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Eco Factor: Multiple appliances controlled by a single switch reduce energy wastage.
How many times has it happened to you that you’ve turned off the computer but forgot to turn off the peripherals installed with it? If it’s not easy for you...
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The U.S House of Representative just passed a bill that will address global warming by reducing the emission of gasses that cause climate change. It was a watered-down...
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For all the right-wing hysteria about President Obama being a socialist, the president is actually quite a centrist and even a corporatist. Depending on one’s...
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In a beloved film from my childhood, “Flight of Dragons,” the scientist hero confronts the evil red magician on a dark crag. As menacing snakes sprout out...
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After much negotiations, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives finally managed to pass President Obama’s “Cap-and-Trade” bill as part of...
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Eco Factor: Synthetic trees to capture CO2 from the air and convert it into liquid CO2.
Research scientists at the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at...
made popular Jun 24 2009
The Symposium on the Climate Change in London witnessed the US Energy Secretary Steven Chu raising concerns over global warming. He went on to suggest painting roofs...
made popular Jun 23 2009
For the green hoodies New York’s the place to be, because erected outside the Madison Square Garden and Penn Station, by the Deutsche Bank is a 70-feet-tall digital...
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Eco Factor: Real-time CO2 counter encourages people to curtail emissions.
Deutsche Bank, a name not directly related to environmental conservation, has lit a...
made popular Jun 19 2009
By mid-century, climate change may have outrun the ability of Africa’s farmers to adapt to rising temperatures, threatening the continent’s precarious food...
made popular Jun 18 2009
Oslo - Can the North Sea basin hold all of the carbon dioxide in Europe? Norway certainly hopes so.
At a high-level conference in Bergen last month, the oil-rich...
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Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures.
Nourished by Andean snowmelt, the...
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Definition – Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century and its...
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Nuclear warfare is a constant threat to life on earth but climate change is no less serious, says a summit of the world’s Nobel Laureates who, along with Prince...
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Jordanian Ministry of Environment will be marking World Environment Day, which is usually celebrated on the 5th of June, through a new campaign titled, “Your...
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World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.
Commemorated...
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People talk about the future, yet climate change is claiming lives now, notably in Africa. The nations, governors and those governed must stand up and be counted.
The...
made popular Jun 5 2009
Eco Factor: Solar-generating roofs coated with reflective tiles to reduce solar gain.
Recently news surfaced that painting the world white would help curb global...
made popular Jun 4 2009
On Tuesday, French climber Alain Robert, popularly known as “Spiderman,” climbed a 41-story Sydney tower with his bare hands, just to make the world aware about...
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Carbon Capture & Storage technology has been around for many decades but researchers could not make any substantial progress in its testing. Abandoning this tale...
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Researchers all over the world are coming up with various suggestions to help tackle the global warming. Accordingly, the US Energy Secretary Steven Chu proposes to...
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“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet”, rightly said by Albert...
made popular May 16 2009
The belching and farting of millions of farm animals is a major contributor to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Kangaroos, on the other hand, emit negligible...
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Coral reefs face an immediate threat from their ecosystem, the vast ocean itself! Reason: Thanks to increased greenhouse gases in atmosphere, oceans are becoming warmer...
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The G8 leaders agreed Tuesday in Japan to support a 50% reduction in worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. However, developing nations including China and India...
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More than 160 nations were trying Friday to clear the first hurdle in drafting an ambitious new treaty on global warming despite a yawning gap in the stances of rich...
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Australia launches its first geosequestration plant Wednesday, designed to bury carbon dioxide underground and cut back the country’s greenhouse gas...
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The Chinese seem to be deeply concerned about the environment. China probably is a pretty big source of greenhouse gas emissions. The Chinese vehicles, farms and even...
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The 12 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pump about 40 percent of the world’s crude oil and it has sought to reposition itself...
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Fred Dryer, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Princeton hopes to see ‘green skies’ in the future. He plans to do so by developing greener...
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Indonesia is home to 60 percent of the world’s threatened peatlands, but its marshes are being destroyed at an unprecedented pace because of massive conversion...
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Scientists, to fight against global warming, seem to be up with arms with all innovations. In a bid to venture newer avenues, they are in support for any sun-rays...
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A UN special meet on climate change harped on the developed world to carry more of the burden of tackling greenhouse emissions. Warning that if let loose to envelope...
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Cutting on congestion leading to fuel saving and lessening of greenhouse gas emissions has been the crying demand of the environmentalists for decades, with the global...
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In the rat-race of reducing ‘carbon footprints’ across the world, and trying to keep up with the strongly-echoing buzzword ‘eco-friendly’, fuel...
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We all take pleasure in the warmth of the sun rays during winter, without the rays from the Sun, Earth would be an ice planet, yet a new study states that the sun is...
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One after the climate deals are on for years, but the overall environment problems are still considerably prevailing, with the effects of climate changes already...
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Ford Motors and Chrysler Group have joined a group of companies and environment organizations pushing the federal government to enact laws aimed at curbing greenhouse...
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The 2003 summer — from June to August - in the Mediterranean region is still a nightmare for many, whose dear ones were lost to Europe’s hottest heat wave...
made popular Jun 16 2007
In the world, where the demand for bio-diesels is soaring with the increasing concerns for greenhouse gas emissions leading to global warming, researchers are getting...
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