving environmental management program to 20 percent of its portfolio, including two companies located outside the U.S. KKR introduced its Green Portfolio Program to four new companies in a bid to reduce their environmental impacts in the areas of waste, paper, chemical use, and energy and water consumption. First Data in Atlanta, Ga., Lehigh Phoenix in Armonk, N.Y., Oriental Brewery… Full Story »
Tony Schreiner and Anthony E. Schreiner - A Guide to Conducting Online Research
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EU ETS intervention call howled down
UNFCCC: Climate Change Headlines &bull 2 Hours Ago
A call by British politicians for intervention in the EU carbon market to lift the "flat-lining" price of carbon has drawn cautionary and critical responses from the government, Brussels and carbon market players.The UK's cross-party parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) says the current EU… Full Story »
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US government plans new climate service
UNFCCC: Climate Change Headlines &bull 2 Hours Ago
US President Barack Obamas administration announced plans Monday for a new office handling climate change, aiming to help businesses chart future plans as the nation shifts to a greener economy. The first practical effect was the creation of a website,… Full Story »
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Green Fashion Monday: Eco Underwear
Sierra Club: The Green Life &bull Yesterday
This Valentine's Day, consider getting your man one of Freshpair's two green options: the Bamboo Mesh Army Trunk ($24), made almost entirely of bamboo, and the Push-Up Biker Boxer Brief ($39; pictured), which is 68 percent bamboo. Full Story »
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Are Vegetarian and Vegan Diets Healthy?
The Daily Green: New Green Cuisine &bull YesterdayAre vegetarian diets ok? I can't believe the number of times I have been asked that question but it has just come up again in the context of recent complaints about the health and environmental hazards of eating meat. So… Full Story »
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Toyota Troubles: Lessons in How (Not) to Handle a Green Halo
Earth2Tech &bull 3 Hours Ago
Automotive | Clean Power | Energy Storage | Green Building | Green IT | Policy | Smart Grid Toyotas ongoingrecall and the safety concerns embroiling an automaker that climbed to the top of the global car market through a reputation for reliability, may offer an opportunity for competitors to seize market share, at least in the near term. But Toyotas troubles, which most recently have spread to the automakers 2010 Prius hybrid model, could also offer something more lasting to companies… Full Story »
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Aegis Series 1 Solid Door Laboratory Freezers (-22° Celsius) - Model 1-...
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A Victory Over Invasive Species! But We Still Have Bigger Fish To Fry
NRDC: Switchboard &bull Yesterday
I got a call last Thursday from a state appeals court in Albany with some great news: the New York court had issued a decision upholding New Yorks tough new ballast water standards against a legal challenge from the ports and shipping industries! I had been in Albany just before Thanksgiving to argue the appeal, alongside some fantastic colleagues in the New York Attorney Generals office. Fundamentally, the courts decision recognizes what we have been arguing all along: that there is ample… Full Story »
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Urban growth, farm exports drive tropical deforestation
Peak Oil News (3) &bull Today
Under December's Copenhagen Accord, rich countries are pledging some 10 billion dollars over the next three years to help poor countries tackle climate change. A big but so far unspecified chunk of the cash will go on programmes to prevent… Full Story »
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Ask Pablo: What Is The Carbon Footprint Of Tofu
TreeHugger &bull YesterdayDear Pablo: I eat a lot of tofu as part of my vegetarian diet but it seems to me that this may conflict with my concerns for the environment. What is the carbon footprint of tofu? Tofu is made from soybeans by curdling soy milk much like cheese is made from cow milk. The soybeans require very little, if any, irrigation and the "fix" about 1 pound of nitrogen in the soil per plant… Full Story »
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Westlands' Legal Strategy Causes Less Water for Farming, More Dead Fish?
NRDC: Switchboard &bull Today
Last week, Westlands Water District filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to eliminate pumping restrictions in Californias Bay-Delta estuary that protect endangered salmon and steelhead runs. Although salmon fishermen, environmentalists and the federal government all opposed the motion, the Court… Full Story »
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Australian govt's carbon scheme trumps opposition plans: report
Point Carbon &bull 2 Hours Ago
Real-time news including: comprehensive in-depth coverage on international carbon policy; market moving news on the European, North American and international carbon markets; and latest developments from international negotiations. Carbon Market Daily provides essential information from the EU ETS, including an… Full Story »
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Families Living and Loving Green Alternative Life Styles
TreeHugger &bull 31 Minutes AgoWith all the best intentions, most of us don't have the nerve to really change our life style dramatically. We do as much as we can within the limitations of our busy lives, but haven't the true grit to go that extra mile. Here are 3 inspirational stories of young families that are taking things to the limit and loving it. The… Full Story »




















