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August 2006
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30.08.2006
from Ecostreet blog:
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Climate activists hope to shut down the UK's biggest coal-fired power station by mass action.
Image: Climate camp poster
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] [Pollution] |
22.08.2006
Indian-US plans to cooperate on nuclear energy have drawn public criticism from eight of India's top scientists in the field. They say that recent US changes to the text of the deal are "unacceptable to India" and would limit its independence in nuclear research and its right to a nuclear deterrent.
more...From: SciDev.Net Related topics/regions: [United States] [India] [International cooperation] [Nuclear Issues] [Politics] Image: Child deformed by radiation poisoning, India. © Centre for Science and Environment
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11.08.2006
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 11 (OneWorld) - The loss of 400,000 barrels of oil a day caused by the closure of BP's Prudhoe Bay oilfield in Alaska could be offset if all the cars and trucks in the United States got just one extra mile per gallon of fuel efficiency, a prominent non-profit grouping of scientists said this week.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] [Transport] [Consumption] [Corporations] |
09.08.2006
from Survival Acres blog:
more...'The worlds infrastructure is already creaking towards a dangerous collapse' when in comes to dependency on oil. Image: Sunset industries? © Friends of the Earth International
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06.08.2006
from Terrablog:
more...Banning standy mode would mean actually having to turn on the TV using the button on the box itself. Shock, horror! But what would it save? More than you'd think, it seems. Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: Old-fashioned... but no standby with this set
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03.08.2006
from Gristmill blog:
more...Geothermal energy has a big advantage over other renewables: it offers steady baseload power to electricity grids because hot rocks in our own planet provide continuous energy. Related topics/regions: [Renewable energy] Image: Unlike other renewables, geothermal energy doesn't depend on the sun © Greenpeace International
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01.08.2006
from ActonInstitute blog:
more...What if carbon credits become the currency of the day? Would that be 'Carbon Communism'? Related topics/regions: [Consumption] [Climate change] Image: Would carbon credits work? © www.carbonsense.org / Resurgence
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01.08.2006
As bombs rain down on a hapless and helpless Beirut and the world looks the other way, another development that would be of interest to the powers that be is fast becoming one of constant concern. Oil prices have shot up considerably.
more...From: The Energy and Resources Institute Related topics/regions: [Nuclear Issues] |
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Climate activists hope to shut down the UK's biggest coal-fired power station by mass action.