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Pollution
BBC:
A Greater Manchester reservoir closed 35 years ago by a pollution scare could supply drinking water once again, a supplier says. (Read More)
Topic:
Drinking Water
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future:
Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: studyMOSCOW (AFP) – Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's terri (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope (left) testifies at the Arlington EPA hearing as API's Howard Feldman looks on.This week we saw some amazing public action as part of the two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hear (Read More)
Reuters: Environment:
OSLO (Reuters) - Shipping is slowing climate change by spewing out sunlight-dimming pollution but a clean-up needed to safeguard human health will stoke global warming, experts said Friday.
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TreeHugger:
Image via the GuardianAn ad by Plane Stupid, an anti-airplane pollution advocacy group, is stirring some serious controversy in the UK and around the blogosphere. In a graphic TV ad designed to reveal the massive emissions th (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
In the first of our new 'Friday debate' blogposts, Lia Leendertz puts the case for human waste as the missing ingredient in our compost heapsA compost toilet. Photograph: 4RB/Flickr/Some rights reservedFollowing the success o (Read More)
New York Times:
Prior to a climate change meeting scheduled for Copenhagen, industrialized countries, except the United States, are offering targets to curb greenhouse gases.
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www.guardian.co.uk:
Bloody deaths of CGI polar bears in Plane Stupid ad designed to highlight carbon impact of air travelAirline pollution activists Plane Stupid are on a collision course with the advertising regulator after launching a graphic (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Business:
Arlington-based AES, which operates several coal-fired power plants in the United States, has agreed to put more information about global warming in its public financial disclosures.
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New York Times:
Prior to a climate change meeting scheduled for Copenhagen, industrialized countries, except the United States, are offering targets to curb greenhouse gases.
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Gristmill:
by Jonathan Hiskes Welcome! It’s not too late to get up to speed on the climate-change jamboree that begins December 7. Here’s a short primer.What is this Copenhagen thing?It’s a gathering of negotiators from every United N (Read More)
News Networks:
Global Warming,
Climate Change
Topics:
Climate Change,
Climate
Gristmill:
by Eric Roston First things first: A week of anticlimaxes saw President Barack Obama conducting a less-than-exuberant swing through China, the international community conceding a binding climate treaty at the COP-15 negotiati (Read More)
News Networks:
Global Warming,
Climate Change
Topics:
Climate Change,
Climate
The Guardian:
Who do you call when you want to call Europe? After five years of wrangling designed to deal with the Henry Kissinger question, the EU last night failed to provide a satisfactory answer. The first ever president of the Europe (Read More)
Pune-Cities-The Times of India:
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has taken steps to combat air pollution by increasing the number of air and water quality monitoring stations in the state. (Read More)
News Network:
Future World
Reuters: Environment:
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called once again for binding rules to cut carbon pollution at climate talks in Copenhagen next month, a target endorsed on Thursday by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Image credit: √oхέƒx™/FlickrA major air hub, with constant take-offs and landings and dozens of vehicles and large buildings is an obvious source of pollution. These huge airports may be strains of the atmosphere as a whole, (Read More)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
Continuing the raids on the second day, a four-member team headed by Anil Kumar Mishra, chairman of UPPCB raided 60 to 65 more tanneries on Thursday. The teams collected samples and sent for laboratory tests. (Read More)
News Networks:
Future World,
Influence And Behaviour Of Groups,
Official Jobs™ The Professionals' Choice!!
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Topic:
Team
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future:
John Michael Greer: How Relocalization WorkedOne of the points that I’ve tried to make repeatedly in these essays is the place of history as a guide to what works. It’s a point that deserves repetition. A good many worldsavin (Read More)
News Networks:
Environment Issues,
Obama White House Transition
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