Monthly Archives: May 2007

Saab, Volvo Convertibles Ace Safety Test

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Pontiac, Ford, BMW, Audi don’t do as well. Original post by miscellaneous
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The Crumbling Ethanol Facade

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I have seen it all now. When the biggest ethanol boosters are starting to suggest that maybe we have a problem, you know we have a problem. And that is exactly what is happening. I can remember U.S…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Original [...]
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TOP10 for 05/30/2007

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The most popular entries for 05/30/2007 out of 342 entries made in 126 blogs in the Creative Weblogging network yesterday. Awesome animations using SynfigHackITLinux What is Synfig? It's website defines it as “a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software… Continue. Original post by miscellaneous
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Two Biodiesel for Europe Stories

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Here are two stories on Biodiesel, one from the supplier and one from the buyer. Planet Ark reports on the European Commission ensuring an increase of biofuels use, that is up to 10 percent of all vehicle requirements by 2020…. Continue. Original post by miscellaneous
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Solar Canada

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Canadians are getting into the act. Just this week, OptiSolar Canada which is a subsidiary of California's OptiSolar Inc. said that it will build a 40 MWe solar farm near Sarnia, Ontario beginning early next year. What a great development,… Continue. Original post by miscellaneous
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Bush to Propose Plan for Post-2012 Greenhouse Gas Reductions

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Bloomberg: President George W. Bush will propose today a new round of discussions aimed at setting long-term goals by the world’s largest energy users to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The president, in a speech today, will announce plans to convene a group of the largest emitters and energy users, including China and India, [...]
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Bush Proposes Initiative for Cutting Greenhouse Gases

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Bloomberg: President George W. Bush, in a counter-offer to European leaders on climate change, proposed convening a new round of talks with the world’s biggest economies to set targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. In a speech today in Washington, the president softened his past opposition to setting global goals to cut the [...]
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What is carbon-neutral? No one really knows

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Guardian: Scottish and Southern Energy’s pledge to reward its customers for using less electricity and gas is the latest in a series of high-profile green initiatives announced this year. And while the plan lacks some detail, it illustrates that companies need to consider radical changes when planning their environmental strategies. As SSE chief [...]
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China to announce strategy for combating climate change

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Agençe France-Presse: China will next week release its long-awaited national strategy for fighting climate change but there are no plans for a cap on greenhouse gas emissions, officials said on Thursday. The strategy will be released on Monday, two days before President Hu Jintao attends the G8 summit of industrialised powers in Germany, where [...]
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Belize forest hit by warming struggles to survive

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Reuters: A once-majestic pine forest in Belize is struggling to recover from a devastating plague of beetles that scientists say was caused by climate change. Tiny pine beetles destroyed up to 80 percent, or close to 70,000 acres (28,300 hectares), of the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest near Belize’s border with Guatemala when trees stressed [...]
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Earth near climate ‘tipping points,’ NASA says

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MSNBC: Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted by humans have brought Earth’s climate close to "critical tipping points, with potentially dangerous consequences for the planet," according to NASA and the findings of a new study. "Only moderate additional climate forcing is likely to set in motion disintegration of the West Antarctic ice sheet [...]
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Dirty king coal

By | Published: May 31, 2007
Economist: THERE are two remarkable things about Sleipner T, a gas rig in the middle of the North Sea owned by Norway’s state-owned oil company, Statoil. One is the working conditions. Technicians get around NKr600,000 ($100,000) a year, private rooms with televisions and ensuite bathrooms, and work two weeks out of every six. That is [...]
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Bush ‘Plan’ Likely Torpedoes G-8 Climate Agreement

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Spiegel: US President George W. Bush has unveiled plans for combating climate change, calling for the 15 worst emitters of greenhouse gases to meet and agree on emissions goals by 2008. The proposal could be intended to block Merkel’s plans for the G-8 summit next week. For months, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been trying [...]
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Blair hails Bush climate targets

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Press Association: Prime Minister Tony Blair has hailed US President George Bush’s announcement on climate change as "a huge step forward". The president committed America for the first time to setting targets to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions. And he called for a global warming summit later this year to seek a [...]
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Bush urges 15 nations to set global emission goal by 2008

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International Herald Tribune: President George W. Bush, seeking to blunt international criticism of the U.S. record on climate change, urged 15 major countries on Thursday to agree by the end of next year on a global emissions goal for reducing greenhouse gases. Bush called for the first in a series of meetings to begin [...]
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